The Environment Agency Jobs – Sustainable Places Planning Officer in Southampton, UK

Overview

Position Title:Sustainable Places Planning Officer

Company:Environment Agency

Location:Southampton, UK

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join the Environment Agency’s East Midlands Sustainable Places Team. You will help manage the Environment Agency’s interaction with the planning process. You’ll support the team in managing planning consultations from councils and developers across the area. You’ll work closely with colleagues who deal with flood risk, contaminated land, water quality, biodiversity and permitted facilities to ensure the advice we provide is sound, and that we secure environmental improvements wherever possible.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll provide advice and assurance over the management of our flood risk assets, including for our statutory reservoirs.
• You’ll use your experience of problem solving to support assessment of the risk, urgency, and solutions to bring any below condition assets back to the required standard.
• You’ll support our teams with internal/external partnerships, promoting sustainable solutions that improve flood risk and the environment, and help achieve our ambition to become Net Zero Carbon by 2030.
• You will reinforce our engineering skills and resilience through mentoring and development of staff to achieve professional membership.
• Through our national network of Catchment Engineers, you’ll contribute to national strategy and support continuous improvement, sharing learning and experience and providing peer support.
• You’ll be a valuable part of our Operations Leadership Team, passionate about our people, celebrating diversity and helping create an inclusive environment where our people can be the best they can be.

Requirements:

• Have excellent customer service and communication skills for a range of audiences.
• Be enthusiastic with a positive attitude, and a drive to seek new innovative ways of working.
• Have strong communication skills, and the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with a variety of people
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to work at pace, and effectively manage competing priorities using good judgement and decision making abilities.
• Be well organised with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines have good attention to detail
• Be able to work collaboratively with a variety of people
• Be motivated to achieve results and take pride in their work