At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score — reflecting how much our people love working here.
Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.
If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.
LET’S TELL YOU MORE
Our Waste Networks department has a great opportunity for you to join as our new Waste Network Regional Environmental Lead on a 12 month contract!
Your main focus as the Regional Environmental Lead is providing strategy input, drive and delivery of significant £ODI value across key environmental metrics like C-Mex, pollutions, CSO spills and hydraulic flooding.
The successful candidate will be based at one of our sites in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire or Warwickshire. You’ll be responsible for leading a team and delivering the highest standards of output and exceeding commitments to customers.
Ensuring Health, Safety and Wellbeing of our employees and customers is our number one priority in the role. Furthermore, you will be responsible for the overall operating budget of circa 30m and establish great working relationships with all stakeholders.
If you’re passionate about customers, can lead change, drive improvement, embed best practice and are a great collaborator, then this role is for you.
Some of your other key accountabilities will include:
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Proven experience in leading and achieving sustained performance improvements from a diverse workforce, indirect and direct would be beneficial. Furthermore previous success and passion for delivering and leading a strong customer, commercial and health & safety culture would be desirable. Having a track record of driving performance, developing talent, rewarding high performers, and addressing poor performance would be required along with a full UK driving licence.
Skills and experience are important, but character, positivity, and a caring attitude matter too. We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We seek people who get involved, want to be part of something bigger, and make a difference because they care.
HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN
LET’S GO
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Water is wonderful. Without it we’d be lost. With it, everything’s possible. For every toothbrush, for every loo flushed. For the hot showers, the cool drinks, the cups of tea. But it’s not just at the heart of our homes. It’s at the heart of everything; our schools, our businesses, our hospitals. Saving lives, helping communities thrive.
We’re Severn Trent, a diverse and amazing group of people who want to keep it that way. We bring you clean water and we take it away safely too. But it’s not just what we do. It’s how we do it: not just talking, but going over and above. Stepping up and rolling our sleeves up.
It’s because we care. Not only about our water but our corner of the country. And we care for our amazing people who make all this possible. Don’t just take our word for it; we’re a Glassdoor Top 50 Company – one of the best employers in the UK right now.
At Severn Trent, we do more, because we care.
