Trade Effluent Compliance and Team Investigation Manager
Role Description
The Trade Effluent Compliance & Investigation Team Manager will be a member of the Environmental Regulation management team and will work closely with the Head of Environmental Regulation, the TE Manager and Legal Teams Compliance Manager to ensure that NI Water delivers good practice in all aspects of trade effluent control, enforcement and prosecution, including statutory compliance.
The Trade Effluent Compliance & Investigation Team Manager will have overall responsibility for the management, development and leadership of the TE Compliance & Investigation Team.
As a member of the Environmental Regulation management team, work closely with senior colleagues to ensure that NI Water's Trade Effluent Control, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy is implemented to Industry Good Practice standards to drive improvements in trade effluent consent compliance.
They will be accountable for the production and implementation of strategies, policies and procedures associated with trade effluent control, enforcement and prosecution.
They will have an integral role in the collection and appropriate handling of evidence to support criminal investigations associated with persistent trade effluent non-compliance.
They will collaborate with other wastewater enforcement areas within the business, to support proactive compliance initiatives (such as dealing with illegal discharges to sewer) and to review policy and procedures to determine the future direction and actions of the Trade Effluent Compliance & Investigation Team.
Please refer to the Candidate Brief below for further details of role responsibilities.
Applicants MUST be able to demonstrate in their application and where necessary at interview:
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
1. Minimum of 2 years' relevant experience in enforcement, regulatory compliance, criminal investigation, environmental protection, or other investigative role involving evidence gathering, reporting and application of standards.
2. Minimum of 1 years' demonstrable experience of working within a wastewater, environmental, operational or process-based setting.
3. Demonstrable experience of Trade Effluent Control and Enforcement within the water industry (this may have been gained through operational work)
4. Demonstrable knowledge of the basic analysis carried out in a wastewater laboratory.
5. Competent in MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Excel).
6. Demonstrate experience in a customer-facing role, handling challenging conversations effectively and producing accurate, clear, well-structured reports.
What is on Offer
Salary
This role offers a competitive remuneration package with a salary scale of £35,354 to £47,138 per annum (further pay award pending)
Location: Westland, 40 Old Westland Road, Belfast, BT14 6TE
What we Offer
* Generous annual leave and public/privilege holidays
* Flexible working and family friendly policies
* Hybrid Working (applicable to some of our roles after three months following onboarding and training)
* Occupational sick pay
* Employee assistance programmes
* Cycle to work scheme
* One of the largest corporate volunteering schemes in NI
* Award winning health and wellbeing programme which focuses on supporting four key area of employee health; Physical, Mental, Social and Financial
How to Apply
To submit your application, please click APPLY NOW.
For additional information about the role please download a Candidate Brief from the Additional Documents section below.
Closing date for submission of Applications: Monday 2nd March 2026 at 10.00am
Interview dates (week commencing): Monday 16th March 2026