Environmental Regulatory Specialist (Air/Waste)

Are you passionate about protecting the environment and ensuring compliance with critical regulations? Join our dedicated team as an Environmental Regulatory Specialist (Air/Waste), where you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our company meets the statutory requirements of environmental permits under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. Your expertise will help safeguard emissions to air, water, and land while shaping a sustainable future.

What you will be doing as an Environmental Regulatory Specialist (Air/Waste):

• Act as the technical subject matter expert on monitoring and reporting requirements for Air and Waste Permits, supporting 25 Sludge Treatment Centres to comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
• Provide expert advice and coordinate efforts to ensure the business meets regulatory monitoring, reporting, and notification requirements on time and accurately.
• Work closely with operational teams and external partners to facilitate regulatory submissions, including Quarterly, Six-Monthly, and Annual Reporting, and Pollution Inventory.
• Support permitting projects by developing processes, action trackers, and internal reports to maintain compliance and track progress.
• Offer guidance to internal stakeholders and engineering teams regarding environmental permits, including advising on technical outputs and supporting applications for new licenses.
• Ensure timely responses to regulator requests for information related to permits or applications, working collaboratively across teams to deliver high-quality submissions.

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, with flexibility to start earlier or later and adjust end times. This is a hybrid role, with a minimum of 1 day in the office and occasional travel to operational sites to support compliance activities.

Base Location: Reading, Clearwater Court.

What you should bring to the role

• A degree (or equivalent) in a scientific or environmental discipline.
• Experience in managing environmental data and preparing regulatory reports.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement and regulatory compliance.
• Practical understanding of environmental permitting and the associated Environment Agency guidance (desirable).
• Technical expertise in emissions monitoring (air, odour management, bioaerosols) and wastewater characterisation (desirable).

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £36,240 to £44,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Find out more about our benefits and perks.

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

The real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.