Environment Planning Specialist

Number of jobs available- 1
- Region- East of England
- City/Town- Brampton, Ipswich
- Building/Site- Various
- Grade- Staff Grade 5
- Post Type- Permanent
- Working Pattern- Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share
- Role Type- Environment & Sustainability, Planning, Analytical
- Salary Minimum- £37,462
- Job description- We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with good planning, communication and data handling skills to help plan and deliver multi-functional environmental benefits, with the primary focus being Water Quality.

This post is a water quality technical role working both with water companies and internal teams to reduce impacts from sewage discharges. Knowledge and experience of the following would be advantageous:

water company price review and asset management plans
- knowledge of sewage treatment works and sewerage network processes and operation including Urban Pollution Management processes and standards
- awareness of measures to protect the water quality of drinking water supplies from diffuse pollution sources
- responding to water quality permit consultations and determination of waste water continuous and intermittent discharge permit limits
- water industry wastewater management
- environmental legislation relevant to sewage discharges and water quality
- supporting local and national working groups and projects
- advising and facilitating resolution of complex or contentious issues
- responding to planning and development consultations

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
- The team- You will join the Integrated Environment Planning (IEP) team, containing specialists in water resources, water quality and catchment planning, working across the East Anglia Area.
We are a friendly and supportive team of experienced advisors central to environmental decision making. We work with internal and external partners to collate, analyse and share data, providing the environmental evidence to inform our Area’s priorities, and to deliver actions that maximise benefits for people and the natural environment.
- Experience/skills required- Ideally qualified to degree level, preferably in an environmental discipline and/or have experience in the following areas:

- Essential:

- A good understanding of our business and environmental activities and have strong IT skills
- Have the ability to demonstrate specialist technical leadership and mentoring
- Water quality data analysis/research and/or modelling tools and techniques, and their outputs, to support proportionate, evidence-based inferences/proposals from information
- Experience of gathering, maintaining, quality-assuring and presenting data/information to inform and influence decisions
- Experience of translating guidance and instructions into delivery
- Ability to work under own initiative, and as part of a larger, cross-functional team, prioritising and delivering work to relevant standards and deadlines
- Good organisational skills/discipline and the ability to plan, track, deliver and evaluate own work
- Communicating effectively with a wide range of customers
- Contact and additional information- In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where individuals are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where we grow and learn together.
It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
The role will be based either in our Brampton or Ipswich office, but we do offer a hybrid model that allows people the choice to work at offices or home to suit the needs of both individuals and the business. We do ask that individuals attend their base location at least once a week.