Environmental Protection Officer

NELC is committed to safeguarding the environment and promoting the health and wellbeing of its residents whilst supporting the local economy. The Environmental Protection Team ensures that the Council fulfils its statutory responsibilities in relation to Environmental Protection. To carry out inspections, sampling, investigations, and other such duties to enforce Environmental Protection, and nuisance law.

As an Environmental Protection Officer, you will monitor and assess complex noise issues and have technical knowledge of environmental law and relevant guidance. You will also be required to supervise, support, and advise technical staff working on noise issues or noise related projects.
As the lead officer in commercial noise control, you will also mentor, train and develop staff in this field.
The successful applicant will also undertake duties in relation to the investigation of pollution incidents or technical complaints in potential conflict situations and enforce environmental standards in commercial premises including odour and air pollution. In addition to being involved in regulating emissions from some of the 62 Part B and 3 A2 industrial processes.
The team also provide advice on a range of Environmental Protection issues in respect of the Development Control process.

This is a unique role that offers lots of opportunities to learn and there is scope for career progression. Previous experience of working in an Environmental Protection/Enforcement or similar role would be an advantage, however, those with transferrable skills and a willingness to learn are welcome to apply.

Our ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, and will have the confidence to take the lead on commercial noise assessment and control.
You should possess a High National Diploma in a scientific/environmental field, and would also be desirable to have obtained a Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise and/or be willing to undertake further training within this specialism.

Please note, the attached job description is a generic profile that may cover multiple disciplines in relation to this role. Please use the role profile as a guide to comment on essential criteria, you should also refer to the main advert where specific requirements for this role have been identified.

If you require an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Shaun Poole (01472) 324753 shaun.poole@nelincs.gov.uk or

Adrian Moody (01472) 324759 adrian.moody@nelincs.gov.uk

Key Dates
Interview date: W/C 5th Feb 2024
Start date: In line with our ‘Day One: NEL Induction Process’, we would like to aim to have the successful candidate in post by April 2024

This role is a blended working role (the duties of the role may require a blend of home & office working in line with needs of the service) . Some of your work will involve site visits and regular direct contact with the public, traders, and other organisations.

In addition to a generous salary package, there are many perks to enjoy when you are part of TeamNEL...

As part of your RewardNEL package, not only will you enjoy a competitive salary, up to 32 days leave entitlement* (Plus bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension, you will have access to our exclusiveRewardNEL platform.

This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, discounted car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities.