Environmental Performance Officer

South East Water; Snodland; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join South East Water as an Environmental Performance Officer, playing a key role in minimizing environmental impacts across operational activities. Collaborate with teams to ensure compliance and promote sustainable practices while managing environmental risks in diverse landscapes. This position offers a robust benefits package and a supportive work environment committed to inclusivity.

Benefits

Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution

5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible annual leave policy

Paid volunteering days

Cycle to work scheme

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Wellbeing related benefits

Qualifications

• Degree in environmental discipline or relevant operational experience.
• Demonstrable experience in environmental management.
• Passionate about environmental impact reduction.

Responsibilities

• Support environmental performance initiatives and compliance audit processes.
• Conduct site inspections and report on regulatory adherence.
• Develop and implement training programs for operational staff.

Skills

People management

Environmental risk management

Effective communication

Stakeholder engagement

Compliance with regulations

Education

Degree in environmental based subject

Job description

Environmental Performance Officer

Snodland, Kent

Farnborough, Hampshire

Arlington, East Sussex

Summary:

This role will act as key support to the Environmental Performance Lead Waste and Operations to ensure environmental risks are managed across operational activities, working to reduce the overall environmental impact of activities, ensuring compliance, promoting good practice and sustainable practices. This role involves working directly with SEW operational teams and Contractors for assessment of reactive works, managing the network and operational use of our sites. SEW sites are across a range of landscapes including protected designated Sites of Scientific Interest, habitats for protected species and Areas of Outstanding Beauty, so will require experience in how to mitigate works in these areas, and engage with specialists, stakeholders and consultants when required for further input. Working with teams and delivering training programmes, building connections with the wider operation teams. The role will also include waste tracking, auditing and action tracking programmes with compliance that will be reported to on a monthly basis. Incident management will be a key part of the role ensuring that an appropriate response is provided to all geographical areas of operation and reporting to regulators where required.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the Operations and Waste Lead and work closely with the Operational staff to ensure timely assessment of work and documentation.
• Assessment of reactive and emergency works with environmental advice to minimise environmental impact of work and to reduce the likelihood of environmental prosecutions.
• Writing policy & strategy documents for operational environmental management. Incorporating controls into key documents.
• Liaison with environmental regulators obtaining consents and advice where necessary and reporting back to the business.
• Auditing / site inspections to ensure compliance with regulation & internal standards. Reporting on KPI's (against 25 year Environment Plan commitments)
• Assist in rolling out training programme and competencies required for operational staff.
• Reporting to regulators and stakeholders such as water industry bodies and neighbouring water companies. Looking for synergies across the geographical region to enhance sustainability and economy of scale.
• Promoting sustainability, circular economy and waste hierarchy goals across the business.
• Management and mentoring of apprentices / graduates within team and wider environment team.

You'll need:

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Degree in environmental based subject or equivalent experience in an process based or operational environmental role.
• Management of environmental aspects and risks across a wide range of settings. Ability to determine pragmatic outcomes which minimise harm to environment and communicate these to the business.
• Passion for the environment with the ability to work closely with colleagues, contractors, stakeholders, regulators and members of the public.
• People management skills, direct management of a small team and wider management of regulator, stakeholder and contractor relationships.
• Demonstrable experience within a relevant environmental field.
• Experience of working within a process environment, particularly in relation to incident response.
• Waste Management knowledge preferably within multi-hub process setting.
  

It will be a bonus if you have:

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• WAMITAB or equivalent qualification. Chartership or working towards chartership of a professional body such as CIWEM, CIEEM, CIWM or Institute of Water.
• Protected species licence holder or experience working with protected species mitigation.
• Ability to mentor and inspire members of the team.
• Report writing and data presentation skills.
• Experience in habitat restoration and management techniques essential, in particular experience of survey and working in woodland, chalk grassland and heathland habitats.
• Preferable experience working with protected species mitigation on sites.

Benefits package:

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.

• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.

• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.

• Paid volunteering days.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Health cash plan.

• Life assurance.

• Wellbeing related benefits.

We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.

We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.

What can you expect from your recruitment?

• To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career’s website.

• It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.

• Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Compensation package:

Salary starting from £31,733 dependent on experience.