Team Leader - Bridgwater, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
Environment Agency
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Bridgwater, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Number of jobs available- - Region- South West

  • City/Town
  • Bridgwater


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time


  • Role Type

  • Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery


  • Salary Minimum £37,46

  • Job description
  • You will lead a skilled team to deliver environmental outcomes in Wessex through regulatory intervention and influence.

You and the team will be responsible for improving the environment in the Somerset area of Wessex by regulating permitted waste sites, investigating illegal waste sites, and responding to pollution incidents.

You will also work closely with the other 2 Waste Team leaders to ensure consistent delivery across the whole of the Wessex area.

You'll ensure that your team have the correct resources, skills, and operational capabilities to fulfil their day to day role of compliance and regulatory work, and to provide effective and professional incident response.

You'll work with external partners, and other internal teams to deliver environmental outcomes at sites you are responsible for.

Your strong enthusiastic leadership will maintain the high standard of corporate and professional behaviours expected of the team and promote a strong Health, Safety & Wellbeing culture.

You will be able to demonstrate a track record of working with others to deliver defined outputs. Your work will help support the successful delivery of our 25 year environment plan which benefits people and wildlife.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do.

You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents, or provide business continuity support during an incident.

This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

For more information about working for the Environment Agency and what we do visit our careers page

  • The team
  • The team
undertakes a range of compliance activities in the waste sector to protect air, water and land quality. In certain circumstances we will seek to influence partners to deliver the environmental outcomes we are seeking.

  • Experience/skills required
  • Leadership is part of your career plan and you're passionate about the environment and people. You'll have a strong commitment to people, both your team and our customers, with good communication and influencing skills. You'll be able to use your initiative to take timely decisions and to manage and prioritise a complex workload, to tight deadlines and have a good understanding of incident response. You should be able to remain positive and focused on the key priorities, even when conflicting demands conspire to knock you and your team off course. Knowledge of regulated industry or experience of regulation in another field is desirable but not essential.
Contact and additional information-The role can be based at our Bridgwater Offices, with flexible home working included. As a dispersed team, there is an occasional need to travel. Flexible working arrangements are in place to support your work/life balance. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss part time working.

We're looking for applicants who believe that having a truly diverse, representative, and engaged workforce is fundamental to protect the environment and effectively serve our communities.

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