Water Resources Specialist

We’re more than just a water company. We're dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment, sustainability, and the communities we serve. By joining us, you’ll work with the latest technologies, driving forward-thinking projects that enhance and protect national infrastructure, making a real difference to the communities we serve.

With nearly 10,000 colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant people who are passionate about sustainability, eager to innovate, and ready to turn challenges into opportunities for a better future.

Let’s cut straight to it

We have a number of Water Resources Specialist roles available in our Water Resources Strategy Team. We are seeking people who can play a crucial role in shaping our future, driving business improvement, and making a tangible impact on the environment. Join us and be part of a team that values expertise, collaboration, and continuous development.

The Water Resources Strategy team looks after Severn Trent’s investment plans for ensuring we have enough water to meet the needs of our customers and the environment. Our team is made up of experts in specialisms such as hydro-geology, hydrology, hydro-ecology as well as water environmental policy and legislation. We work in collaboration with environmental, operational and capital delivery teams internally and the Environment Agency externally.

Sustainable water abstraction is becoming an ever more important consideration in our future planning, and we are building an ambitious investment plan that will allow us to reduce our impacts on the environment and improve river health across our region.

Depending on skills and experience, we are looking for Water Resources Specialists who can:

• Help manage Severn Trent Water’s surface and groundwater abstraction licencing needs, making sure we secure new licences, variations and renewals.
• Support our WINEP programme which is delivering environmental investigations to assess the environmental impacts of our water abstractions and identifying solutions to restore the environment and ensure no further deterioration.
• Support our specialist teams with collecting and interpreting environmental data to inform business decisions, including the use of GIS and other analytical tools to help us understand environmental risks and performance.

The Water Resources Strategy Team’s work is wide ranging and varied and some of your responsibilities will include; working with technical experts and leads across the Water Resources team and wider business on our water resources and environmental improvement workstreams, ensuring the successful delivery of our AMP8 WINEP projects, securing new abstraction licences and owning elements of our abstraction improvement programme such as training and upskilling.

You can be based across the Midlands with regular travel to our head office at Coventry. You’ll work within our Asset Strategy team. With this being such a critical role, we’re looking for someone who can join us 37 hours a week and also holds a full U.K driving licence.

What we’re looking for

• Strong analytical skills; GIS experience is desirable.
• Experience working on environmental or water resources projects.
• Good knowledge of environmental legislation, particularly related to water resources.
• Full UK driving licence (required for travel).
• Degree in environmental science or a related field (preferred).
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience communicating with the Environment Agency and other key stakeholders.
• Knowledge and application of risk management.
• Ability to integrate a wide range of stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
• Understanding of water resources management or strategy, including abstraction licences and discharge permits (desirable).
• Basic or higher understanding of hydrology, hydrogeology, or hydroecology.

We have roles of differing seniority and depending on skills and experience.

How we’ll reward and care for you

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite's perks that you’ll get being part of the Severn Trent family:

• Salary competitive
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies and two volunteering days per year

Let’s go

We can't wait to hear from you! Have an updated CV ready and spare five minutes to apply. We'll let you know the outcome after the closing date, so keep an eye on your phone and emails.