31538 - Groundwater Resources Technical Specialist
| Posting date: | 05 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,617 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Location: | Huntingdon |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 31538 |
Summary
Over half of East Anglia’s drinking water comes from groundwater. With rapid growth and intensive agriculture across the region, safeguarding this vital resource has never been more important. That’s where you come in.
We’re offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Geoscientist to play a leading role in protecting and enhancing groundwater quality and quantity in East Anglia.
You will:
• Provide expert advice to internal teams and external partners to assist compliance with environmental policy, legislation, and best practices.
• Produce and review technical reports that support operational decisions and team business plans.
• Engage nationally to share and adopt best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Build technical resilience within your team by mentoring, training, and guiding colleagues in your area of expertise.
• Develop strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and beyond, promoting collaboration and influencing positive change.
• Lead and contribute to projects that drive innovation, improve regulatory outcomes, and introduce evidence-based new ways of working.
This is your chance to make a real difference in a region where groundwater is essential to both people and the environment. You’ll work alongside passionate professionals, contribute to nationally significant work, and help shape the future of water resource management in East Anglia.
In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where people are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where jointly we all grow and learn together.
It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
The candidate pack and generic role profile should be read along with the advert.
All the training, support and equipment required for your role will be provided.
The team
Our Groundwater and Contaminated Land Team (GWCL), which sits within Water, Land and Biodiversity Department in Local Operations, covers Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Norfolk. We work closely with our GWCL team covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
These teams includes specialists in groundwater resources, groundwater quality, land contamination and surface water protection. They provide technical and scientific expertise to various internal teams, and to a wide range of external stakeholders.
Experience/skills required
Essential is a good understanding of, Town and Country Planning, the Water Framework Directive, Environmental Permitting regulations and excellent project management skills.
You’ll be qualified to at least degree level (or equivalent) in a Geoscience related discipline and have proven knowledge/experience of:
• Hydrogeology
• Groundwater chemistry
• Geotechnical engineering.
Chartership with an appropriate professional body (typically Geological Society, ICE or CiWEM) would be beneficial, but not essential.
You’ll be able to:
• Understand wider environmental issues;
• Communicate complex technical issues to a wide audience in an easy to understand way;
• Build and sustain relationships with internal and external customers;
• Solve problems and make sound decisions in a timely manner;
• Influence and secure commitment from others who you do not manage;
• Manage complicated projects to secure efficient and appropriate delivery;
• Apply a risk based approach to your work;
• Deliver positive environmental outcomes.
We’re offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Geoscientist to play a leading role in protecting and enhancing groundwater quality and quantity in East Anglia.
You will:
• Provide expert advice to internal teams and external partners to assist compliance with environmental policy, legislation, and best practices.
• Produce and review technical reports that support operational decisions and team business plans.
• Engage nationally to share and adopt best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Build technical resilience within your team by mentoring, training, and guiding colleagues in your area of expertise.
• Develop strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and beyond, promoting collaboration and influencing positive change.
• Lead and contribute to projects that drive innovation, improve regulatory outcomes, and introduce evidence-based new ways of working.
This is your chance to make a real difference in a region where groundwater is essential to both people and the environment. You’ll work alongside passionate professionals, contribute to nationally significant work, and help shape the future of water resource management in East Anglia.
In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where people are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where jointly we all grow and learn together.
It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
The candidate pack and generic role profile should be read along with the advert.
All the training, support and equipment required for your role will be provided.
The team
Our Groundwater and Contaminated Land Team (GWCL), which sits within Water, Land and Biodiversity Department in Local Operations, covers Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Norfolk. We work closely with our GWCL team covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
These teams includes specialists in groundwater resources, groundwater quality, land contamination and surface water protection. They provide technical and scientific expertise to various internal teams, and to a wide range of external stakeholders.
Experience/skills required
Essential is a good understanding of, Town and Country Planning, the Water Framework Directive, Environmental Permitting regulations and excellent project management skills.
You’ll be qualified to at least degree level (or equivalent) in a Geoscience related discipline and have proven knowledge/experience of:
• Hydrogeology
• Groundwater chemistry
• Geotechnical engineering.
Chartership with an appropriate professional body (typically Geological Society, ICE or CiWEM) would be beneficial, but not essential.
You’ll be able to:
• Understand wider environmental issues;
• Communicate complex technical issues to a wide audience in an easy to understand way;
• Build and sustain relationships with internal and external customers;
• Solve problems and make sound decisions in a timely manner;
• Influence and secure commitment from others who you do not manage;
• Manage complicated projects to secure efficient and appropriate delivery;
• Apply a risk based approach to your work;
• Deliver positive environmental outcomes.