31520 - Regulatory Officer - Installations
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,617 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 31520 |
Summary
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities and our environment. Everyone starting in a new role will be welcomed into the team and given all the training and support needed. As part of your comprehensive induction, you will be provided with the equipment required for your role.
We are looking for a dedicated person to work in the Installations Team in Yorkshire on the regulation of Process Industry.
You will contribute to the delivery of a range of compliance activities ensuring operators are complying with their permits. These duties range from checking emissions monitoring data to site inspections and detailed audits of management systems. Duties of the post will involve frequent liaison with partners, community groups and the public often in relation to high profile process industry sites. Installations officers work closely with our national permitting service to give pre-application advice to prospective applicants and existing permit holders on permit and variation applications. They also liaise closely with the permitting officers to ensure permits contain appropriate conditions, improvement requirements and emission limits.
Officers in the team will regulate their own portfolio of sites and will identify areas of non-compliance and improvement opportunities through inspections and audits. Officers will hold a warrant under S108 of the environment act 1995 and will be expected to take a firm but proportionate response to non-compliance.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate. This may attract an additional payment and full training will be available. Please see the candidate pack for information on how you'll support with this.
The team
The post is based in the installations team in South Yorkshire but could be located at any of the offices in Leeds, Rotherham, York or Beverley. Our 3 installations teams work flexibly across Yorkshire, delivering regulation of some 300 sites across a range of industrial sectors including chemicals manufacturing, power generation, incineration, metal production and metal surface treatment, food and drink, paper and textiles.
Experience/skills required
You will have proven experience in any of the sectors mentioned above and can demonstrate good operational or regulatory knowledge of waste and industry in general.
Essential:
You will be proactive, self-motivated, and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills, together with well-developed technical expertise or regulatory experience within an industrial or waste environment.
You will preferably:
• Be familiar with environmental management systems, auditing, and root cause analysis
• Be able to interpret environmental monitoring and performance data
• Be used to managing multiple demands and delivering outcomes independently
• Take initiative and practice a continuous improvement approach
• Have a degree or equivalent in a scientific, environmental, or engineering discipline, and possibly be a member of a relevant professional organisation
Chartered status or working towards chartered status with a relevant professional institution is desirable. The Environment Agency supports professional development to achieve and maintain chartered status.
We are looking for a dedicated person to work in the Installations Team in Yorkshire on the regulation of Process Industry.
You will contribute to the delivery of a range of compliance activities ensuring operators are complying with their permits. These duties range from checking emissions monitoring data to site inspections and detailed audits of management systems. Duties of the post will involve frequent liaison with partners, community groups and the public often in relation to high profile process industry sites. Installations officers work closely with our national permitting service to give pre-application advice to prospective applicants and existing permit holders on permit and variation applications. They also liaise closely with the permitting officers to ensure permits contain appropriate conditions, improvement requirements and emission limits.
Officers in the team will regulate their own portfolio of sites and will identify areas of non-compliance and improvement opportunities through inspections and audits. Officers will hold a warrant under S108 of the environment act 1995 and will be expected to take a firm but proportionate response to non-compliance.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate. This may attract an additional payment and full training will be available. Please see the candidate pack for information on how you'll support with this.
The team
The post is based in the installations team in South Yorkshire but could be located at any of the offices in Leeds, Rotherham, York or Beverley. Our 3 installations teams work flexibly across Yorkshire, delivering regulation of some 300 sites across a range of industrial sectors including chemicals manufacturing, power generation, incineration, metal production and metal surface treatment, food and drink, paper and textiles.
Experience/skills required
You will have proven experience in any of the sectors mentioned above and can demonstrate good operational or regulatory knowledge of waste and industry in general.
Essential:
You will be proactive, self-motivated, and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills, together with well-developed technical expertise or regulatory experience within an industrial or waste environment.
You will preferably:
• Be familiar with environmental management systems, auditing, and root cause analysis
• Be able to interpret environmental monitoring and performance data
• Be used to managing multiple demands and delivering outcomes independently
• Take initiative and practice a continuous improvement approach
• Have a degree or equivalent in a scientific, environmental, or engineering discipline, and possibly be a member of a relevant professional organisation
Chartered status or working towards chartered status with a relevant professional institution is desirable. The Environment Agency supports professional development to achieve and maintain chartered status.