Groundwater and Contaminated Land Environment Officer

**Groundwater and Contaminated Land Environment Officer - 30889**:
**Groundwater and Contaminated Land Environment Officer - 30889**
- Number of jobs available
- 1
Region
- South East
City/Town
- West Malling
Building/Site
- DEFRA GRP EA ORCHARD HOUSE, ME19 5SH
Grade
- Staff Grade 4
Post Type
- Fixed Term
Role Type
- Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery
Working Pattern
- Full Time
Salary Minimum
- £33,000 Pro-rata
Closing Date:

- 18/05/2025, 23:55 hours
- Job description attachment 1
- Job Profile - 30889.pdf - 68KB Opens in a new window

- Security checks level
- Basic Check
Job description

Kent has a great variety of geological and groundwater interests and pressures. Groundwater is vital for maintaining the health of rivers, wetlands and is essential for industrial and agricultural sectors. Groundwater also serves 80-100% of Kent’s private water supply for over 5 Water Companies in the area. We support the appropriate regulation and management of this precious resource in a variety of ways including, but not limited to:

- Responding to planning consultations from local authorities.
- Providing technical advice to customers on sites affected by land contamination.
- Working with our National Permitting Service to determine Environmental Permits and consents.
- Providing technical advice on compliance activities to internal regulatory teams, including waste, installations and water regulation.
- Supporting the management of Kent’s Groundwater Quality networks and assessing the resulting data.
- Providing groundwater quality specific advice to various internal and external customers and stakeholders, especially other teams within the area
- Supporting the team’s technical specialists in progressing groundwater quality projects.

By doing the above, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the quality of our groundwater and ensuring that improvements are achieved.

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
- Team covers the whole of Kent, South London and East Sussex (KSLE, its members are dispersed across our offices in KSLES. We work with a variety of other teams across the Environment Agency, external customers and partners through written communication, in person, virtual meetings, and site visits.
- The team has a supportive culture despite being dispersed. We prioritise personal and professional development of team members, including supporting membership to two relevant professional bodies.
Experience/skills required
You will hold a degree or similar in a relevant discipline, relevant work experience, with the ability to
demonstrate an awareness and/or experience of the following skills;
- Contaminated land and groundwater quality knowledge.
- Ability to solve problems, make risk-based decisions based on complex or incomplete information.
- Ability to use technical knowledge to present a clear, reasoned justification for decisions.
- Ability to work as part of a team to achieve common goals.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate with a variety of customers.
- Be a member of a relevant professional body/have a desire to work towards this.
- Understanding of key environmental legislation (i.e.: Environmental Permitting Regulations, Environment Protection Act and the Water Framework Directive).
- Experience in project management is desirable.

Other key requirements for this job include; good IT skills, data handling and analysis, good time management, developed organisational skills.Contact and additional information

The office location is ideally Addington. Other Kent offices including Tonbridge and Canterbury are also considered. We offer hybrid working with a mix of office and home working where appropriate. You will be required to travel within Kent and South London on a regular basis, including a minimum of 1 day a week for in office team meetings. Travel to other EA locations will be required on occasion for meetings and training.

Full UK driving licence is essential.Length of contract
Until 31/03/26Competence 1
Data and Information ManagementDescription

Please tell us about a time when you have had to manage information to support the work of others. How did you ensure the correctness of this information whilst meeting organisational and/or legislative requirements?Competence 2
Scientific KnowledgeDescription
-Competence 3
Focuses on Customers and PartnersDescription

Please tell us about a time you have delivered a successful outcome by working with and balancing the needs other teams and team members.Competence 4
Manages SelfDescription

Please describe a time when you have had to manage multiple workstreams, wi