Senior Technical Leader - 32815

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Senior Technical Leader - 32815

Senior Technical Leader - 32815

Number of jobs available

1

Region

East Midlands

City/Town

Nottingham

Building/Site

DEFRA GRP EA TRENTSIDE OFFICE, NG2 5FA

Grade

Staff Grade 6

Post Type

Permanent

Role Type

Environment & Sustainability

Working Pattern

Full Time

Salary Minimum

£54,940

Closing Date:

10/03/2026, 23:55 hours

Job description attachment 1

Candidate pack

Security checks level

Basic Check

Job description

As part of a team of highly professional Industrial and Waste Regulators you will play a leading role in tackling a diverse range of environmental challenges in sectors such as Combustion, On shore Oil and Gas, Cement and Lime, Food and Drink, Waste Incineration and Chemical manufacturing.

Do you want to make the East Midlands a better place for people and wildlife by ensuring that our Regulated Industry Department remains one of the best performing teams in the country? If you do, we're looking for a Senior Technical Leader who has the attitude, behaviours, courage and knowledge to make this happen.

As a Senior Technical Leader, you'll help lead the important things; assurance, continuous improvement, KPI delivery, learning and development and Quality Management. Your measure of success will be how successfully you drive these. You'll be the role model for our officers and this will be reflected in your previous successes and credentials.

Your leadership qualities will be blended with technical acumen. You might advise on the regulation of some very complex activities from Derbyshire's cement plants to the power stations along the Trent Valley, to Scunthorpe's integrated steel works. You'll also plan and deliver the direction of our work, so you'll have to be able to understand the strategic, tactical and operational challenges that present as well as being able to manage other particularly challenging technical or public interest issues.

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, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

The team

You'll be a senior leader in one of the four Installation Teams based in the East Midlands. Together with the three Waste Teams in East Midlands, you'll be part of a fifty strong Regulated Industry department, regulating everything from the steelworks in Scunthorpe and cement plants in the Peak District, to the power stations along the Trent Valley and all sites in between.

Experience/skills required

Passionate about the environment, you'll have considerable experience of technical leadership and be able to deliver results through others to the right standard, on time and within budget. You're able to focus on our priorities, even when conflicting demands conspire to knock us off course.

You're able to use your initiative to take timely decisions to manage and prioritise complex workload to tight deadlines. You'll demonstrate strategic thinking in taking forward the department's work and enhancing our reputation. You'll have strong commitment to people in our team and to our customers and have good communication, coaching, influencing and mentoring skills.

Knowledge of regulating industry or experience of leading in industry is desirable, and, because auditing is key skill, you'll be able to demonstrate that you're an exemplar environmental auditor, perhaps you are already a Principal Environmental Auditor.

You'll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.

Contact and additional information

You'll have an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan. We'll help you find a role to suit your needs. Appropriate training will be given.

You will be able to work flexibly from the office and from home and will be expected to undertake site inspections and audits within the East Midlands Area. You will therefore need a full UK driving licence.

We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, some travel and overnights may be required.

Please read the Candidate / Additional Information Pack for information. Any queries, contact steve.proffitt@environment-agency.gov.uk

Applications are "blind" assessed using your answers to the competency questions.

Interviews will be held face to face on 19 March at the Nottingham, Trentside office.

Competence 1

Scientific Knowledge

Description

Description:
Applies scientific knowledge (various disciplines, depending on team role) to provide sound, science-based evidence to our internal and external customers.

Question:
You may have worked in an industry regulated under an environmental permit and have some experience of being audited; or in carrying out internal audits yourself. Or you may have worked as an environmental auditor or regulator of an industrial sector.

Tell us about your experience and ability to carry out environmental audits to achieve compliance.

Competence 2

Manages Self

Description

Description:
Has full awareness of own strengths, weaknesses, impact and approach. Effectively organises self and takes personal responsibility for own role in the Environment Agency.

Question:
Please tell us how you manage your own workload including how you identify and resource priorities and how you ensure that work is delivered to the required standard and on time.

Competence 3

Takes Decisions and Solves Problems

Description

Description:
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Question:
Please tell us about a complex decision you have had to make and how you reached your conclusion. What was the issue? What information did you need in order to solve it? What made it complex?

Competence 4

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 tell us a time when you have persuaded an individual or company to achieve an outcome without the use of a regulatory tool.

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.

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