Senior Environmental Project Manager

We are looking for a Senior Environmental Project Manager to join Thames Water permanently.

The purpose of the role is to drive performance, and directly impact pollution reduction, one of the top three deliverables for Thames Water. Our environmental performance is monitored and evaluated by our regulators using a range of measures, such as our compliance with our environmental permits, and the number and severity of pollution incidents that we cause, which in turn informs our Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA).

The role will aim to create a low-polluting entity where the events are few between and have minimum environmental impact. 

As part of the Environmental Performance team, you will be at the forefront of ensuring that Thames Water continue to take a data-led approach to reducing pollution incidents. 

You will take initiatives from pipeline feasibility, through to implementation, embedding and measuring the benefit of your portfolio.  Reporting from your portfolio will be used in discussions with our CEO, so accuracy and delivery of benefits are essential.

What will you be doing as a Senior Environmental Project Manager?

• Lead the successful creation and delivery of the Pollution Incident Reduction Plan across multiple stakeholders, as well as the core components of the EPA scorecard for pollution.
• Deliver projects under the portfolio, to time, cost and quality from concept and feasibility assessment through to seeing benefits when embedded using both agile and waterfall project management.
• Ensure projects impact the pollution performance commitment with measurable benefits.
• Incorporate continuous and business improvement into the portfolio.
• Steer the reporting strategy for the pollution reduction portfolio, driving action from root cause data and insight.
• Reporting directly into our Head of Environmental Performance, and you will be working within a team of environmental enthusiasts.
• Engage and liaise with the Environment Agency on strategic pollution discussions, giving performance updates and driving challenging conversations. Communication with the regulator must be consistent, timely and accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time.
• Support and drive improvement in our incident investigations, data capture, pollution challenges and incident learning.
• Support customer engagement in pollution reduction and self-reporting workstreams.
• Ensure internal stakeholders have the right data to make decisions to reduce pollution incidents.
• Lead the business through pollution reduction in AMP8 with strong working relationships to enable successful delivery of the portfolio.
• Be seen as a leader in pollution reduction, act as a trusted advisor and critical friend to operational colleagues.
• Create a network across the industry to ensure best practice and innovation is shared and where possible, integrated in the plan.
• Represent the company to stakeholders to build awareness externally, regulate their activities or maintain the reputation of the Thames Water brand, to include the National Pollution Group.

What should you bring to the role?

•  A passion to improve our environmental performance.
• Deliver exceptional service through an enthusiastic, positive and proactive approach, taking initiative and accountability for your role while working accurately within a busy team.
• Excellent planning, organisation, and verbal/written communication skills including report writing.
• Evidence of working flexibly across organisations, building and/or improving ways of working and embedding them into organisations.
• Understand Environmental Legislation and/or Regulations including CICS & 16_02
• Understanding of the waste network and the waste treatment operation.
• Positively influence and work collaboratively with all levels of an organisation to achieve improved business outcomes.
• Project Management, or proven track record in delivering business projects.
• Full driving licence as travel is required.
• Excellent IT literacy, including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• IOSH / NEBOSH would be beneficial, however, not essential.

What’s In it for you? 

• Offering a salary between £54,000 - £65,000 per annum plus a car allowance on top.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Annual Bonus.
• Benefits on Tap, access to discounts, cashback and instant vouchers.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance. 

Find out more about our benefits and perks

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is a great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. We aim to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.