Environmental Permit Compliance Manager

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary (Salary 3b), from £54,000 depending on experience.
• A company car allowance scheme of £310 per month (£3,720 cash allowance per year based on working full time).
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary)
• Private health care (self only)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. 
• Retail savings scheme 
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Bradford BD6 - Midway / Hybrid Working (home and office working) and a requirement to travel across the Yorkshire region.

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Wastewater Environmental Permit Compliance Manager to lead the Environmental Permit Compliance (EPC) Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.  Our Environmental Permit Compliance (EPC) team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. 

Wastewater has over 3,800 environmental permits varying in complexity from discharge permits to our more complex Industrial Emission Directive (IED) permits, as well as operating under multiple separate environmental regulations.

Where you fit in!

As our Wastewater Environmental Permitting Compliance Manager you will:

• Lead the Environmental Permit Compliance (EPC) team to deliver team outputs and service standards
• Have overarching responsibility for the effective organisation and facilitation of Environment Agency (EA) Compliance Assessment Report (CAR) audits across Wastewater, ensuring the end to end process is measured, optimised and embedded
• Agreeing with Operational teams the support, partnership and assurance services the EPC team will deliver and set the framework for ongoing delivery
• Regular liaison with the EA to maintain a view of performance and improvement activity
• Working with wastewater colleagues and legal to collate and respond  Regulation 61 requests and own the permit breach challenge processes
• Liaise with wider stakeholder teams to ensure new permits requirements, or variations, are communicated and effectively implemented
• Support on the development of training, awareness and competency programmes for operating and maintaining wastewater compliance

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience working in Wastewater with process understanding
• Operating within a regulated industry or framework, as well as regulator liaison
• Good understanding of environmental permitting regulations and other legal requirements
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaborative working
• Processes development, ownership and improvement
• Adept communication, presentations and meeting management skills
• People leadership experience
• Full UK Drivers Licence (No more than 6 points)

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

Do we sound like your cup of tea?  

If you’ve got experience in compliance and wastewater and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.  

Closing Date: 31st August

Interviews: TBC

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

 All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.