32490 - Groundwater Asset Management Officer - Shropshire

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental management agency in Shrewsbury is seeking a Groundwater Asset Management Officer to manage maintenance and improvement works for the Shropshire Groundwater Scheme. This role requires proactive asset management, preparation of contract documentation, and supervision of contractors. Candidates should have experience in problem-solving, asset management, and working with CDM regulations. A full UK driving licence is required. The role offers various development opportunities and training progression.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering improvement works through delivery teams or contractors.
• Ability to identify defects and assist in planning maintenance.
• Experience working with stakeholder engagement in a diverse environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance and improvement works for SGS.
• Proactively undertake routine asset management duties.
• Prepare contract documentation and supervise contractors.
• Assist in making operational decisions during drought.

Skills

Ability to work effectively with diverse people

Ability to prioritise work according to risk

Experience of independently solving problems

Experience of proactively managing assets

Experience of delivering maintenance works

Experience working under CDM regulations

Education

Full UK driving licence

Job description

32490 - Groundwater Asset Management Officer - Shropshire

Employer:

Location:

SY3 5LB

Pay:

£34,320 per year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

29/01/2026

About this job

You will play a crucial role in the management of Shropshire Groundwater Scheme (SGS)

• a Category A Strategically Important Asset which helps to provide drinking water to six million people as part of River Severn Regulation.

Supporting the SGS Asset Manager, your duties will include helping to manage maintenance and improvement works.

You will proactively undertake routine asset management duties to ensure that the scheme is ready to respond when needed.

At times this will require making independent decisions once sufficient experience has been gained.

As part of the role you'll help identify defects, prioritise works and assist in planning for maintenance and public safety works.

The work will include preparation of contract documentation, CDM, liaison with contractors, supervision of contractors, undertaking statutory inspections and assisting with water quality sampling.

The scheme is operated during times of drought during which you will assist the SGS Project Manager in making operational decisions and covering the SGS PM during absences.

The role also includes asset management of other smaller groundwater monitoring assets within West Midlands.

Following sufficient training by the SGS Project manger this work will include independently cataloguing assets, identification of defects / performance issues and the planning of small projects work to ensure that they are at the required condition to perform their role.

You will assist the SGS Project Manager in delivering the works you have planned through various contract routes.

SGS work will account for approximately 80 percent of your core work time with 20 percent to be spent on smaller ground water monitoring assets.

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve.

We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

The team You’ll join our Asset Management Team

• part of the Water Land and Biodiversity (WLB) Function.

We provide an asset management service on a range of asset portfolios including hydrometry/ telemetry, SGS, groundwater, fisheries and navigation.

This includes asset cataloguing, condition inspection, public safety risk assessments and inspections, maintenance and improvement project management and investment planning.

We work to have the right assets in the right places in the right condition to perform their function.

Experience/skills required In your capability-based answers we are looking for someone with these skills:

ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.

ability to prioritise work according to risk and providing the optimum outcome for people and the environment

experience of independently solving problems to deliver solutions to time, cost and quality

experience of proactively managing assets

experience of delivering maintenance or improvement works through internal delivery teams or external contractors

experience of working under CDM regulations

preferable but not essential

full UK driving licence You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.

Depending on existing qualifications / experience, we may require you to undertake a qualification in engineering with funding and time provided.

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