EA Temporary Monitoring Assistant

  • ARM
  • Mar 12, 2026
Seasonal

Job Description

Monitoring Assistant - Environment Agency
Kendal
6 months / temporary
Kendal
13.15 per hour
37 hours per week

Our client, the Environment Agency, are sourcing a Monitoring Assistant, in Kendal, for a period of 6 months.

You will be required to help the organisation be responsible for the collection of samples for the Bathing Water Directive, the Water Framework Directive and other statutory requirements. You will help deliver work across a range of disciplines, including Chemical, Ecology, Fisheries and Groundwater sampling. Provide key data for other teams within the Environment Agency, for example for the investigation of failing bathing waters or to provide data for compliance under the Environmental Permitting Regulations for discharges as well as providing core data for reporting and investigations. You will help deliver the bathing water-sampling programme, assist in fisheries monitoring surveys and potentially undertake water quality and ecological sampling.

The National Monitoring Field Team are responsible for the collection of samples for the Bathing Water Directive, the Water Framework Directive and other statutory requirements. We deliver work across a range of disciplines including Chemical, Ecology, Fisheries and Groundwater sampling.

The samples we collect provide key data for other teams within the Environment Agency, for example for the investigation of failing bathing waters or to provide data for compliance under the Environmental Permitting Regulations for discharges as well as providing core data for reporting and investigations.

The successful candidate will help deliver our bathing water-sampling programme, assist in fisheries monitoring surveys and potentially undertake water quality and ecological sampling. Our client are looking for someone who can demonstrate that they can meet the following criteria:

Be physically fit, enjoy working outside in all weathers and be confident in water
Work on your own most of the time but also work as part of a team
Manage your own time and workload effectively
Provide some office support so be confident in the use of Microsoft Office products
Pay close attention to detail/check results
Understand the importance of a health and safety culture

Additional Requirements:

Right to work in the UK for the duration of the post.
Ambition to work in the environmental field.
Reliable and motivated
Excellent communication skills
Clean/full UK driving license
Able to swim

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.