Environment Lead

Starting from 70k salary depending on skills and experience

Permanent

37 hours per week

Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days a week in-person from Peterborough with occasional travel to our London office and onsite.

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach this role provides you with hybrid working. Your base location will be in our Peterborough office with the expectation of being in the office 3 days a week.

Join us as an Environment Lead and help shape one of the UKs most ambitious water infrastructure programmes.

Anglian Water is leading the development of two new reservoirs in Lincolnshire and the Fens multi-billion-pound schemes that will secure water supplies across the East of England for generations to come. Together these projects represent the largest and most complex programme weve ever undertaken with over 500m of development funding secured and future delivery costs expected to exceed 5bn.

As Environment Lead youll guide one of these Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process. Youll lead the environmental assessment programme shape EIA HRA WFD and BNG strategies and integrate environmental thinking across design planning land and stakeholder teams.

Most importantly youll ensure we secure a consent that is fundable constructable and sets the foundations for long-term sustainable delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the environmental assessment programme across Lincolnshire reservoir project.

• Developing and delivering EIA HRA WFD and BNG strategies.

• Embedding the environment team into wider project teams (design planning land stakeholder engagement).

• Driving delivery of key outcomes through the pre-application and examination phases.

• Ensuring compliance with all environmental and regulatory requirements.

• Building strong relationships with environmental stakeholders to secure agreements needed for DCO consent.

What will you be doing

• Lead the environmental consenting process for large complex infrastructure projects through the Development Consent Order (DCO) route.

• Own and deliver the environmental programme of work budget and technical strategies (EIA HRA WFD BNG).

• Manage multi-disciplinary teams and specialist consultants to produce high-quality environmental assessments and documentation.

• Ensure environmental considerations are embedded across design planning land and stakeholder engagement.

• Act as a key liaison with environmental stakeholders regulators and the Planning Inspectorate negotiating agreements and building Statements of Common Ground.

• Provide expert input at examinations including acting as an expert witness and coordinating responses to the Examining Authority.

• Identify manage and mitigate environmental risks to ensure timely and successful project delivery.

• Stay ahead of legislation and regulatory requirements ensuring compliance and sharing knowledge across the programme.

As a valued employee youll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess

• 26 days leave rising with service Bank Holidays with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• A flexible and friendly working culture

• Competitive pension scheme we double-match your contributions up to 6%

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary

• Personal Accident cover up to 5x your salary

• Bonus Scheme

• Lots of great discounts

About You
Were looking for an experienced and influential environmental professional who has led consenting on large complex infrastructure projects (ideally NSIPs). Youll bring:

• Proven expertise in Environmental Impact Assessment and related strategies (EIA HRA WFD BNG).

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide multi-disciplinary teams and manage specialist consultants.

• Confidence in engaging with regulators stakeholders and the Planning Inspectorate including negotiation and agreement building.

• Excellent communication skills able to translate complex environmental issues into clear actionable advice.

• A proactive solutions-focused approach to managing risk resolving challenges and driving delivery.

• The credibility to act as an expert witness and represent the project at examination.

Youll be motivated by the scale and importance of these nationally significant projects and passionate about balancing vital water supply needs with environmental sustainability.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Experience of leading and managing EIA/environmental aspects of planning consents for a major infrastructure project/programme ideally playing a lead role in an NSIP DCO

• Knowledge/experience of NSIP Development Consent Orders and associated planning frameworks and sound understanding of relevant legislation.

• Relevant professional qualification(s) likely environmentally based

Why Apply
This is a rare opportunity to lead the environmental consenting for one of the UKs most ambitious water infrastructure projects. With over 500m already secured for Reservoirs Programme and a delivery value expected to exceed 5bn these schemes will leave a lasting legacy for future generations.

As Environmental Impact Assessment Lead youll:

• Play a pivotal role in shaping nationally significant projects of unprecedented scale.

• Work at the forefront of environmental assessment and sustainability within infrastructure delivery.

• Lead a high-performing multi-disciplinary team of experts and specialists.

• Engage directly with regulators stakeholders and government bodies on nationally important issues.

• Join an organisation that puts environmental responsibility and innovation at the heart of everything we do.

Youll not only influence the success of these projects but also help secure the regions water supply for decades to come.

Closing date: 14th September 2025

Interview Date: 23rd September 2025

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