Environment Permitting Manager

Warrington, England, United Kingdom

12/23/2024

Role Details

"Salary - Competitive Salary

Work Type - Hybrid

Job Location - Lingley Mere (UU), Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP

Role Type - Permanent

Employment Type - Full Time

Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week

United Utilities’ (UU) purpose is to deliver great water for a stronger, greener and healthier North West of England. We are committed to providing our services in a way that respects the environment, supports the economy, and benefits society.

We value diversity, inclusion and innovation in our workplace, and we foster a culture where our people can grow, excel, and be themselves.

We uphold our ethics, values and business model to fulfil our mission and, by setting clear goals and objectives, we create sustainable long-term value for our colleagues, customers and communities. Whether you work with a team that shares your vision or join a network of peers with similar interests, you will find a welcoming and supportive organisation to be part of.

We’ve got a lot to offer. You’ll be part of a thriving FTSE 100 company and will enjoy a range of core benefits that reflect your value and value contribution."

Job Purpose

You will be responsible for leading a centre of excellence, providing expert advice on environmental regulation for Water Quality discharges. You will lead a team with the responsibility for negotiating, obtaining, administering and the management of environmental permits to allow the business to operate legitimately.

This role requires you to manage the strategic relationships with our regulators as well as shaping the regulatory landscape through involvement with national level industry groups. You will provide technical advice to our capital delivery teams to ensure solutions proposed meet the regulatory requirements of a changing regulatory landscape.

Job Accountabilities

• Responsible for negotiation, obtaining, administering and management of environmental permits to allow the business to operate legitimately.
• Budget management
• Responsible for specific strategic external relationships including with our regulator
• To assist in the development and tracking of regulatory commitments and performance metrics.
• Responsible for understanding and influencing the regulatory landscape to support our business strategy development.
• To understand and communicate the commercial implications of changing environmental obligations internally and influence the outcomes externally.
• Setting regional policies and regulatory guidance notes to enable the implementation of new legislation and regulation into our business.
• Assessing the impact of legislative changes and environmental policies
• Influence strategy development to ensure regulatory requirements are embedded.
• Represent United Utilities at a National level to work on, and lead, environmental regulatory strategies.
• Provide expert input and review of regulatory reporting processes to ensure provision of reliable accurate and complete information to regulators.
• Develop and maintain systems which hold regulatory information and track our programme and delivery of environmental permit changes.
  
  

Knowledge And Skills

• A degree or post graduate qualification in a relevant discipline or have at least five years relevant experience. Membership of a relevant professional body is desirable (MCIWEM or IAM)
• Demonstrate strategic thinking at all levels
• Experience and an in-depth knowledge of the relevant water quality regulation and the water industry
• Excellent analytical reasoning, negotiating and influencing skills and budget management experience
• Ability to maintain your knowledge and skills to develop yourself within the role and to ensure recency as a subject matter expert on water discharge regulation
• Thorough understanding of wastewater network and process design, construction, operation and serviceability
• Well developed interpersonal and communications skills with experience of planning and delivering effective communications strategies and managing client relationships
  
  

Benefits

We believe in empowering you to achieve your aspirations and dreams, both in your work and in your life. To help you achieve your goals, we offer a variety of voluntary benefits that you can select according to your needs and preferences.

• A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• Up to 10.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
• MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
• Best Doctors
• Salary Finance
• Wealth at Work courses
• Deals and discounts
• EVolve Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Mental health first aiders
• ShareBuy
• MORE Choices flexible benefits
• Enhanced parental leave schemes
  
  

We rely on every employee to ensure our customers receive the best possible service, day in, day out. In return, we ensure that you will be well rewarded for your efforts, from an excellent salary through to development opportunities that will really kick start a thriving career here at UU.