32189 - Installations Regulatory Officer

Environment Agency; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK environmental regulator is seeking an experienced Regulatory Officer to join their team. The role involves compliance assessments at various industrial sites with responsibilities in ensuring permit compliance and investigating incidents. The ideal candidate must have a degree in a relevant field and strong regulatory knowledge, particularly in waste management and industrial operations. This position offers flexibility with office locations and site visits across the South East.

Benefits

Flexible office locations

Training for incident response

Qualifications

• Proven experience with environmental management systems, auditing, and root cause analysis.
• Ability to interpret environmental monitoring and performance data.
• Capacity to manage multiple demands and deliver outcomes independently.

Responsibilities

• Conduct compliance assessments at waste and industrial sites.
• Ensure permit compliance and assess operators’ environmental protection measures.
• Investigate incidents and implement preventive actions.

Skills

Proven experience in waste and industrial sectors

Good operational or regulatory knowledge of waste and industry

Influencing and negotiating skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Technical expertise or regulatory experience

Education

Degree in scientific, environmental or engineering discipline

Job description

We are looking for an experienced environmental professional to join our team that regulates waste and industrial installations in the Solent and South Downs Area. As a Regulatory Officer you will be at the forefront of protecting people and the environment from harm and helping contribute to a cleaner, greener world.

You will undertake compliance assessment activities at a wide range of complex waste and industrial sites and have a specialist focus on a particular sector such as landfill, biowaste, incineration, chemicals or hazardous waste. You will ensure permit compliance and make complex assessments of an operators' ability to protect the environment, prevent pollution and optimise use of resources. You will work nationally within the organisation to understand best practice affecting their area of specialism and conversely sharing knowledge across the organisation. At times you will set conditions under which a site may continue to operate and enforce the law should they fail to comply. You will also respond to and investigate incidents making sure preventive and protective action is implemented.

You will use your influencing and negotiating skills to secure best practice, often dealing with people at senior levels within industry, local communities and other interested groups.

Salary and grading will be based on experience and skills.

The posts can be based in any office across the area which include Romsey, Chichester, Worthing or Pevensey. The need to attend these locations will be flexible, combined with site visits and home working.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You'll be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment, and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

The team

We regulate a wide range of waste and industrial sectors including landfill, chemicals, hazardous waste, incineration, combustion, oil refineries, biowaste treatment and food and drink. We also work with the Health and Safety Executive as the joint Competent Authority regulating sites under the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations.

Experience/skills required

Essential: You will have proven experience in any of the sectors mentioned above and can demonstrate good operational or regulatory knowledge of waste and industry in general.

You will be a proactive, self-motivated and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills, together with well-developed technical expertise or regulatory experience within an industrial or waste environment.

You will preferably:

• Be familiar with environmental management systems, auditing, and root cause analysis.
• Be able to interpret environmental monitoring and performance data.
• Be used to managing multiple demands and delivering outcomes independently.
• Take initiative and practice a continuous improvement approach.
• Have a degree or equivalent in a scientific, environmental or engineering discipline, and possibly be a member of a relevant professional organisation.