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30209 - Field Monitoring Officer
| Posting date: | 20 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £28,607 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 February 2025 |
| Location: | WS13 8RR |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 30209 |
Summary
We welcome applications from individuals of any age, gender, or ethnic background. What matters most to us is that you want to make a real, practical contribution to protecting the environment.
We’re looking for a Field Monitoring Officer to help us deliver and collect quality environmental monitoring. You'll take a range of samples including river water quality, effluents, bathing water, invertebrates, diatoms and groundwater boreholes.
You will work towards qualifying as an Officer in Charge for electric fishing surveys and will be involved in boat work, so experience of fieldwork and biosecurity good practice is essential. You will be using a scheduling tool and utilising this technology to enhance delivery. You will maintain, interpret, and input into monitoring systems. You'll lead on the ordering of sampling equipment and maintaining the bottle & fishery stores. You will be an effective communicator, liaising with site contacts, members of the public and internal customers. You will train and mentor other team members to ensure consistent delivery to a high standard.
The field work can be physically demanding, and you will be required to sample in all weathers. You’ll be working alone for long periods of time, so you’ll need to prioritise your Health, Safety and wellbeing, be self-motivated and organised.
The role will also support the Environment Agency’s Incident response.
The team
We collect field-based samples and environmental data for both local priority and national statutory requirements. The data collected provides key information to serve diverse community and environmental needs.
The West Midland Monitoring Field Team is based at Tewkesbury (GL20) and Lichfield (WS13). You will be also expected to cross boundaries to support other teams. This is a field-based role and requires long, extensive driving in urban and rural locations.
Experience/skills required
A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.
Experience/Skills required:
• Field sample collection experience (this role collects water samples for chemical analysis and Freshwater macro-invertebrates for example)
• Training and mentoring staff
• Able to work independently as part of a dispersed team
• Good organisational skills
• Working in water confidently and safely
• Ability to communicate effectively with external and internal customers
• Required to use standard IT packages to deliver work as well as more specialised systems
• Experience of health, safety and wellbeing procedures including carrying out risk assessments
Desirable:
• Electric fishing experience
• Freshwater fish identification
• Experience of biosecurity procedures
We’re looking for a Field Monitoring Officer to help us deliver and collect quality environmental monitoring. You'll take a range of samples including river water quality, effluents, bathing water, invertebrates, diatoms and groundwater boreholes.
You will work towards qualifying as an Officer in Charge for electric fishing surveys and will be involved in boat work, so experience of fieldwork and biosecurity good practice is essential. You will be using a scheduling tool and utilising this technology to enhance delivery. You will maintain, interpret, and input into monitoring systems. You'll lead on the ordering of sampling equipment and maintaining the bottle & fishery stores. You will be an effective communicator, liaising with site contacts, members of the public and internal customers. You will train and mentor other team members to ensure consistent delivery to a high standard.
The field work can be physically demanding, and you will be required to sample in all weathers. You’ll be working alone for long periods of time, so you’ll need to prioritise your Health, Safety and wellbeing, be self-motivated and organised.
The role will also support the Environment Agency’s Incident response.
The team
We collect field-based samples and environmental data for both local priority and national statutory requirements. The data collected provides key information to serve diverse community and environmental needs.
The West Midland Monitoring Field Team is based at Tewkesbury (GL20) and Lichfield (WS13). You will be also expected to cross boundaries to support other teams. This is a field-based role and requires long, extensive driving in urban and rural locations.
Experience/skills required
A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.
Experience/Skills required:
• Field sample collection experience (this role collects water samples for chemical analysis and Freshwater macro-invertebrates for example)
• Training and mentoring staff
• Able to work independently as part of a dispersed team
• Good organisational skills
• Working in water confidently and safely
• Ability to communicate effectively with external and internal customers
• Required to use standard IT packages to deliver work as well as more specialised systems
• Experience of health, safety and wellbeing procedures including carrying out risk assessments
Desirable:
• Electric fishing experience
• Freshwater fish identification
• Experience of biosecurity procedures