Catchment Advisor

Description

• For investigations, undertake hydrological and hydrogeological characterisations reports and produce source-pathway-receptor models. Ensuring that findings and outcomes are used across the business to improve operations.
• Work closely with the Catchment team to record project performance and land owner engagement statistics. Work with these Stakeholders and other internal teams to ensure that planned actions are guided and driven by our environmental plans.
• Advocate and promote the environmental work of South East Water through engagement with stakeholders on an everyday basis as well as the design and delivery of special workshops and events.
• Plan suitable monitoring strategies and assess monitoring data from Catchment Scientists to determine sources of pollution, using this information to inform and guide necessary catchment interventions or remedial works.
• Working with our various regulators and guardians to produce technical written reports of a high standard to meet tight regulatory deadlines and highlight the positive works of South East Water.
• Conducting land usage surveys to determine potential pollution hot spots and use this information to educate and change behaviours and activities in external stakeholders’ operations.
• Support the business with reactive, emergency environmental advice to minimise environmental impact of work and to reduce the likelihood of environmental prosecutions.
• Deliver catchment investigation activities and/or catchment no deterioration schemes associated with South East Water’s obligations under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP).

Requirements

• Experience of working within / alongside regulatory bodies.
• Clean driving licence as occasional visits to other sites will be required.
• Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.
• Experience of working with diverse stakeholder groups in an environmental setting.
• Demonstrable experience of working within or alongside the water industry to provide catchment management or environmental protection services.
• It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
• Educated to degree level in an environmental / related discipline.
• Excellent Stakeholder management skills – with the gravitas and communication skills needed to explain and gain buy-in to complex environmental processes / solutions.
• The ability to understand the diverse world of catchment management.

Benefits

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

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance