Water Resource Policy & Regulation Manager

The Water Resource Policy & Regulation Manager will lead the Permitting & Compliance team. The team is responsible for obtaining abstraction licenses and drought permits, assuring abstraction returns and ensuring compliance with abstraction licence conditions, investigating any breaches of licence conditions and reporting to the Environment Agency (EA) on such matters. The team also take a lead on monitoring and reporting the water resources situation and ensuring that we are 'application ready' for drought interventions such as drought orders and drought permits and managing the application processes for any drought permits or orders if required.

• Manage a team (currently three) of technical abstraction policy specialists.
• Engagement with EA, NE and other stakeholders regarding abstraction permits and droughts.
• Working in close partnership with the EA, you will hold regular stakeholder meetings to update them of our compliance position and ensure the accuracy of the water abstraction data we share with them.
• Ensure the accuracy of the water abstraction data which is submitted to the EA.
• Act as an SME on regulatory framework for abstraction and drought permits.
• Prepare to make drought permits and drought orders when needed as well as prepare abstraction licence applications., Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24 / 7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
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• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships, internally and externally.
• Excellent knowledge of abstraction and drought permitting regulations.
• Knowledge of Drought planning, WRMP and WINEP.
• Line management experience of technical teams.
• Interdisciplinary coordination across different teams within the business to secure best management of water resources.
• Management of budgets, management (scoping, procurement and delivery) of studies and investigations using external consultants.
• Degree in a relevant subject e.g. Ecology, Geography or the equivalent work experience.
  
  This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home. We are offering a competitive salary depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including :
• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme
Join our Permitting & Compliance team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment. Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?