Sustainable Strategy Lead

Summary:

We are looking for a Sustainable Strategy Lead to ensure South East Water\’s practices for sustainable water abstraction are followed.

This includes implementing strategies for abstraction and environmental considerations in water supply and demand planning.

You will also contribute to future Water Resource Management Plans and Water Industry National Environment Plans, including data collection and flow monitoring.

A key part of the role is building relationships with other water companies and regulators to ensure a consistent industry approach.

Main responsibilities:

• Developing and delivering Sustainable Abstraction strategy plans for South East Water, development of future WINEP/environmental element of business plan.

• Responsible for monitoring and tracking operation of sources at risk from future licence capping scenarios and working with production/ops and assets to ensure sources are operated to methodology to reduce future risk of licence capping.

• Developing innovative and problem solving strategies for eco-hydrological baseline monitoring and modelling to measure the resilience of catchments we abstract within.

• Environmental Destination strategies to be forward thinking to address likely future supply / demand scenarios before they arise.

• Sound decision making skills based on evidence and understanding of evidence collected and modelled.

• Write and coordinate technical reports, communication documents to a high standard to meet robust internal and regulatory deadlines.

• As required, check, review and signoff for RSA studies, prepared by others.

You\’ll need:
Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Technically qualified water resource or environmental specialist (with a degree, HND or equivalent work related experience) with demonstrable experience.

• Strong communication and influential skills and the ability to work alongside multiple departments and regulators. Proven ability to communicate complex, scientific findings in a simple and easy to follow manner.

• Working knowledge of groundwater models – both MODFLOW and Eco-hydrology models.

• Excellent data interpretation skills, reflecting the need to use the data to inform and influence stakeholders.

• Proficient with the use of GIS and spatial data analysis tools.

• Full, clean driving licence and ability to travel across Company region/areas as required

• Several years experience of working in water resources / water industry / environmental regulation

It will be a bonus if you have:
Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Degree ideally in a scientific discipline or relevant work related area

• Professionally Chartered in a relevant scientific discipline.

• Knowledge of National/Regional Environmental Destination and South East Water’s Environmental Destination.

• Working knowledge of planning applications and legislation.

• Ability to work with uncertainty and plan adaptively as a self-starter.

• Specialism in one of the following: hydrogeology, hydrology, hydro-ecology, water industry water resource planning.

• Experience of ecological monitoring, catchment monitoring and supervision of works on site

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.

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.

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:

From £50,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)

Join our team:

• Be you, belong and valued.
• Grow a career with a meaningful purpose.

About Us

We supply top-quality drinking water to 2.3 million customers in the southeast of England.

Through a network of 9,000 miles of pipe, we deliver 544 million litres of water every day. It\’s the skill and expertise of our employees that ensures our water meets the highest standards.

We make sure we can meet the needs of our customers both now and in the future.

What you get from working with us:

• Grow a career with a meaningful purpose.
• Come to work to be safe, valued, and trusted.
• We’ll encourage you to create and pursue new opportunities for personal growth.
• A place to be the real you, build deeper connections and enjoy a sense of belonging.
• Be invested in helping us to create a sustainable water supply for now, and in the future.

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