Head of Environment Operations
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £69,760.8 i £77,512 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Mansfield, Midlands, NG18 4RG |
| Cwmni: | The Coal Authority |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 58424296 |
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About You
Make a Better Future for People and the Environment in Mining Areas
Are you ready to lead the way in protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of legacy mining? The Mining Remediation Authority is looking for a dynamic, strategic leader to head up our Environment Operations team.
As our new Head of Environment Operations, you’ll be at the forefront of managing our operational assets, ensuring they deliver maximum social and environmental value, alongside value for the taxpayer. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, innovation teams, and service delivery colleagues to drive continuous improvement and champion new ideas.
What We’re Looking For
- Significant experience in contract management within operational, engineering, or environmental sectors.
- Strong knowledge of government water and environmental legislation and policy.
- Proven track record in budget management, strategy development, and delivery.
- Exceptional leadership and team development skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation abilities.
- Outstanding written, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage a high-volume, detailed workload and prioritise effectively.
- Willingness to undertake field visits to remote sites, occasional overnight stays, and use of PPE.
- Valid UK Driving Licence.
What's in it for you
- Be part of a team committed to making a real difference for people and the environment.
- Work in a flexible, inclusive, and supportive environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Help shape the future of mining remediation in the UK.
About The Role
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the Contracts team and working with service providers and subject matter experts to deliver robust, cost-effective programmes that protect people and the environment.
- Driving performance, efficiency, and innovation in long-term service contracts, with a strong focus on health, safety, wellbeing, and environmental compliance.
- Shaping strategic plans that address climate change, sustainability, mine water heat, water scarcity, and key government policy.
- Collaborating with project delivery teams to develop new assets and refurbish existing ones, ensuring alignment with our corporate risk appetite.
- Leading responses to environmental incidents, managing investigations and reputational risks.
- Building networks with senior stakeholders, including regulators and strategic partners.
- Providing regular updates to the Executive team, committees, and Board on objectives, risks, and performance.
- Championing continuous improvement and forward strategy as part of the Environment Directorate’s senior leadership team.
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.
Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)
Schedule:
Application closing date: 23rd November 2025
Sifting date: 24th November 2025
Interviews: w/c 1st and 8th December 2025
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.
About Mining Remediation Authority
Our benefits:
- A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
- Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
- Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
- Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
- Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
- Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
- Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
- Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
- Unlock exclusive employee discounts
- Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
- Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria and identify as disabled or from a minority ethnic background, this aligns with our values.
We recruit based on your skills, experience and potential not your ethnicity, background, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. To help ensure fairness, we anonymise applications by asking you to remove personally identifiable information before they are reviewed by hiring managers. This helps us reduce unconscious bias and focus solely on what matters, your ability to succeed in the role.
If you’re successful in joining us, it’s because we believe in your ability to make a meaningful contribution. By continuing to improve the diversity of our organisation, we strengthen our collective knowledge, creativity, innovation and living our values of being trusted, inclusive, and progressive every day.
If you require reasonable adjustments or an alternative format to apply, please contact us at Recruitment@MiningRemediation.gov.uk or call us on 01623 637000. We are happy to support you through the process.
Make a Better Future for People and the Environment in Mining Areas
Are you ready to lead the way in protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of legacy mining? The Mining Remediation Authority is looking for a dynamic, strategic leader to head up our Environment Operations team.
As our new Head of Environment Operations, you’ll be at the forefront of managing our operational assets, ensuring they deliver maximum social and environmental value, alongside value for the taxpayer. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, innovation teams, and service delivery colleagues to drive continuous improvement and champion new ideas.
What We’re Looking For
- Significant experience in contract management within operational, engineering, or environmental sectors.
- Strong knowledge of government water and environmental legislation and policy.
- Proven track record in budget management, strategy development, and delivery.
- Exceptional leadership and team development skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation abilities.
- Outstanding written, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage a high-volume, detailed workload and prioritise effectively.
- Willingness to undertake field visits to remote sites, occasional overnight stays, and use of PPE.
- Valid UK Driving Licence.
What's in it for you
- Be part of a team committed to making a real difference for people and the environment.
- Work in a flexible, inclusive, and supportive environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Help shape the future of mining remediation in the UK.
About The Role
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the Contracts team and working with service providers and subject matter experts to deliver robust, cost-effective programmes that protect people and the environment.
- Driving performance, efficiency, and innovation in long-term service contracts, with a strong focus on health, safety, wellbeing, and environmental compliance.
- Shaping strategic plans that address climate change, sustainability, mine water heat, water scarcity, and key government policy.
- Collaborating with project delivery teams to develop new assets and refurbish existing ones, ensuring alignment with our corporate risk appetite.
- Leading responses to environmental incidents, managing investigations and reputational risks.
- Building networks with senior stakeholders, including regulators and strategic partners.
- Providing regular updates to the Executive team, committees, and Board on objectives, risks, and performance.
- Championing continuous improvement and forward strategy as part of the Environment Directorate’s senior leadership team.
We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.
Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)
Schedule:
Application closing date: 23rd November 2025
Sifting date: 24th November 2025
Interviews: w/c 1st and 8th December 2025
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.
About Mining Remediation Authority
Our benefits:
- A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
- Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
- Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
- Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
- Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
- Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
- Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
- Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
- Unlock exclusive employee discounts
- Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
- Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria and identify as disabled or from a minority ethnic background, this aligns with our values.
We recruit based on your skills, experience and potential not your ethnicity, background, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. To help ensure fairness, we anonymise applications by asking you to remove personally identifiable information before they are reviewed by hiring managers. This helps us reduce unconscious bias and focus solely on what matters, your ability to succeed in the role.
If you’re successful in joining us, it’s because we believe in your ability to make a meaningful contribution. By continuing to improve the diversity of our organisation, we strengthen our collective knowledge, creativity, innovation and living our values of being trusted, inclusive, and progressive every day.
If you require reasonable adjustments or an alternative format to apply, please contact us at Recruitment@MiningRemediation.gov.uk or call us on 01623 637000. We are happy to support you through the process.
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