Environmental Scientist

Environmental Scientist

Working hours: Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements will be considered)

Permanent

Salary: From £37,956 - £47,445 (depending on experience)

Location Hybrid working with office locations in Durham, Washington, Darlington

About the role

Are you passionate about the environment? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Environmental Scientist taking responsibility for the delivery of water resource and environmental investigations which support our regulatory needs.

This role will see you deliver, track and report on the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) which ensures the protection and enhancement of the environment to improve our communities. This includes developing action plans and building relationship with key stakeholder and our regulators including the Environment Agency.

You’ll conduct assessments to support regulatory plans and permits including strategic environmental assets, WINEP related water schemes, habitat regulation assessments, water framework directive assessments and invasive non-native species assessments. This will also include preparing and submitting environmental permit applications.

The technical reports you’ll provide will be used for our regulatory submissions.  You’ll stay informed on new environmental issues to provide regular updates, acting as a representative in internal as well as national technical groups.

About you

If you are proactive, data and results driven then we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of conducting environmental assessments whilst implementing improvement projects.

You’ll have knowledge in hydro-ecology and catchment hydrology that will underpin your organisational and project management capabilities. You’ll also have a proven track record in budget management stakeholders engagement.

You’ll have experience collaborating with regulators like the Environment Agency and Natural England, using your knowledge of water and environmental legislation to provide updates to internal stakeholders.

Due to the nature of travel the successful candidate will have a full UK driving licence. 

Interviews will take place online on Friday 14 March 2025.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. 

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date. 

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked