Senior Trade Effluent Specialist

We are looking for a Senior Trade Effluent Specialist to join our Environmental Permitting and Regulation team! This role will be accountable for regulating trade effluent (TE), leading TE initiatives and providing advice to Wholesale Service Centre, Water and Water Recycling Services, Operational teams and Alliances. You will demonstrate leadership skills by providing regulatory guidance, technical support and developing related polices and standards. You will set new standards in line with UK law through the fair and consistent regulation of non-household customers, whilst collaborating with regulators such as Ofwat and the Environment Agency. This role will be part of the wider Anglian Water environmental community and provide leadership, collaboration and input to ensure Water Industry Act, Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations, Environmental Permitting Regulations and other relevant legislation is complied with.,

• Role model collaboration; guiding and supporting TE Regulation Officers to navigate and adopt the TE regulation and compliance with UK Law
• Act as the primary representative for Anglian Water during National and Regional engagements with the Environment Agency and the water industry on TE
• Exemplify leadership and professionalism whilst leading and influencing the national agenda, the Water Industry Act and the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations
• Take an active role in nurturing the growth of expertise and professional development of the Operational Trade Effluent and Regulatory Sampling teams through mentoring, training and support
• Monitor, communicate, respond to and implement regulatory changes in legislation and Environment Agency policy
• Identify and deliver savings through effective recovery of costs through charges reviews for providing a trade effluent function
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety, ensuring consistent standards are maintained
  
  Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Demonstrate understanding of the regulatory environment, sewerage systems, storm/emergency overflows, and trade effluent
• Strong negotiating skills
• Basic understanding of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulations, Water Industry Act and Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations
• Knowledge and experience of customer management and external stakeholder management
• Excellent communicator able to communicate regulations to a non-legal literate audience
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Role model leadership to internal and external stakeholders
  
  We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:
• Personal private health care
• Generous double match pension - contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave - rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.