Senior Advisor BAT

Senior Advisor – UK BAT – 32438

Employer: Environment Agency

Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Role

Summary:

The Senior Advisor will support the development of UK Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions, working closely with technical working groups, and ensuring that these documents become UK-wide environmental standards.
As part of the UK BAT Team you’ll help shape policy, manage technical author teams, and present final documents suitable for publication.

Responsibilities:

• Support the drafting of BAT conclusions and liaise with technical working groups.
• Present final documents as UK-wide environmental standards for industry.
• Assume a key role within the UK BAT Senior Advisor process.
• Provide oversight and coordination of technical authors.
• Conduct detailed reviews of technical documents, ensuring accuracy and compliance with environmental legislation.
• Apply project‑management skills to deliver outcomes on time and to agreed standards.

Qualifications &

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of working experience in environmental regulation across industrial sectors.
• Solid understanding of UK and EU industrial environmental legislation, particularly the IED and Environmental Permitting Regulations.
• Experience coordinating and reviewing the publication of technical documents.
• Demonstrated knowledge of BAT conclusions and their implications for permits, industry, and the environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, concise reports.
• Proficient in planning, prioritising and organising tasks and resources to achieve timely and effective results.
• Flexibility to adapt to challenges and build consensus across diverse stakeholders.
• Capability for technical data collection and complex industrial data analysis.

Working Conditions:

• Some travel and overnight stays may be required.
• Inclusive incident management objectives will be included in your development plan.

Career Development: A range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.

Contact: To discuss working patterns, base location or further questions, email paul.steve

Equal Opportunities: We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability.

Flexibility: Flexible working patterns are available, including job share. Please specify your preferred working arrangements in your application.

Applications will be blind‑assessed using competency questions. Interviews will be conducted via MS Teams and may include a presentation.

Note:

If you are currently a civil service employee, the Environment Agency is not part of the HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant. For local government employees, consult your HR team about continuous service eligibility.