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Senior Regulatory Officer (Hazardous Waste) - 30467
Number of jobs available: 1
Region: London, South East
City/Town: Welwyn Garden City
Building/Site: DEFRA GRP EA ALCHEMY, AL7 1HE
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Post Type: Permanent
Role Type: Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time
Salary Minimum: £41,617
Closing Date: 09/04/2025, 23:55 hours
Security checks level: Basic Check
Job description:
The Environment Agency is fully committed to inclusivity and equal opportunities, offering flexible work arrangements for all our vacancies. Join us in a diverse environment where every voice is heard and valued.
We are looking for a dedicated individual to work in our regulatory team in Hertfordshire and North London delivering compliance on hazardous waste and waste classification. Our industrial sectors can produce, handle, and receive large volumes of hazardous waste, and it is important that these wastes are classified and described correctly. Misdescription of these wastes can result in a wide range of environmental impacts. Ensuring compliance with these regulations provides a level playing field for industry to operate in.
You will be recognised as the Hazardous Waste Technical Lead, oversee hazardous waste regulatory delivery for the team, contribute to the development and delivery of the hazardous waste regime delivery plan, and report on performance. You will focus your time on hazardous waste and waste classification compliance activities - centred around operations under the Environmental Permitting Regulations such as chemical manufacture, incineration, metals, paper and textiles, and refineries. You will review waste classification assessments in accordance with Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste to ensure waste produced and received by operators is correctly classified.
Please note we will only be able to accept applications from those that hold a full UK driving license. Please only apply if you hold this.
The team:
In the Installations team, you'll be shaping and improving environmental conditions throughout Hertfordshire and North London. The teams work flexibly across the area, regulating sites in a range of industrial sectors including chemicals manufacturing, landfill, incineration, food and drink, and paper and textiles.
Our Welwyn Garden City office has a hybrid model allowing individuals to work either at home or at our office.
Experience/skills required:
* Strong operational experience and knowledge of Hazardous Waste Regime regulation. Specific experience of process industry or waste management is desirable.
* Good technical knowledge of hazardous waste compliance, guidance on the classification and assessment of waste, and the Hazardous Waste Regulations.
* Ability to confidently deal with complex situations by adopting a pragmatic approach to achieve the best environmental outcomes.
* Ability to manage and prioritise workload to achieve good outcomes and deliver against plans.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and able to demonstrate how you would provide technical leadership.
* Ability to manage and motivate oneself - works independently and manages workload to deliver expected results and associated reporting.
* Ability to work in teams to support colleagues to achieve common goals.
* Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent - able to demonstrate comparable technical knowledge/experience.
Competence 1: Legislative Knowledge
Description: Applies a knowledge of statutory environmental and technical requirements to protect both the Environment Agency and the environment.
Please provide an example of a time where you have had to review a Waste Assessment for a mirror entry waste, in line with guidance on the assessment of waste. What did you have to consider, to ensure that the correct classification was reached?
Competence 2: Securing Compliance
Description: Secures compliance of individuals and organisations with permits and legislation.
Please provide an example of a time you have applied your hazardous waste technical and legislative knowledge to instil change in customer behaviour and secure compliance with a permit or legislation.
Competence 3: Influences and Persuades Others
Description: Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.
Please provide an example of a time you have influenced others to change their approach to achieve the goals of the Environment Agency.
Competence 4: Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description: Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
Please describe a time when you have had to make a decision in order to resolve a contentious or complex problem. How did you arrive at your chosen solution?
Role specific license requirements: Full UK Driver's License
The Environment Agency is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and will take appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access equal employment opportunities by providing reasonable adjustments at assessment stage and workplace adjustments should you be offered a role.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role and ensure it is manageable for you personally.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
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