Senior Environmental Permitting Specialist

Description

• Advocate for the environment with a demonstrable track record of compliance and environmental excellence.
• Maintain up-to-date permit trackers, document control and document management.
• Managing ongoing permit applications, including coordinating the progression of existing environmental permit applications.
• Support the Wastewater Permitting Team as a technical lead on permitting and water discharge matters and the technical development of the team members through coaching and mentoring.
• Representing TWUL in technical meetings with other Water Companies and the Environment Agency.
• Prepare, draft and submit new permit applications where required.
• Negotiate with the Environment Agency regarding new permits and changes to existing permits, submitting applications where necessary, related to Capital Schemes.
• Ensure all submissions are compliant with relevant regulations and reflect current operational requirements.

Requirements

• Excellent planning, organisation, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to negotiate and liaise with stakeholders.
• Evidence of strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring others in a technical discipline.
• Strong technical writing skills and ability to write clear, structured technical documents and coordinate complex permit applications.
• Excellent IT literacy (including Excel & Power BI) to enable learning of internal data systems.
• Subject matter expert in Water Discharge Activity Environmental Permitting.
• Evidence of working flexibly across organisations, building and/or improving ways of working and embedding them into organisations.
• An operational background in water, wastewater, air emissions, waste, or similar regulated industries and/or the regulator.
• Experience or academic background in an environmental, regulatory or water industry-related discipline.
• Degree in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management, Data Management or a related field.
• Strong analytical background.
• Full understanding of the regulatory framework applicable to the Water Industry, including the requirements of the Environmental Permitting Regulations and the associated Environment Agency’s guidance.

Benefits

This position will be working Hybrid from Clearwater Court in Reading, although other Thames Water locations will be considered. The salary for this position is up to £59,000 per annum depending on experience.

• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets.
• Competitive salary up to £59,000 per annum.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance