WQI - Principal Environmental Specialist

Did you know the length of Severn Trent’s water main pipes would wrap around the world just over once? Well, now you do.

It’s a big network, and a big responsibility. Every day 8 million people from Scunthorpe to Stroud rely on us to bring them clean water at the turn of a tap and take away their waste in one flush.

From planning, to digging, to inspecting we welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality. We know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and the communities where they live.

If you want to do more because you care, we’d love to talk to you. There really is something for everyone here.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Severn Trent are recruiting for a Principal Environmental Specialist within our Water Treatment department. The role will be to ensure compliance with the environmental discharge requirements on our non infra water sites. This is a new and exciting role to help to shape and deliver our environmental compliance strategy in clean water.

The role will entail working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. This team will coordinate and manage the creation and delivery of local operating procedures and associated site plans. The role will also include coordinating and driving forward the compliance workstreams and managing a small team to embed new practices into non infra water. Any escalations from the sites and direct reporting specialists will need to be managed and escalated to the relevant teams as required. Root Cause analysis outputs and investigations will be summarised and signed off for external reporting to our key stakeholders.

The role will involve additional focus on our improvement activities, working with other teams to help deliver improved compliance. Site end to end reviews will need to be carried out highlighting any shortfalls with our discharge permits and site control philosophies.

Some of your key accountabilities will include…

To take a lead role in delivering the environmental compliance ODI and EPA
To proactively recognise non-compliance where a site is not performing correctly and failing its discharge limits from a numeric and non-numeric perspective.
Identify and drive mitigating actions to help resolve process or site discharge issues including pollution incidents.
Liaise with the Permits teams and apply for adjustments to existing Discharge permits and support with new applications.
To complete a full root cause analysis ensuring that the right people/skills are involved and delivered in a timely manner as per the complying with the Regulations and discharges standard.
Be responsible for carrying out proactive discharge site audits including the relevant site permits.
Attend any associated COPS (Community of practice) to help deliver a standard best practice around discharge regulations compliance.
Identify, develop, set standards and deliver training to include onsite testing, discharge process knowledge to the local teams and wider business.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

In order to succeed in this role, it is expected that you will have excellent technical or process knowledge within Water Treatment or Waste Water. You’ll also need an understanding of environmental compliance and regulations.

You should have excellent communication and influencing skills alongside experience of collaborating with and working with stakeholders effectively at all levels within an organisation.

Ideally, we’d like to see an understanding of Water or Waste Water operational teams and customer issues.

It would also be beneficial to have the following…

Ability to interpret trends and understand the consequences.
Ability to clearly communicate investigational outcomes to the relevant stakeholders.
Passionate about our river water quality and Water Treatment site performance.
Experience in leading process investigations
Experience in managing and developing teams.
Finance and or budget management.
Understanding of the capital investment process
Experience of using Safer Better Faster tools and techniques
Awareness of regulatory reporting and other environmental compliance requirements
Ability to translate technical information at all levels
Excellent communication and influencing skills
Possess an innovative approach to problem solving

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We want people who show up and get involve. Those who are ready to be part of something bigger and who want to make a difference because they care. Is that you?

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies (including, a year off fully paid maternity and adoption leave)
Two volunteering days per year

WHATS NEXT?

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.

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