Regulated Industry Officer

Regulated Industry Officer – 33015

We are looking for environmental professionals to join our teams that regulate industrial and waste installations across the East Anglian Region.

As a regulatory officer you will be at the forefront of protecting people and the environment from harm and securing environmental improvements. This is particularly important to deliver our aim to drive forward our climate ambitions and support green growth.

• Undertake compliance assessment activities at a range of industrial sites.
• Ensure permit compliance and make complex assessments of an operator's ability to protect the environment, prevent pollution and optimise use of resources. Set conditions under which a site may continue to operate and enforce these.
• Use influencing and negotiating skills to secure best practice, often dealing with senior level industry and local communities.
• Respond to and investigate incidents across our portfolio of sites, ensuring preventive and protective action is implemented.
• Take up an incident management role in the wider business, including out of hours standby duties.

You’ll be a proactive, self‑motivated and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills; together with well‑developed technical expertise and regulatory experience within an industrial environment.

A full UK driving licence is required; flexibility to travel for operational site visits and incident response. A vehicle will be made available for business travel.

• Have regulatory and/or industrial experience.
• Be familiar with environmental management systems, auditing, and root cause analysis.
• Be able to interpret environmental monitoring and performance data.
• Be used to managing multiple demands and delivering outcomes independently.
• Take initiative and practice a continuous improvement approach.
• Have a degree/equivalent in a scientific, environmental, or engineering discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional organisation such as IEMA, CIWM is helpful but not essential.

• Achieves Results:
  Provide an example of when you have set and delivered high work standards, demonstrating your drive to meet targets and your ability to prioritise and manage resources.
• Influences and Persuades Others:
  Provide an example where you have won people over, encouraging them to willingly make improvements.
• Scientific Knowledge:
  What industry or regulatory experience do you have that makes you technically proficient for this role? Provide an example demonstrating how you have used your expertise to gain a substantial environmental benefit.

We want to create a diverse workplace where people are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where jointly we all grow and learn together.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment.

Please note this role does NOT qualify for skilled worker sponsorship.

Competence questions will be used for interview selection. Answers should be up to 250 words. See candidate pack for more details and a link to our capability dictionary.

Contact:
Ross McIntyre, Installations Team Leader, ross.mcinty or Darren Butler, Installations Team Leader, darren.butl