Location
Darlington, Romsey, Nottingham, Warrington, Ipswich (Flexible / Hybrid working with regular travel across England, including possible overnight stays)

Hours
Full Time - 12-month fixed term contract

Salary
£68,820 - £80,575 per annum

About the Role
Are you ready to make a real difference? Join the Environment Agency's High Hazard specialist team as a Regulatory Manager leading a new, values-driven regulatory team focused on enhancing the regulation of COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015) sites across England. This operational leadership role involves providing direction to a newly formed team responsible for ensuring effective delivery and assurance of COMAH regulation to reduce environmental impact and prevent major accidents.

You will develop and lead the regulatory strategy for COMAH, manage risk and assurance, and advise senior leadership. Your team will deliver robust inspections, audits, and incident investigations across nationally and politically significant sites. You will work collaboratively across the organisation and with external partners, including Local Resilience Forums, to embed intelligence-led regulation aligned with environmental objectives.

As a leader, you will coach and support your team through cultural and business change, maintaining their health, safety, and wellbeing while ensuring focus on areas delivering the greatest environmental benefit. Incident response leadership is a key part of this role, with full training and additional payments available.

This is a national role with an EA office base location and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance. You will be part of a leadership team influencing and shaping regulation across the wider business to tackle environmental challenges and build a sustainable future.

Experience
- Proven leadership of dispersed teams working collaboratively to achieve objectives
- Strong knowledge of environmental pressures impacting major industries and the environment
- Understanding of COMAH Regulations or relevant regulatory/industry experience
- Experience providing high-level advice, guidance, and judgement on regulatory activities
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-faceted, and time-critical activities
- Working knowledge of Health, Safety & Wellbeing
- Full UK driving licence

About you
- Effective communicator and influencer with a strong customer focus
- Analytical thinker able to identify issues and deliver value-added solutions
- Skilled at building respectful, collaborative working relationships with emotional intelligence
- Proactive, positive attitude with strong problem-solving skills
- Flexible work style and ability to work at pace

Qualifications
- Degree in a Scientific or Engineering subject (desirable)
- Good technical understanding of Environmental Regulation, either regulating or being regulated (desirable)
- Membership or working towards membership of a relevant professional body (desirable)