Environment Lead

Southern Water•Worthington, MN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're committed to both protecting and improving our environment. A big part of this is being transparent about what we're doing and the progress we're making. From our goal of reaching net zero by 2050 to significantly reducing our reliance on storm overflows, we're focused on working in a responsible, sustainable way while delivering the service our customers expect. Together, we can create a resilient water future for our region. To achieved our plans, we are currently recruiting for an Environment Lead to be part of our Operational Performance and Improvement function as a senior subject matter expert & will be responsible to act as a representative for Southern Water to communicate with Environment Agency on behalf of our Waste Water function for full pollution incident updates.

Requirements

Good problem solving & organisational skills
Excellent analytical and numeric skills
Excellent written & verbal communication
Creativity & open mindedness (change readiness)
Continuous improvement / lean capability
Stakeholder management
Tenacity & ability to work at pace to deadlines with good attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Strong background within environmental Wastewater regulation and good working knowledge of Environment Agency on how they regulate, approving permits and understand the effects of Wastewater pollution to the environment.
A degree in environmental science
A driver's licence and access to a vehicle

Responsibilities

Working towards our agreed service level agreements in managing pollution database assurance and improvement, tracking Environment Agency audit response & timely updates on progress with long term repeat issues.
Responsible for the Environment Centre of Excellence within Operations, ensuring the Environment rota members & pollution first responders are trained with excellent training materials accessible via SharePoint.
Managing the continuous improvement of all aspects of Environment Agency communications and pollution incident responses.
Provision of full & complete pollution incident updates to the EA within the timescales agreed with the regulator
Coordinating the timely and accurate completion of pollution investigations within Southern Water, liaising with key internal stakeholders to achieve this
Assurance of pollution database & feedback / improvement / training for PCLs
Driving & contributing to end to end pollution / flooding process review for network escape replacement system planned for AMP8
Creating action plans for WW assets with repeating environmental impact to reduce risk of repeat pollutions
Tracking and providing timely updates to the EA on progress with long term repeat pollution / compliance action plans
Managing continuous improvement of database / data storage relating to pollution incidents and associated queries.