Environmental Incident Investigation Manager

6 days ago


Reading, United Kingdom idibu Full time
As the Environmental Incident Investigation Manager, you will provide strategic leadership to our Incident Investigation Team, overseeing the coordination of serious pollution incident investigations within our Clean Water and Wastewater operations.

You will play a pivotal role in managing technical aspects of incident investigation, and documentation, and driving continuous improvement across key business outputs. Additionally, you will maintain senior-level engagement with regulatory bodies and ensure compliance with environmental standards.

What you’ll be doing as an Environmental Incident Investigation Manager
  • Establish and promote a comprehensive understanding of serious pollution events throughout the organization, enhancing accountability and transparency.
  • Design and implement an effective Incident Investigation process for Clean Water & Wastewater incidents, ensuring timely environmental mitigation and action.
  • Conduct thorough investigations into incidents, compiling comprehensive reports and identifying areas for learning and improvement.
  • Lead the development and implementation of an effective 'Event Learning' process, facilitating senior incident reviews and tracking improvement actions.
  • Enhance training and competency levels within the team, implementing strategies to improve knowledge in legal processes, regulatory compliance, root cause analysis, and wastewater management.
  • Establish and maintain management systems to document working practices, ensuring transparency and supporting ongoing training needs.
  • Uphold health, safety, and wellbeing policies within your area of responsibility, ensuring adherence to HR policies and procedures.
  • Lead recruitment, training, and development initiatives to build a high-performing and competent team.
Base Location – Reading, Clearwater Court RG1 8DB.

What you should bring to the role
  • Degree or post-graduate level education in a relevant scientific discipline.
  • Scientific charter ship through a relevant awarding or working towards would be advantageous
  • Significant experience in wastewater quality, risk management, and project management.
  • Experience managing regulatory relationships is desirable.
  • Proven experience in people management and leadership.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal.
  • Proficiency in complex IT systems and standard office software.

What’s in it for you?
  • Competitive salary up to £55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.
  • Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
  • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
  • Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
  • Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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