Overview
In this role you will regulate a diverse portfolio of permitted sites across key sectors to protect Wales’ natural resources. You will work independently and with colleagues to inspect compliance, provide expert guidance, and drive environmental improvements. You’ll respond quickly to incidents and coordinate follow-up actions, influencing operators toward better environmental performance. The job combines regulatory enforcement with strategic collaboration across agencies, offering meaningful impact on environmental protection and sector-wide standards. This is a field-based, mission-driven position with flexibility and hybrid working options.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible working
- hybrid working pattern
- planned face-to-face training
- opportunity to contribute to environmental protection
- field-based role with diverse sites
Responsibilities
- Assess compliance at installations, COMAH sites, waste sites and sites handling radioactive substances
- Liaise with Counter Terrorism Security Advisors
- Collect evidence for enforcement actions following defined procedures
- Lead response to large or contentious cases/issues
- Coordinate pre-application discussions to enable timely permit variations, applications and surrenders
- Select and implement interventions to restore compliance with minimal environmental and economic impact
- Develop medium-term regulatory strategies with operators and senior management
- Represent NRW in technical/strategic groups and external forums
- Contribute to NRW Sector Groups and cross-agency groups to promote best practices
- Coach and mentor team members; support health, safety and well-being culture
- Commit to NRW Equal Opportunities and Diversity policy and personal development via Sgwrs
- Participate in incident response activities
- Carry out other duties commensurate with the grade
Key requirements
- Significant experience in environmental regulation or a regulated industry
- Strong understanding of relevant environmental legislation
- Full and current UK driving licence
- Ability to travel across north and Mid Wales, including on short notice
- Willingness to respond to incidents and complaints on short notice
- stakeholder engagement
- collegial collaboration
- leadership and mentoring
- environmental permits and permit variations
- COMAH Regulations
- enforcement actions and investigations
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