Join Us in Protecting Communities and the Environment
At the Environment Agency, we’re building a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and heard. We celebrate difference and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can grow, contribute, and thrive. By embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), we aim to be an employer where people from all backgrounds feel welcome and supported.
Our Field Operations teams play a vital role in safeguarding people, wildlife, and landscapes by maintaining and operating flood and coastal risk management assets across the country. We’re the hands‑on teams who keep communities safe, provide expert support to colleagues and partners, and respond when the environment needs us most.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Delivering our maintenance programme by planning, scheduling, and resourcing work efficiently.
* Championing health, safety, and wellbeing, ensuring high standards are met and fostering a proactive, safety‑first culture.
* Keeping our documentation clear and accurate, supporting project delivery, taking ownership of work specifications, and collaborating with internal teams and external partners.
* Ensuring full compliance with legal requirements and Environment Agency policies across all work sites.
* Organising and coordinating training to test and strengthen our incident response plans.
* Supporting incident response, taking part in training and playing an active role during flood or environmental emergencies.
Why This Role Matters
This is a role with purpose. You’ll be part of a team that protects communities, enhances the environment, and responds when people need help the most. No two days are the same, and your work will have a direct, positive impact on the places we live and the people we serve.
The team
Field teams are the workforce of the Environment Agency. As our ‘frontline’, the field teams protect people and the environment by providing operational response during flood events, maintain our river and coastal assets and provide 24/7 response to maintain defences. The field teams have a range of technical skills they use to deliver watercourse maintenance, along with asset maintenance and construction projects. The team’s work collaboratively across the organisation to achieve outcomes.
Experience/skills required
We are seeking proactive, self‑motivated and confident communicators with experience working in field‑based teams.
Essential
* Knowledge and experience of managing Health and Safety on construction and maintenance sites.
* Competent IT literacy: the ability to use devices, Excel and databases.
* Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities.
* Good knowledge of Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS), Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) and Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER).
* Organisational skills and ability to work under pressure.
* Effective and inclusive leadership.
* A full UK Driving Licence.
Desirable
* Health & Safety accreditations are advantageous.
* X63 CDM Principal Contractor accredited training is required for this role (but we will support you to work towards this via an internal course).
* We welcome all backgrounds, preferably with an interest in engineering and geography.
You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.
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