Technical Specialist Groundwater and Contaminated Land - 31418

Environment Agency; Penrith; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental environmental organization is seeking a Technical Specialist in Groundwater and Contaminated Land to provide technical leadership and expertise in managing water quality and land contamination in Cumbria and Lancashire. The role requires a geoscientist with at least 5 years of experience, strong communication skills, and a relevant geoscience degree. Full-time, based in Preston or Penrith, with remote work flexibility.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Chartered or working towards chartership.
• Ability to construct conceptual models and understand contaminant transport.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and expertise on land and water quality.
• Oversee specialist support for land quality and groundwater issues.
• Develop technical capability of the team to ensure high standard work.

Skills

Technical leadership

Groundwater quality

Land contamination management

Strong communication skills

Hydrogeological risk assessment

Education

Geoscience related degree

Tools

Environmental Permitting Regulations

Town and Country Planning

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Job Description

At the Environment Agency we aspire for inclusivity to thrive in our workforce. We embrace equal opportunities and flexible work arrangements, ensuring everyone can contribute and succeed.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced geoscientist with skills in technical leadership, groundwater quality and land contamination management in Cumbria and Lancashire.

You will use your technical knowledge and professional judgement to make challenging operational and regulatory decisions and provide risk-based advice.

Customers include internal teams, water companies, industry, developers and local authorities.

In this role you will provide technical leadership and expertise for the work of the team relating to land and water quality; permitting and planning work relating to land contamination; voluntary remediation; mine-waters; ongoing Part 2A work. You will:

• Provide and oversee specialist support to Installations, Land and Water and Waste teams on land quality and groundwater issues at permitted and unpermitted sites.
• Lead and develop work to protect groundwater and surface water from land contamination and provide advice on risk relating to pollution incidents
• Develop the technical capability of the team - ensuring a high standard of work and planning for development and succession.
• Ensure effective work delivery, prioritising workload and innovating to improve efficiency.
• Interpret and translate technical information and guidance to ensure delivery of practical solutions for customers, colleagues and the environment.
  
  
  

The team

The role will sit within the Area Groundwater and Contaminated Land team in Cumbria and Lancashire.. The team includes specialists in groundwater resources, groundwater quality, land contamination and surface water protection . We are currently dispersed across the North-West with area offices in Preston and Penrith. The role will be based at Preston or Penrith at one of our area offices. There will be a need for some travel to meetings and sites.

Experience/skills Required

We are seeking a hydrogeologist with at least 5 years relevant experience, qualified to at least degree level in a relevant discipline and chartered or working towards chartership. You will be able to demonstrate most of the following experience and skills:

• a relevant geoscience related degree or equivalent experience and a relevant postgraduate qualification
• a professional qualification or Chartered status is desirable (typically Geological Society, ICE or CiWEM), if not chartered then you should ideally be a member and working towards this.
• ability to construct conceptual models, understand contaminant transport in the sub-surface and undertake hydrogeological risk assessment.
• strong communication and interpersonal skills and experience of communicating complex hydrogeological results to non-specialist audiences
• knowledge of Environmental Permitting Regulations
• knowledge of Town and Country Planning
• knowledge and experience of investigation and remediation of land and groundwater contamination.
• ability to influence customers and colleagues through clear, well-reasoned arguments.
  
  
  

Contact and additional information

The interview will be conducted in person and will include a technical assessment focused on multidimensional conceptualisation relating to the subsurface environment and numerical skills.

Interviews are likely to be scheduled in August.

At the interview you will be asked for specific examples that demonstrate your experience and ability against the following capabilities:

• Achieves results
• Coaches Others
• Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
• Multi- Dimensional Conceptualisation
  
  
  

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role which may attract an additional payment. Full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you.

For more information please contact :

Kerry Diamond [e-mail]

Jeni Templeman [e-mail]

Competence 1

Achieves Results

Description

Description: Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results

Please give an example of when you had to re-evaluate priorities in response to external factors.

Competence 2

Focuses on Customers and Partners

Description

Description: Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.

Describe a situation where your technical knowledge and wider environmental understanding has allowed you to meet and balance the needs of customers and the environment.

Competence 3

Technical Skills

Description

Identify the skills you possess that you think are most relevant to the role of a hydrogeologist?

Please use this capability to show the breadth of your technical skills that you’ve not had the opportunity to include in the previous capability answers. These can include the number of years of experience you’ve had in specific hydrogeological assessment techniques, remediation, data management and visualisation skills/experience.

Role specific license requirements

Full UK driving licence.

If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.

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