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Posted Date:  3 Mar 2025
Posting End Date:  06 - May - 2025
Location:  West Midlands
Company:  Severn Trent Water Limited
Department:  Network Control
Salary (£):  Upto £50,000 + Shift & weekend working allowances

Pollution Response Team Manager

 

Hello, we’re Severn Trent, officially one of the UK’s Top 50 places to work. We pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to do right for our customers, communities, and the environment.

 

If you’re ready to elevate your career with a company recognised for its excellence and employee satisfaction, then this could be the opportunity for you.  

 

 

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

  

Join us as part of Severn Trent’s New Pollution Response Team!

 

Be part of our environmental emergency services, responding swiftly to waste and water events.

 

As a Pollution Response Team Manager, you’ll lead a team of skilled technicians, ensuring 24/7 readiness with cutting-edge equipment. Manage incidents, enhance team capabilities, and drive industry innovations. Ensure health and safety compliance, develop training processes, and act as the key link to our Operational Control Centre in Network Control.

 

You will be responsible for managing a team of Pollution Response Technicians, who mitigate pollutions in response to asset failure, developing their skills and response capabilities. You will work as part of a team who work a 24/7/365 rotating shift pattern from a central base location covering the Severn Trent region.

 

You’ll oversee the operational readiness of our equipment, vehicles, and workplace, and manage all activities related to waste-water incidents, including pumps, generators, nurse tanks, and tanker response. Build strong operational links with waste-water recycling and Waste Networks to expand our service offerings.

 

Start your journey with us and make a real impact on the environment!

If this sounds like you, please read on!

 

 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Pollution Management & Compliance: Reduce pollution incidents, oversee on-site wastewater events, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain adherence to SLAs.
  • Team Leadership & Training: Inspire and lead the Pollution Response Team, ensure operational readiness, train and upskill technicians, and drive health and safety performance.
  • Operational Efficiency & Innovation: Manage real-time monitoring, handle large-scale events, scout for innovative technologies, and manage the operational budget.
  • Community & Incident Support: Represent Severn Trent Water in the community, support Waste OCC during incidents, and drive performance improvement and sustainability.

 

As a manager and figure head, we will look to you to provide an excellent customer service and provide essential feedback during and after incident responses while working proactively with all our stakeholders such as Environment Agency, ECAS, Customers and Contractors. 

 

You’ll be expected to show passion and enthusiasm to embrace, identify and drive continuous improvement within the team.

 

This role may initially be based out of STC, Coventry, working a ‘Days’ pattern then will be moving to a 24/7 rotating shift pattern.

  

 

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

 

 

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent, and 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 Seven Trent family:

 

  • Salary up to £50,000 + Shift & weekend working allowances
  • 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 (including, a year fully paid maternity and adoption leave)
  • Two volunteering days per year

 

 

WHATS NEXT?

 

We can’t wait to hear from you.

 

Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. 

 

And if your curiosity has peaked and you're wanting to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.

 

Ps. we’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.

 

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