Environmental Performance Officer

Summary:

Do you have a passion for protecting our environment and a talent for making a tangible impact?

Are you a dedicated environmental professional looking for a new challenge?

South East Water\’s Environmental Performance Team is looking for an Environmental Performance Officer to help us manage the environmental and ecological aspects of our projects. You\’ll work with a variety of teams and partners to reduce environmental risks, ensure compliance, and promote a healthy ecosystem, all while having the chance to focus on your areas of interest, such as environmental engineering or developing sustainable strategies.

Main responsibilities:

• Assist in the program of biodiversity restoration and enhancement projects.
• Support in a programme of monitoring and implementation of biosecurity protocols to prevent spread of invasive non-native species (INNS).
• Provide environmental advice on how projects should proceed and identify likely environmental sensitivities.
• Work with other South East Water teams to identify ways to minimize environmental impact in delivery and provide practical solutions.
• Liaison with environmental regulators, obtaining consents and advice where necessary, and reporting back to the business.
• Engage with technical specialists where required and provide practical solutions to the project team.
• Detailed reporting, consultation and setting out mitigation on key issues such as heritage and protected species.
• Assist with permits required to deliver projects on time and budget, including planning permission and flood risk applications.
• Coordinate technical reports to a high standard to meet internal and regulatory deadlines.
• Check and review work prepared by others.
• Manage and audit contractors and contract documents to ensure environmental risks are effectively represented and managed.
• Collaborate with other staff in the design of monitoring programs to demonstrate project outcomes.
• Auditing/site inspections to ensure compliance with regulation & internal standards.
• Reporting to regulators and stakeholders such as water industry bodies and neighbouring water companies.

You\’ll need:

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Technically qualified environmentalist/ecologist (with a degree, HND, or equivalent work-related experience)
• Demonstrable work experience in a similar role/field.
• Management of environmental/ecological aspects and risks across a wide range of settings.
• Ability to determine pragmatic outcomes which minimize harm to the environment and communicate these to the business.
• Passion for the environment with the ability to work closely with colleagues, contractors, stakeholders, regulators and members of the public.
• Driving license and ability to travel across Company region/areas as required

It will be a bonus if you have:

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Chartership or working towards chartership of a professional body such as CIWEM, CIEEM, CIWM or Institute of Water.
• Protected species licences (e.g. GCN, bat, dormouse).
• Experience of managing projects including finances.
• Experience of working on construction sites.
• Experience of Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) control and biosecurity.
• Practical habitat management skills eg. brushcutter or chainsaw competancies.

Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time.

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:

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