Field Monitoring Officer

Environment Agency – Monitoring Field Team (Sussex/South East)

Be part of the solution. At the Environment Agency, your work directly protects rivers, seas, and wildlife while tackling climate change and shaping a sustainable future.

We’re seeking motivated individuals to join our Monitoring Field Teams in Pevensey or Rye.

You’ll carry out vital environmental monitoring—rivers, bathing waters, effluents, macroinvertebrates, diatoms, groundwater, and fisheries—helping safeguard ecosystems and communities.

You’ll train to become Officer in Charge for electric fishing surveys, gain experience in boat work, and use innovative scheduling tools to enhance delivery. You’ll collect and interpret data, mentor colleagues, and engage with the public and partners to ensure high quality outcomes.

This is a hands on role: fieldwork can be physically demanding and requires resilience in all weather. Working independently, you’ll need to be self‑motivated, safety conscious, and organised. In return, you’ll develop specialist skills, play a key role in incident response, and make a tangible difference to the environment.

Join us to build a career with purpose, where every day contributes to a healthier planet and a better future for everyone.

We collect field-based samples and environmental data for local, national, and statutory requirements. The data collected provides key information to serve diverse community and environmental needs.

The SSC and South East teams are dispersed. The teams primarily cover Sussex and Kent and surrounding areas. You will be expected to cross boundaries to support other teams. This is a field-based role and requires long, extensive driving in urban and rural locations.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

• Field sample collection experience
• Training and mentoring staff
• Able to work independently as part of a dispersed team
• Good organisational skills
• Working in water confidently and safely
• Ability to communicate effectively with external and internal customers
• Experience of using standard IT packages to deliver work as well as more specialised systems and databases
• Experience of health, safety and wellbeing procedures including carrying out risk assessments
• Freshwater fish identification
• Experience of biosecurity procedures
• Confidence in driving long distances in urban and rural environments

• Electric fishing experience
• Ecology sampling including kick sampling for macroinvertebrates
• Air Quality Monitoring
• Water Temperature Logging
• Salesforce App knowledge
• Preparation Of Risk Assessment Documentation