GROUNDWATER & CONTAMINATED LAND
The Groundwater and Contaminated Land teams support the appropriate regulation and management of groundwater resource in a variety of ways including, but not limited to:
- Providing strategic and site-specific technical advice to planning consultations from local authorities.
- Working closely with customers and other stakeholders on sites affected by land contamination to provide regulatory technical advice.
- Working with our National Permitting Service to determine environmental permits, consents and work with other regulatory teams to achieve compliance.
- Delivering groundwater quality specific advice to various internal and external customers and stakeholders
- Supporting technical specialists in progressing key groundwater quality projects.
All the above contribute towards overarching aims set out in the Water Framework Directive to protect and enhance the precious groundwater resource.
You will play a critical role in safeguarding the quality of our groundwater and ensuring we meet our regulatory obligations. You will use your technical expertise to protect and improve groundwater from pressures such as growth, development and climate change. You will contribute to creating a cleaner, safer and healthier environment.
Our approach is evidence led and includes monitoring strategies, implementing national policy, data, and information analysis, including groundwater modelling and communicating technical information to a wide range of stakeholders, internally and externally such as water companies, local authorities.
Why the Environment Agency?
By joining the Environment Agency (EA), you become part of a collective effort to protect and improve the environment in England. Our work addresses national-level issues, ranging from industry regulation to flood defences, land contamination, water quality, fisheries, and conservation. Your work directly contributes to creating a more sustainable and safer environment for all.
The EA’s diverse scope of work necessitates a multi-skilled workforce. Working with us means being part of a team that promotes sustainable growth, tackles climate change, and secures a better future for everyone. Collaboration and interaction allow for a rich and diverse working environment, fostering personal and professional growth.
Available roles
Hydrogeological Officer – Welwyn Garden City
We are looking for a Hydrogeological Officer to join our Hertfordshire & North London Area Groundwater & Hydrology Team. In this role you will primarily provide technical support to hydrology and water resource planning colleagues to assist with the development of our water resource strategy and contribute to long-term abstraction licensing and other regulatory decisions.
You will discuss groundwater issues with external customers, including infrastructure developers and their consultants and help shape the way that water is managed and regulated to ensure that future water demands are met, while groundwater and rivers are protected. You will provide hydrogeological technical input and support on a range of groundwater resource workstreams delivered by our Groundwater & Hydrology Team.
The workstreams may include:
- Determining groundwater abstraction licensing proposals.
- Providing hydrogeological expertise to work packages on catchment-based water management plans.
- Providing a hydrogeological service to various internal teams.
Responding to external customer enquiries for hydrogeological data and information.
Hydrogeological Officer – East Anglia
We are looking for a Hydrogeologist Officer to join our Groundwater and Contaminated Land Team (GWCL). This team 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. East Anglia is the driest part of the country and over half of our drinking water comes from groundwater. The area has significant population growth and intensive agricultural activities, so groundwater quantity and quality are under pressure.
Your work in this role may include:
- Determining groundwater abstraction licensing proposals
- Providing hydrogeological expertise to work packages on catchment-based water management plans
- Providing a hydrogeological service to various internal teams
- Responding to external customer enquiries for hydrogeological data and information.
The role is based in either our Ipswich or Norwich office. In addition, you will work with colleagues in other Areas of the Environment Agency.
