Environmental Permitting Co-ordinator

SouthernWaterServices; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services company in Sussex is seeking an Environmental Permitting Coordinator to manage necessary environmental permits for wastewater and water supply discharge activities. The ideal candidate will have strong negotiation and communication skills, along with experience in dealing with regulatory bodies. The role offers a salary of up to £48,000, a hybrid working model, and comprehensive benefits including a generous pension and annual leave.

Benefits

Generous pension up to 11%

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Health Cash Plan

Funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days

Occupational health service

Retailer discounts

Digital GP service

Study support for job-related qualifications

Competitive maternity leave

Qualifications

• Familiar with environmental permits.
• Experience liaising with regulatory bodies.
• Experience in the water or environmental sector.

Responsibilities

• Act as the principal environmental permitting interface.
• Negotiate and secure necessary environmental permits.
• Ensure new permit conditions are visible to the business.
• Provide permit expertise and advice.
• Represent at regional and national meetings.

Skills

Good negotiating skills

Strong communication skills

Experience with environmental regulators

Ability to simplify complex regulatory issues

Excellent verbal reasoning skills

Competent IT skills

Education

An Environmental Degree

Job description

Closing Date

2025-10-24

Job Title: Environmental Permitting Coordinator

Location: Sussex

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37/ week

Salary: £44,000 - £48,000

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job Overview

In this role, you will ensure the business has all the necessary environmental permits, consents and licences in place to facilitate the legal operation of Southern Water’s wastewater and water supply discharge activities to protect the company’s regulatory position.

You will ensure permits have been negotiated to deliver appropriate business benefit.

Day to day you will be:

• Acting as the principal environmental permitting interface with the Environment Agency and Natural England.
• Negotiating & securing all necessary environmental permits, consents & licences in Sussex to enable Southern Water to deliver its AMP capital programme and manage its wastewater activities.
• Taking responsibility for ensuring any new permit conditions are made visible to the business.
• Providing permit expertise & advice to the business.
• Representing Southern Water at regional and national meetings on permitting matters with regulators and Water UK, as required.

About You

To be suitable for this role, you should be familiar with environmental permits and ideally have experience of liaising with regulatory bodies.

Requirements

• Good negotiating skills
• Strong communication skills, able to deal with stakeholders at different levels within the organisation and work with external parties.
• Experience of liaison and negotiation with environmental regulators
• The ability to assimilate and simplify complex regulatory issues
• Excellent verbal reasoning skills
• Numerate with competent IT skills

Ideally you will have:

• An Environmental Degree
• Experience of the water industry or environmental sector, with a significant proportion of this in the wastewater and waste arena

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a flexible hybrid approach to working between our Sussex based sites and home.

We are offering a salary up to £48,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job‑related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Join our Environmental Permitting team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.