WQI - Principal Environmental Specialist
Severn Trent Water
- Derby
- £42,710-52,125 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To take a lead role in delivering the environmental compliance ODI and EPA
- To proactively recognise non-compliance where a site is not performing correctly and failing its discharge limits from a numeric and non-numeric perspective.
- Identify and drive mitigating actions to help resolve process or site discharge issues including pollution incidents.
- Liaise with the Permits teams and apply for adjustments to existing Discharge permits and support with new applications.
- To complete a full root cause analysis ensuring that the right people/skills are involved and delivered in a timely manner as per the complying with the Regulations and discharges standard.
- Be responsible for carrying out proactive discharge site audits including the relevant site permits.
- Attend any associated COPS (Community of practice) to help deliver a standard best practice around discharge regulations compliance.
- Identify, develop, set standards and deliver training to include onsite testing, discharge process knowledge to the local teams and wider business.
- Ability to interpret trends and understand the consequences.
- Ability to clearly communicate investigational outcomes to the relevant stakeholders.
- Passionate about our river water quality and Water Treatment site performance.
- Experience in leading process investigations
- Experience in managing and developing teams.
- Finance and or budget management.
- Understanding of the capital investment process
- Experience of using Safer Better Faster tools and techniques
- Awareness of regulatory reporting and other environmental compliance requirements
- Ability to translate technical information at all levels
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Possess an innovative approach to problem solving
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
- Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
- Leading pension scheme - we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
- Sharesave - the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
- Dedicated training and development with our 'Academy'
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
- Family friendly policies (including, a year off fully paid maternity and adoption leave)
- Two volunteering days per year