Environmental Performance Officer

Description

• Have the opportunity to mentor and manage apprentices and graduates within your team.
• Actively promote sustainability, circular economy, and environmental goals across the business.
• Work with our project teams to identify ways to minimise environmental impact and find practical, innovative solutions.
• Conduct environmental desktop appraisals for new projects, offering expert advice from the design stage onwards.
• Liaise with regulators and stakeholders to get necessary consents and advice, ensuring we're always ahead of the curve.
• Help to roll out training programmes that upskill our teams and promote a culture of environmental responsibility.
• Carry out site inspections and audits to make sure our work meets both regulations and our own high standards.

Requirements

• Experience with habitat restoration and management techniques, particularly in woodland, chalk grassland, and heathland habitats.
• Demonstrable experience managing environmental risks and finding pragmatic solutions that protect the environment.
• A specialist background, such as in archaeology, arboriculture, or as a protected species licence holder.
• Experience in people management and building strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Strong report writing and data presentation skills.
• A genuine passion for the environment and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people, from colleagues and contractors to regulators and the public.
• Knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain.
• Chartership or are working towards it with a professional body like CIWEM or CIEEM.
• A degree in an environmental subject or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
• Experience working in a process environment, especially with incident response.
• Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.

Benefits

• Life assurance.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• Paid volunteering days.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance