Programme Lead - Wales Metal Mines Programme

Are you an experienced, positive and motivated environmental leader?

Do you like working on complicated and really interesting projects and best of all with an awesome team of like-minded people 

If so, read on….

We are looking for someone who

• has a proven record of project delivery, particularly on environmental or remediation focused projects;
• with experience of managing consultants and contractors; 
• an ability to manage and prioritise a high-volume workload & multiple concurrent projects; 
• is a people person who can help to manage a great delivery team across multiple organisations 

• You'll be leading and managing the Wales Metal Mines Programme delivery team, supporting them to deliver their projects, often in a senior project role
• You'll deliver selected projects yourself with support from Assistant Project Managers.
• You'll also manage the internal relationships with key delivery support teams, including our Engineers and Technical teams
• And you'll be working closely with the Principal Programme Manager to make sure projects align with the delivery needs of the Programme

This is a really key position, as you’ll be leading the Wales Metal Mines Programme delivery team.   

The Wales Metal Mines Programme is responsible for the assessment, development, planning and delivery of pollution mitigation and environmental improvement projects, across the portfolio of abandoned metal mine sites in Wales; it is being jointly delivered together with NRW, requiring truly collaborative working. 

There are 1,300 abandoned metal mines in Wales, polluting more than 700km of river reaches. Remediating these legacy mines and mitigating the long term impact they have requires a substantial programme of works.

As Programme Lead you’ll be supporting the team as they manage often complex, strategically important projects, which assess, develop and implement intervention strategies (including mine water remediation schemes) to address pollution and other issues from legacy mining activities. 

Projects generally include a variety of remedial interventions, not least surface water and spoil heap management and both passive and active minewater treatment schemes and we actively consider and trial novel and emerging technologies. 

We encounter a wide range of environmental sensitivities and constraints at all sites, with most of the sites having some designated areas / features either close to or on-site (such as Scheduled Monuments, SSSI) and most typically located in rural areas and sitting within or close to protected areas (such as National Parks, SAC and SPA). 

Many of these features also present opportunities for multiple outcomes, including in collaboration with other stakeholders, so increasing benefits for both the project and the Programme.  These could relate to environmental enhancements such as bio-diversity and heritage improvements, or even renewable energy generation.

You can see more about what we do here:

Natural Resources Wales / Metal mine water pollution

We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.

Role location: Wales 

Schedule:

Application closing date: 8th September 2024

Sifting date: 9th September 2024

Interviews: w/c 16th September 2024

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware, and we will look at alternative dates)

Security:

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

Our benefits:

Working with us:

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who we are:

Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

Here at TCA we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our colleagues, our customers and our communities. We are proud to be an inclusive employer. We are committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We encourage applications from people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and beliefs. Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the team by email at [email protected] or by phone on 01623 637000.