32759 - Regulated Industry Officer
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,320 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | Ely |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 32759 |
Summary
We are looking for environmental professionals to join our teams that regulate industrial and waste installations across the East Anglian Region.
As a regulatory officer you will be at the forefront of protecting people and the environment from harm and securing environmental improvements.
This is particularly important to deliver our aim to drive forward our climate ambitions and support green growth.
You will undertake compliance assessment activities at a range of industrial sites.
You will ensure permit compliance and make complex assessments of an operators' ability to protect the environment, prevent pollution and optimise use of resources. At times you will set conditions under which a site may continue to operate and enforce these.
You will use your influencing and negotiating skills to secure best practice, often dealing with people at senior levels within industry and local communities.
You will respond to and investigate incidents across our portfolio of sites, making sure preventive and protective action is implemented.
You will also be expected to take up an incident management role in the wider business which may include out of hours standby duties.
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 team
The posts will be in one of our Installations Teams, within Local Operations, based in either Colchester, Ipswich, Ely or Norwich office.
The team works flexibly, delivering regulation at industrial processes including the food and drink, chemical, landfill, and energy from waste sectors located in the rural and urban areas of East Anglia.
To achieve our aims, it’s important that we work closely with other local and national teams, companies, communities, and our partner organisations.
Experience/skills required
You’ll be a proactive, self-motivated and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills; together with well-developed technical expertise and regulatory experience within an industrial environment.
A full UK (United Kingdom) driving licence will be required as is flexibility to travel for operational site visits and incident response. A vehicle will be made available for business travel in line with our travel policy.
You’ll preferably;
- Have regulatory and/or industrial experience
- 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/equivalent in a scientific, environmental, or engineering discipline
It would be helpful, but not essential, if you had: Membership of a relevant professional organisation such as, IEMA, CIWM
As a regulatory officer you will be at the forefront of protecting people and the environment from harm and securing environmental improvements.
This is particularly important to deliver our aim to drive forward our climate ambitions and support green growth.
You will undertake compliance assessment activities at a range of industrial sites.
You will ensure permit compliance and make complex assessments of an operators' ability to protect the environment, prevent pollution and optimise use of resources. At times you will set conditions under which a site may continue to operate and enforce these.
You will use your influencing and negotiating skills to secure best practice, often dealing with people at senior levels within industry and local communities.
You will respond to and investigate incidents across our portfolio of sites, making sure preventive and protective action is implemented.
You will also be expected to take up an incident management role in the wider business which may include out of hours standby duties.
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 team
The posts will be in one of our Installations Teams, within Local Operations, based in either Colchester, Ipswich, Ely or Norwich office.
The team works flexibly, delivering regulation at industrial processes including the food and drink, chemical, landfill, and energy from waste sectors located in the rural and urban areas of East Anglia.
To achieve our aims, it’s important that we work closely with other local and national teams, companies, communities, and our partner organisations.
Experience/skills required
You’ll be a proactive, self-motivated and confident communicator, used to influencing and negotiating to deliver outcomes, with strong interpersonal skills; together with well-developed technical expertise and regulatory experience within an industrial environment.
A full UK (United Kingdom) driving licence will be required as is flexibility to travel for operational site visits and incident response. A vehicle will be made available for business travel in line with our travel policy.
You’ll preferably;
- Have regulatory and/or industrial experience
- 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/equivalent in a scientific, environmental, or engineering discipline
It would be helpful, but not essential, if you had: Membership of a relevant professional organisation such as, IEMA, CIWM