Coastal Technical Officer

• East Suffolk Council
• Address: East Suffolk House Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1RT and Riverside Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0EQ
• Salary: 35412 - 38220 per annum (Band 6)
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Fixed term Maternity Cover

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Councils Coastal Management and Adaptation Team as a Coastal Technical Officer.

Your role

Supporting the Strategic and Operational Team Leads in creating a more resilient coast through a new Coastal Strategy you will work across the Suffolk frontage to provide technical and engineering support to the team for the provision of an effective and efficient Coastal Management service.

You will be required to undertake asset inspections support on maintaining our asset database and work collaboratively with the Adaptation team to further develop the asset inspection tool using GIS.

You will support delivery of the Coastal monitoring programme by analysing data and providing outputs to inform decision-making. You will also contribute to the development of innovative data and monitoring approaches.

A key part of this role will be working on the delivery of the Sizewell C Development Consent Order by supporting the Senior Coastal Engineer and acting as Technical Lead on the Sizewell C monitoring and mitigation plan. You will also be required to act as technical lead on other energy planning and development enquiries.

This is a full-time role however we would be open to discussing flexible working arrangements or part time working for this position.

You will need:

• a good understanding of coastal processesandengineering principles and practicecombined with appliedtechnical knowledge of coastal consenting and licencing frameworks
• to have a foundation degree or equivalent in a Coastal or Civil engineering discipline such as Geography or Environmental Science along with specialist Coastal Monitoring and technical knowledge
• to be a self-motivated and flexible individual you will have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop monitoring approaches that are bespoke to different scheme and projects
• to be technically proficient in QGIS and or ArcGIS Pro with experience using ArcGIS Online and related apps such as Survey123 and StoryMaps along with the ability to fly a drone would also be advantageous.

Why work for us

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work offering a wide range of benefits to our employees.

Find out why were so proud of East Suffolk Council by watching our video Why Work for East Suffolk Council where our staff explain why they think its such a fantastic place to work.

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year increasing to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays)
• Local government pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
• Discounts on mobile phones computers holiday and travel fashion and clothing health and beauty and many other products and services.

For more information please read ourbenefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way with a mixture of home and office working depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For more information

For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Sian Platt by calling or by emailing

Closing date: 11.30pm 19 July 2026

Interview date: Week commencing 3 August 2026.

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (Word)

Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (Word). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note CVs are not accepted.

For more information check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).