Hazardous Waste Regulation Officer Team / Directorate: Waste Regulation / Operations Starting salary: 36,246 Contract type: Permanent Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week Interview date: 14/04/2025 Post numbers: 200434 The role You will be working as a member of the North East Waste Regulation Team as the hazardous waste lead for your place. Primarily the role will be assessing compliance of waste producers with the Hazardous Waste Regulations including the correct classification of waste, record keeping and consignment note completion. In addition, you will be expected to assist other officers with assessment of compliance at permitted sites. You will be working as part of an all Wales virtual team including data officers and will help design and carry out compliance caigns and other projects. For many of Wales s hazardous waste producers this will be their only contact with NRW, and it will give a chance to advise and influence them on issues such as waste prevention and pollution prevention to help deliver Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR) principles. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance. To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Carys Williams at Carys.Williams(at)cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Successful external applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date. What you will do
1. Assess compliance for non site based hazardous waste regulation.
2. Strategically use waste data to inform interventions/caigns.
3. Deliver and record hazardous waste compliance work.
4. Take appropriate actions to collect evidence for enforcement purposes, in accordance with defined procedures.
5. Participate in the development of team work plans.
6. Produce required documentation to support legal action.
7. Seek to influence customers and establish local partnerships and collaborations as opportunities arise to deliver SMNR.
8. Respond to incidents and complaints.
9. Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
10. Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
11. Be committed to your own development and that of your staff through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
12. Any other reason