Technical Support – Environmental Compliance

About The Role

Technical Support – Environmental Compliance

Full Time – Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

Location – Durham, County Durham

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at Northumbrian Water in a Technical Support capacity focusing on Environmental Permitting Compliance. The role is crucial to ensure our water operations have all the required environmental permits in place. You will also support the timely and comprehensive reporting of pollution incidents.

This role would be ideal for a graduate in the environmental sector or someone with existing experience in the water industry.

Please Note – You will be directly employed by an approved temporary supplier, Pertemps for the duration of your employment.

• Support Technical Advisors in the preparation and submission of applications for new and renewed environmental permits.
• Support Technical Advisors in conducting site audits and in the completion and follow-up of associated actions.
• Engage with operational teams to collect information and evidence following suspected pollution incidents.
• Prepare draft Environmental Impact Reports following suspected pollution incidents.
• Collate and manage data on pollution incidents, including use of the Pollution Management System where required.
• Work collaboratively within the WINEP & Permitting Team to support permitting and pollution incident activities.
• Advise internal customers on best practice for monitoring potential pollution incidents and mitigating their impacts.

• University degree or equivalent experience in a subject relevant to the role.
• Basic knowledge of the water industry and environmental regulatory framework.
• Full, clean driving licence with ability to travel to remote offices and operational sites.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied and demanding workload.
• Strong report writing skills.

• Experience in operational roles within the water industry or utilities sector.
• Experience with in the environmental sector.

We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work. Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

About Us NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water. We are proud to serve our customers and we re committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.