Affinity Water is looking for a Sustainable Homes Auditor to help ensure new housing developments meet water efficiency and neutrality standards inline our adoption of Ofwat's Environmental Incentives Common Framework.

You will be hands-on with site inspections, pre-occupancy audits, and compliance checks, ensuring that new homes meet water efficiency and water neutrality standards. You will review technical plans, analyse water usage trends, and produce clear, actionable reports to support developers and internal teams. You’ll also collaborate closely with engineers, developers, and supply chain partners to help improve water-efficient designs and resolve any compliance issues.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys problem-solving, working on the spot, and making a real impact on sustainable homes.

The Role

Conduct thorough audits and inspections of new developments to verify compliance with water efficiency standards
Analyse water usage data and identify trends or areas for improvement
Produce clear, evidence-based audit reports with recommendations for developers and internal teams
Work closely with developers, engineers, and internal stakeholders to drive improvements
Own audit outcomes, manage risks, and deal professionally with any challenging compliance situations
Stay up to date with changing regulations and industry standards

About You

Essential:

Experience in audits or inspections (compliance or sustainability preferred)
Strong attention to detail and ability to spot issues others might miss
Confident communicating with developers, engineers, and other stakeholders
Problem-solving mindset and able to manage challenging situations on site
Collaborative approach, working well with internal teams and external partners
Able to analyse data, interpret trends, and turn insights into practical recommendations
This is a regional role, so travel across developments will be required, as well as attendance at our Hatfield office

Desirable:

Knowledge of water neutrality, sustainability standards, or environmental incentive schemes
Willingness to learn, grow, and share knowledge with the team

Advert Closes Friday 13th March

Benefits:

Salary: £33,000 (dependant on skills and experience)
Hours: 08:00 - 16:00pm Mon - Thurs and 08:00am - 15:30pm Friday
Commercial Vehicle
Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.