33994 - High Hazard Regulatory Team Leader


Company:	Environment Agency
Salary:	from £54,940 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1HE
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 4 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	28 Sept 2026

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Summary

We are committed to enhancing our regulatory practices and building an effective regulatory framework. To achieve this, we are looking for Team Leaders to lead dedicated, values driven regulatory teams that will focus on enhancing regulation of COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015) sites and Oil Refineries in England.

As an experienced leader with an understanding of major industry, you will be applying your broad regulatory and regime knowledge to manage your specialist regulatory team to deliver compliance work funded through charge income.

You will be committed to developing yourself and your team, providing a positive role model who creates an open, inclusive and trusting culture where people can achieve their best and be safe and well.

As part of this role, you will develop a delivery plan with your team and have autonomy to adapt the plan according to changing priorities. You will share good practice and ways of working, identify opportunities for the business and ways to realise them. You will have a strong understanding and awareness of your team’s work so that you can assess risks and provide assurance to your Regulatory Manager.

You will be leading a new team, so you will need to demonstrate your ability to lead and coach them through cultural and business change.

Your role will include maintaining the health, safety, and wellbeing of your team, supporting their development, and managing ways of working to ensure we can meet the needs of the future. You will need to balance the work within your team to ensure that they are focused on the areas that will deliver the greatest environmental benefit.

This position requires the ability to work effectively across the organisation, in an agile way to deliver outcomes

Please read the additional pack of further information relating to this role.

The team

You’ll lead a newly formed team and will report to the High Hazard Regulatory Manager.

Your team will work directly with site operators, while collaborating with national and local colleagues to improve high hazard delivery and assurance. Your team will be responsible for delivering their regulatory plan by delivering robust inspections, audits and investigating incidents.

You’ll have an office base location, though your team will be dispersed, so regular travel will be required.

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