Number of jobs available
2
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
Permanent
Role Type
Administration / Corporate Support, Analytical, Environment & Sustainability
Working Pattern
Full Time
Salary Minimum
41,617
Closing Date:
24/08/2025, 23:55 hours
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Basic Check
Job description
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it and live it. Everyone starting in a new role will be given all the training and support needed. As part of your comprehensive induction, you will be provided with all the equipment required for your role.
You will contribute to the delivery of a range of compliance activities ensuring operators are complying with their permits. These duties range from checking emissions monitoring data to site inspections and detailed audits of management systems. Duties of the post will involve frequent liaison with partners, community groups and the public often in relation to high profile process industry sites. Installations officers work closely with our national permitting service to give pre-application advice to prospective applicants and existing permit holders on permit and variation applications. They also liaise closely with the permitting officers to ensure permits contain appropriate conditions, improvement requirements and emission limits.
Officers in the team will regulate their own portfolio of sites and will identify areas of non-compliance and improvement opportunities through inspections and audits. Officers will hold a warrant under S108 of the environment act 1995 and will be expected to take a firm but proportionate response to non-compliance.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate. This may attract an additional payment and full training will be available. Please see the candidate pack for information on how you'll support with this.
The team
The post is based in the installations team in Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire South and could be located at one of our offices in Kettering or Peterborough. Our teams works 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
We have two posts available one is Permanent and one is a 12 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 from the week commencing 1st September 2025.
If you have any questions please contact the hiring manager: Sarah Bennett at sarah.bennett1@environment-agency.gov.uk
Competence 1
Achieves Results
Description
Description
You will be delivering regulatory outcomes in one or more of the sectors the team regulates which includes landfill, chemical manufacturing, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, combustion, biowaste and food & drink.
Question
Please describe how your technical knowledge and / or work experience in any of the above sectors makes you suitable for this role"?
Competence 2
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
Question
Please give an example of when you had to defend a decision you made in the face of considerable challenge from the party/parties involved.
Competence 3
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
Please describe a time when you had to influence someone without using formal authority or power.
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.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit