South East Water UK
Environment Performance Officer - River Restoration
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Summary
Do you want to be part of a team restoring healthy river ecosystems across the South East Water catchment?
Are you passionate about environmental restoration and ready to make a tangible impact in the South East?
As Environmental Performance Officer - River Restoration, you will deliver catchment-based restoration (both river restoration and Nature-based Solution (NbS) projects within the Water Industry National Environment Programme to promote a healthy environment ecosystem across the South East Water catchment area.
You will work closely with partners, land-owners, and contractors to deliver a range of exciting projects that involve all stages from early planning stages, surveying, modelling, design, and supervision of site works.
Main responsibilities
- Assist in the development of a programme of restoration and enhancement projects. Work with our partners to ensure all environmental aspects of projects are managed from the initial design stage, through to construction and then post works management and monitoring.
- Responsible for the production of outline and final designs as agreed with our Regulator, the Environment Agency.
- Provide environmental advice on how the project should proceed and likely environmental sensitivities of a project. This will ensure each project is programmed and executed in a well-planned way in line with environmental constraints, so that environmental risks are avoided or appropriate controls in place.
- Work on 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 robust 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. Ensure that site health and safety and CDM regulations are carried out in accordance with South East Waters guidance and policies.
- Support with engaging and contributing to catchment meetings and liaising with stakeholder partners.
- Collaborate with other staff in the design of monitoring programs to demonstrate project outcomes.
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Skills / Qualifications / Experience
- Qualified environmentalist (with a degree, HND, or equivalent work-related experience).
- Project management experience.
- Management of environmental aspects and risks across a wide range of settings.
- Ability to determine pragmatic outcomes which minimise 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.
- People management skills, including direct management of a small team and wider management of regulator, stakeholder, and contractor relationships.
- Full, clean driving license and use of own car to travel across the Company region/areas is essential to this role.
- Chartership or working towards chartership of a professional body such as CIWEM, CIEEM, CIWM, or Institute of Water.
- Specialist subject background, i.e., Archaeology/arboriculture/EIA/Protected species license holder or experience working with protected species mitigation.
- Experience in habitat restoration and management techniques, in particular experience of survey and working in woodland, chalk grassland, and heathland habitats.
- Experience in ecology and supervision of works on site.
- Experience of CDM regulations is desirable.
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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 careers 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.
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Compensation package
Up to £50,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)
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