The role
As a
Hazardous Waste Regulation Officer you'll be joining the South East Waste Regulation Team as the dedicated Hazardous Waste Lead for your area. In this role, you'll play a key part in protecting the environment by ensuring businesses comply with Hazardous Waste Regulations. You'll be based at our office
Rivers House in St Mellons, Cardiff.
Your primary focus will be assessing how waste producers manage and classify hazardous materials-making sure records are accurate, consignment notes are correctly completed, and legal requirements are met.
This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a specialist area, make a visible impact on environmental compliance, and work with a team passionate about safeguarding our natural resources.
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 David Griffiths
[email protected]Interviews will take place on
01/10/2025 via
Microsoft Teams
About Us
The team you will be based in has 11 officers covering Waste Regulation, Tackling Waste Crime, Waste Enforcement and Fisheries Enforcement. The team is located in the South East Operations team that focuses on placed based priorities in South East Wales.
What You Will Do
- Assess compliance with the hazardous waste regulations across both EPR regulated and non-EPR regulated facilities.
- Act as lead hazardous waste officer within South East place team, identifying the key hazardous waste priorities within the area.
- Strategically use waste data to inform hazardous waste interventions/campaigns.
- Deliver and record the hazardous waste compliance work listed in the Regulatory Service Plan.
- Take appropriate actions to collect evidence for enforcement purposes, in accordance with defined procedures.
- Participate in the development of the virtual hazardous waste team work plans.
- Produce required documentation to support legal action.
- Seek to influence customers and establish local partnerships and collaborations as opportunities arise to deliver SMNR.
- Respond to incidents and complaints.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
- 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
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
- Required to take part in incident response activities
Your Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge And Skills
Applications to this role will be assessed based on the following criteria both at shortlisting and interview. In your job application please demonstrate, using the STAR method, how you meet the requirements outlined below.
- Knowledge and experience of working as a regulator.
- Understanding of commercial business processes and pressures.
- Ability to communicate effectively with regulated business and the public, explaining issues and gaining support by influencing.
Welsh Language Level Requirements
- Desirable: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)
Please note if you do not meet the level 1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Please keep reading
We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.
