Senior Technical Specialist – Groundwater Quality
Environment and Business (E&B) Directorate
Join our Groundwater Team, a dispersed group working collaboratively with a wide range of technical and project teams across the country.
We’re part of the Environment and Business (E&B) Directorate, which plays a vital role in delivering the government’s key environmental objectives. Through evidence, expertise, engagement, and innovation, we influence policy and legislation, support integrated delivery, and help build trust in the Environment Agency—securing resources to do even more for the environment.
As part of the Environment Agency, you’ll enjoy a wide range of employee benefits, a welcoming and inclusive people community, and the opportunity to work alongside highly specialised technical teams who are passionate about making a difference.
Available Roles
Senior Technical Specialist – Groundwater Quality
Role Descriptions
Scrutiny on water quality has never been greater. You will play a leading role in enabling the delivery, regulation, and protection of groundwater water quality supporting Local Operations. You will be guiding the development of the key hydrogeological, and regulatory skills that are necessary to deliver our ambition for water. You will ensure our technical officers and teams receive the expert technical guidance and help that they need. This role is part of Geoscience Resilience Programme; you will be closely working alongside the other Senior Technical Specialists in the virtual national team.
Using extensive knowledge and experience of regulating in an operational environment you will be acting as a local point of focus for capability development and skills recovery. You will technically lead groundwater quality training, coaching, and mentoring nationally. You will use your enthusiasm and extensive technical leadership skills in Groundwater Quality to support area Groundwater & Contaminated Land teams delivery.
To ensure close working with relevant national and operational colleagues, you will influence and persuade others as the recognised operational lead in your discipline. You will use national networks to deliver improvements to the consistency of regulation, provide technical leadership in complex investigations and may be required to act as an Expert Witness, or mentor those acting as Expert Witness.
We are looking for a Senior Specialist with excellent technical leadership and people skills. A strong track record in groundwater water quality regulation and compliance who can train, coach, and mentor others is essential, as well as experience in dealing with complex technical issues and implementing regulatory solutions.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Extensive technical and regulatory experience in Groundwater quality
- an honours degree (or equivalent), and ideally a MSc level qualification (or equivalent), in geology / hydrogeology or relevant equivalent discipline.
- confident communication skills, conveying complex technical information to a range of audiences.
- strong technical leadership, interpersonal and team-working skills.
- a proactive, self-motivated attitude that delivers quality outcomes
- an ability to effectively engage people, build and maintain relationships with others outside the immediate team.
- ability to motivate people to resolve conflicts and challenges.
- Professional membership and chartership is strongly desirable
Testimonials
Ruth Buckley – Senior Technical Specialist
I’m the water resources area focussed specialist, working part of the Geoscience Resilience Team. I support people throughout all our area teams by working with them to develop individuals, their teams, and also overall cohesion and consistency.
I’ve worked for the Environment Agency for the last 22 years and have loved every moment of it. I worked a term time contract all the time that my children were in school and this was invaluable for allowing me to balance work and life.
The Environment Agency offers excellent career opportunities that will help you progress your career further.