Summary: Are you passionate about making a real, tangible impact on the environment? Do you want to use your skills to protect and enhance our natural surroundings, from river restoration to sustainable engineering? We're looking for an Environmental Performance Officer to join our team and help us build a better, more sustainable future. This is more than just a job; it’s a chance to be at the heart of our commitment to the environment. You'll be a key player in our Environmental Performance Team, providing crucial support on a range of exciting projects. From the very beginning of a project's design right through to its completion and beyond, you'll be ensuring we minimise our environmental impact and promote sustainable practices. You’ll work closely with a diverse range of people, including our engineering teams, consultants, contractors, and even local landowners. Your role will involve everything from carrying out environmental assessments and conducting site inspections to producing designs and writing essential contract documents. We’re especially keen to hear from you if you have a strong background in environmental engineering, developing sustainable waste strategies, or leading river restoration projects. If you’re a technical specialist who thrives on complex challenges and wants to see your expertise make a difference, this could be the role for you. Main responsibilities: Environmental desktop appraisal and sign-off of elements of the Investment Delivery Process. Assist in the development of a program of restoration and enhancement projects. Provide environmental advice on how projects should proceed and identify likely environmental sensitivities. Work with Engineering Project teams to identify ways to minimize environmental impact in delivery and provide practical solutions. Production of outline and final designs as agreed with the Regulator. Liaison with environmental regulators, obtaining consents and advice where necessary, and reporting back to the business. Engage with technical specialists where required and provide practical solutions to the project team. 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 internal and regulatory deadlines. You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience Technically qualified environmentalist (with a degree, HND, or equivalent work-related experience) Demonstrable work experience in a similar role/field. Management of environmental aspects and risks across a wide range of settings. Ability to determine pragmatic outcomes which minimize 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 ability to travel across Company region/areas as required It will be a bonus if you have: Skills / Qualifications / Experience 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 licence 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. Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time. We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. 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 career’s 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. If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: £40,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience