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Summary: Join our team as a Catchment Advisor to lead the development and implementation of critical catchment management activities in priority drinking water areas. This multi-faceted role involves close collaboration with statutory and non-statutory stakeholders, including charities, NGOs, landowners, businesses, and the Environment Agency (EA). You'll be instrumental in ensuring regulatory compliance with the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and supporting Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) obligations. A key focus will be on stakeholder engagement, education, and compliance assurance to protect water resources and address water quality issues. This position plays a vital role in achieving our carbon footprint reduction goals and delivering strong customer value through sustainable water management. You'll also contribute significantly to climate change resilience activities, developing long-term solutions to safeguard drinking water provision and quality for the future. Main responsibilities: Deliver catchment investigation activities and/or catchment no deterioration schemes associated with South East Water's obligations under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP). Plan suitable monitoring strategies and assess monitoring data from Catchment Scientists to determine sources of pollution, using this information to inform and guide necessary catchment interventions or remedial works. Conducting land usage surveys to determine potential pollution hot spots and use this information to educate and change behaviours and activities in external stakeholders' operations. For investigations, undertake hydrological and hydrogeological characterisations reports and produce source-pathway-receptor models. Ensuring that findings and outcomes are used across the business to improve operations. Work closely with the Catchment team to record project performance and land owner engagement statistics. Work with these Stakeholders and other internal teams to ensure that planned actions are guided and driven by our environmental plans. Advocate and promote the environmental work of South East Water through engagement with stakeholders on an everyday basis as well as the design and delivery of special workshops and events. Working with our various regulators and guardians to produce technical written reports of a high standard to meet tight regulatory deadlines and highlight the positive works of South East Water. Support the business with reactive, emergency environmental advice to minimise environmental impact of work and to reduce the likelihood of environmental prosecutions. You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience Educated to degree level in an environmental / related discipline. The ability to understand the diverse world of catchment management. Excellent Stakeholder management skills - with the gravitas and communication skills needed to explain and gain buy in to complex environmental processes / solutions. Demonstrable experience of working within or alongside the water industry to provide catchment management or environmental protection services. Experience of working with diverse stakeholder groups in an environmental setting. Experience of working within / alongside regulatory bodies. Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time. We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for. We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That's why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water. Benefits package: Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution. 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service. Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave. Paid volunteering days. Cycle to work scheme. Health cash plan. Life assurance. Wellbeing related benefits. What can you expect from your recruitment? To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website. It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now! South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency. Compensation package: £40,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)

Our client Scottish Power are currently recruiting for an Environmental Advisor to join their team based in Cambuslang on a contract basis initially. For more information on this role see below: Purpose In this role of Environmental Advisor, you will support the SP Transmission Environmental Manager, Environmental Department and Engineering and Construction staff to deliver, monitor and continually improve the company s Environmental Management Systems and practices to maintain ISO 14001 accreditation. With your environmental specialist knowledge, you will provide advice to internal and external parties for the engineering and construction of energy related projects. Responsibilities Comply with internal Environmental Management System to preserve ISO 14001 accreditation. • Provide support and advice to project team prior and throughout construction period to achieve compliance with the statutory environmental requirements. • Sustain and improve Environmental Procedures to identify and respond to emerging environmental legislation relevant to construction activities. • Provide proactive, specialist guidance and advice regarding environmental controls, constraints and legislation specific to the project. • Develop and implement new methods, techniques and practices to improve environmental performance. • Develop an Environmental Management Plan for the project ensuring that the findings of the surveys and any licences are included. • Liaise directly with regulators/ stakeholders (such as, but not limited to: Nature Scot) throughout the project. • Manage environmental monitoring and inspection programs to effectively document operational performance, compliance and prepare timely reports required for both internal and external distribution. • Support the investigation and reporting of environmental incidents. • Develop and deliver environmental training and awareness initiatives. • Review Contractors environmental documentation with particular emphasis on environmental regulations and requirements. Skills & Requirements We are looking for individuals who have proven experience of environmental management, including working knowledge of ISO 14001, environmental auditing, and dealing with the environmental regulator, ideally within a commercially focused utility, service or construction business. You will also have experience, knowledge and good understanding of ecological and hydrological aspects on construction sites, along with the following: • Educated to a degree level in a relevant environmental discipline is essential. • In-depth knowledge of current and developing environmental legislation is essential. • Strong influencing and consulting/ communication skills. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a confident speaker • Sound planning and analysis skills - anticipate problems and plan solutions. • Experience of collaboration with contractors. • Membership of Professional body relevant to this role is desirable. • Environmental Auditing qualification is desirable. To be successful in a role you will need to demonstrate as minimum : • 3+ years experience in on site Environmental Role within an engineering or construction related environment • Computer literacy & working knowledge of Microsoft Packages • Degree in an environmental discipline • In-depth knowledge of current and developing environmental legislation • Good understanding of ecological and hydrological aspects on construction sites • CSCS card or Safety Passport • Current valid driving licence