Permits Technician

Hello, we’re Severn Trent and we think water is wonderful. Oh, we’re pretty keen on people too. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year we serve 4.8 million households and businesses across the heart of the UK. Each cuppa drank and every toilet flushed is only possible because of the 6,500 brilliant team members working across our patch. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live. If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

Our Environmental Permitting Team have an opportunity for you to join as our new Permit Technician. In your new role, you’ll be supporting our Permit Team to ensure Water and Waste Water Treatment Sites have the correct Environmental Permits in place to ensure we continue to deliver the everyday essentials and meet our regulatory obligations. You’ll support the team by providing administrative support and technical advice on matters of compliance and regulation and ensure that our Environmental Permits reflect our activities on site. As an EPA 4 star company we strive to lead the field in environmental performance, you will support the delivery of the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and engage with stakeholders from across the business to deliver excellent outcomes.

Some Of Your Other Key Accountabilities Will Include:

• Supporting Permit Compliance Advisors and Permit Specialists to deliver WINEP and BAU permit applications.
• Ensuring our Environmental Permit Database, Compass2 is up to date and accurate.
• Provide financial administration and manage payments associated with permit applications and subsistence fees.
• Report on a quarterly basis previous and forecast spend, feed into the annual budget build process.
• Tracking and monitoring the delivery of the Environmental Permitting work programme.
• Provide administrative support and quarterly reporting to Team Manager and Business Lead as needed.
• Ensure corporate data is accurate and stakeholders are informed of change.
• Attend meetings with internal stakeholders and the Regulator, providing administrative support as needed.
• Work collaboratively with other key teams to ensure that the Company’s overall environmental targets and objectives are met.
• Engage with the Regulator to fully understand and implement our environmental obligations.
• Compliance with all Company Health and Safety at Work policies and procedures to ensure that all activities are undertaken in a safe manner.

What You’ll Bring To The Role:

To be successful in this role, it is expected that you’ll have good administrative and time management skills and have an eye for detail. Experience of managing finances and basic accounting would be desirable. Experience of manipulating SharePoint lists/Excel, using Power BI and GIS would also be desirable. Environmental permits are central to our compliance and environmental performance, so an understanding of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (2016) and Water Industry Act would be desirable but not essential. Site visits may be required across our operational areas as such you will need to be self-disciplined and able to work without supervision. Time management and the ability to manage competing priorities will be essential to ensure you can deliver outputs within agreed timescales.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Strong planning, organisation and highly developed administration skills.
• Attention to detail.
• An excellent understanding of data and the ability to communicate information to a range of audiences, including Strategic Leads and external stakeholders.
• Experience of meeting deadlines.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products including SharePoint, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communicator (verbal and written) with the ability to flex style and build strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Confidence in identifying and recommending improvements; seeing these changes through to implementation.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of waste treatment processes and familiarity with environmental licensing and permitting regimes.
• Experience of basic financial management/accounting and record keeping.
• Experience of using GIS, SharePoint and Power BI reporting.
• A working knowledge of corporate systems i.e including Power Apps / Power BI.
• Knowledge of capital project delivery.
• Experience of data analysis and working with large amounts of data.

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity, and a caring attitude we want to talk to you too. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involved. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care.

What’s In It For You:

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and we’ll reward you for it too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With That In Mind, Here Are Just Some Of Our Favourite Perks That You’ll Get Being Part Of The Severn Trent Family:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year).
• Annual bonus scheme (up to £2,250 based on company performance and subject to eligibility).
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%).
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate.
• 10% monthly discount with Busy Bees Nurseries and one-week free childcare.
• Dedicated training and development with our Academy.
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers.
• Family friendly policies.
• Two paid volunteering days per year.

We can’t wait to hear from you. Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. If you’re not too sure about what you need to do, or have a question about the role before applying, please get in touch with our amazing team of recruiters at recruitment@severntrent.co.uk.

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