What you’ll be doing
as an Environmental Permitting Specialist
1. This role is critical in ensuring our systems are up to date with the relevant and current permit information and regulatory requirements.
2. Follow existing permitting processes and methodologies and propose any suggested improvements to the Installations Manager. This role may also support on the notifications to the business of new permit changes.
3. Advise our operational teams and engineering partners on the interpretation of regulatory requirements and outputs to facilitate the roll-out of the agreed business plan.
4. Support the Installations team on AMP8 projects working with Capital Delivery and Engineering, providing technical advice to ensure assets comply with their environmental permits and negotiating with the Environment Agency on technical permitting matters, where necessary. This may include site visits and supporting our Operational teams on
5. This role will support on the 25 Sludge Treatment Centre permits and compliance with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
6. Negotiate with the Environment Agency regarding new permits and changes to existing permits, submitting applications where necessary, related to Capital Schemes. Ensure the interests of the company are protected, that cost implications are minimised and regulatory requirements are appropriate.
7. Making informed and timely decisions based on analysis of technical data and interpretation of regulator guidance.
8. Contribute to improving compliance with all conditions of environmental permits by supporting other teams within the Environmental Regulation & Quality and the wider business.
9. Contribute to production and coordination of monitoring and reporting reports and provide second an assurance role.
10. Ensure timely responses to regulator requests for information related to permits or applications, working collaboratively across teams to deliver high-quality submissions.
11. Ensure timely responses to requests for information related to permits or applications, through the Environmental Information Request (EIR) process, working collaboratively across teams to deliver high-quality submissions.
Base Location: Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading. (Some travel to sites may be required)
Working Pattern: Full-time, Monday–Friday. (36 hours per week)
Salary: Competitive salary up to £55,000 per annum - depending upon experience
What you should bring to the role:
The essential criteria to help you succeed in this role are:
12. Proven ability to develop an understanding of a technical discipline and a keenness to develop expertise in Environmental Permitting.
13. Excellent planning, organisation, and verbal/written communication skills
14. A passion to improve our environmental performance.
15. Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to negotiate and liaise with stakeholders
16. Strong analytical background, including Excel & Power Bi
17. Excellent IT literacy to enable learning of internal data systems, for example Equis
Additional skills and experiences would be great to have/bring:
18. Advocate for the environment with demonstrable track record of compliance and environmental excellence.
19. An operational background in water, wastewater, air emissions, waste, or similar regulated industries
20. Practical understanding of environmental permitting and the associated Environment Agency guidance
21. Experience working with environmental regulations
22. Evidence of working flexibly across organisations, building and/or improving ways of working and embedding them into organisations
23. Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Management or Data Management or a related field.
What’s in it for you?
24. Competitive salary up to £55,000 per annum - depending upon experience
25. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
26. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
27. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
28. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.