Regulatory Officer

Regulatory Officer

Number of jobs available

1

Region

East Midlands

City/Town

Kettering , Peterborough

Building/Site

DEFRA GRP EA NENE HOUSE, NN15 6JQ, DEFRA GRP QUAY HOUSE, PE2 8YY

Grade

Staff Grade 5

Post Type

Fixed Term

Role Type

Environment & Sustainability

Working Pattern

Full Time

Salary Minimum

£43,198 Pro-rata

Closing Date:

16/11/2025, 23:55 hours

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Job description

The Environment Agency is committed to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively seek, embrace, and celebrate diversity. New starters receive full training, support, and all necessary equipment to succeed in their role.

As an Installations Officer specialising in landfill and hazardous waste treatment regulation, you will ensure operators comply with environmental permits through inspections, audits, and data reviews. Your work will focus on high-risk waste treatment sites, including hazardous waste treatment facilities and landfills, where environmental protection is critical. You'll assess emissions, containment systems, and operational controls, identifying non-compliance and driving improvements.

You'll work closely with our national permitting service, offering technical advice on permit applications and variations, ensuring conditions and limits are robust and enforceable. Liaising with operators, local communities, partners, and stakeholders is key, especially when addressing concerns around odour, pollution, or waste mismanagement.

Officers manage their own portfolio of sites and hold a warrant under Section 108 of the Environment Act 1995, enabling enforcement action where necessary. A firm but fair approach is essential to uphold environmental standards and protect public health.

Incident response is a vital part of the role. You'll be trained and expected to participate in environmental incident management, which may attract additional payment.

This post sits within the Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire South Installations Team, based in Kettering or Peterborough. Our team regulates a diverse range of sectors, with a strong emphasis on hazardous waste and landfill operations. A full driving licence will be required.

The team

Our teams work flexibly across the area, delivering regulation of sites across a range of industrial sectors including chemicals manufacturing, power generation, incineration, metal production and metal surface treatment, food and drink, biowaste treatment, hazardous waste treatment and landfills.

Experience/skills required

You will have proven experience in any of the sectors mentioned above and can demonstrate good operational or regulatory knowledge of waste and industry in general.

Essential:

You will be a proactive, self-motivated and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills, together with well-developed technical expertise or regulatory experience within an industrial or waste environment.

You will preferably:

• Be familiar with environmental management systems, auditing, and root cause analysis
• Be able to interpret environmental monitoring and performance data.
• Be used to managing multiple demands and delivering outcomes independently
• Take initiative and practice a continuous improvement approach.
• Have a degree or equivalent in a scientific, environmental or engineering discipline, and possibly be a member of a relevant professional organisation.

Contact and additional information

This post is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract. You'll have access to our great benefits package, including generous annual leave, an excellent pension, flexible working arrangements and the opportunity to be part of a variety of staff networks. We also offer extensive training to develop your career.

The role requires frequent travel across the Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire area. As a result, the post requires a full driving licence.

The office base locations are Kettering or Peterborough.

Interviews will be in person at either our Kettering or Peterborough Office towards the end of November.

If you have any questions please contact the hiring manager: Sarah Bennett at sarah.-

Length of contract

Up to 6 months

Competence 1

Achieves Results

Description

Description

Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results

Question

Can you tell us about an audit you have completed at a site? Your answer should cover the planning, preparation, delivery and outcome of the audit.

Competence 2

Takes Decisions and Solves Problems

Description

Description

Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Question

Can you describe a time you had to make a compliance decision where environmental protection objectives conflicted with economic pressures?

Competence 3

Communicates Effectively

Description

Description

Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.

Our officers need to be able to explain complex technical and regulatory issues to lay persons such as members of the public or community leaders.

Question

How would you explain to a concerned member of the public how we regulate odour from permitted sites so it doesn't impact the lives of residents?

Competence 4

Influences and Persuades Others

Description

Description

Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.

Question

Can you describe a situation where a customer initially resisted your recommendations to change their activities to improve the environment? How did you get them on board and implement the changes you wanted?

Role specific license requirements

Full UK Driving Licence

If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

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