Environmental Regulatory Specialist

2 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time

Are you passionate about protecting the environment and ensuring compliance with critical regulations?
Join our dedicated team as an Environmental Regulatory Specialist (Air/Waste) , where you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring our company meets the statutory requirements of environmental permits under the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
Your expertise will help safeguard emissions to air, water, and land while shaping a sustainable future.
What you will be doing as an Environmental Regulatory Specialist (Air/Waste): Act as the technical subject matter expert on monitoring and reporting requirements for Air and Waste Permits, supporting 25 Sludge Treatment Centres to comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
Provide expert advice and coordinate efforts to ensure the business meets regulatory monitoring, reporting, and notification requirements on time and accurately.
Work closely with operational teams and external partners to facilitate regulatory submissions, including Quarterly, Six-Monthly, and Annual Reporting, and Pollution Inventory.
Support permitting projects by developing processes, action trackers, and internal reports to maintain compliance and track progress.
Offer guidance to internal stakeholders and engineering teams regarding environmental permits, including advising on technical outputs and supporting applications for new licenses.
Ensure timely responses to regulator requests for information related to permits or applications, working collaboratively across teams to deliver high-quality submissions.
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, with flexibility to start earlier or later and adjust end times.
This is a hybrid role , with a minimum of 1 day in the office and occasional travel to operational sites to support compliance activities.
Base Location: Reading, Clearwater Court.
What you should bring to the role A degree (or equivalent) in a scientific or environmental discipline.
Experience in managing environmental data and preparing regulatory reports.
Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement and regulatory compliance.
Practical understanding of environmental permitting and the associated Environment Agency guidance (desirable).
Technical expertise in emissions monitoring (air, odor management, bioaerosols) and wastewater characterization (desirable).
What's in it for you?
Competitive salary from £36,240 to £44,000 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 leveler.
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 Wate r At Thames Water, we recognize 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, background, 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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