Senior Technical Officer

1 day ago

Preston, United Kingdom Environment Agency Full time

The Producer Responsibility Regulatory Services (PRRS) are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to deliver regulatory and environmental outcomes. PRRS is part of Waste Regime Operational Services (WROS).
- The role is a Senior Technical Officer working in the Batteries regime as Batteries Compliance Lead.
- You will lead activities to ensure customer compliance, working in partnership with WROS and legal colleagues primarily.
- The role involves providing technical advice and leadership. You will support colleagues within WROS to ensure decisions are made on sound technical grounds, locally agreed timelines are met, and provide excellent customer service.
- You will work alongside other Compliance Leads within WROS, the wider EA and devolved agencies to ensure a coherent way of working and where applicable to determine appropriate action where non-compliance is found.
- You will communicate on process and guidance changes to ensure colleagues are able to undertake their roles effectively.

The team
- Through environmental regulation, we divert several million tonnes of waste from landfill by supporting industry, business, and public bodies to take responsibility for waste produced, imported, sold, and used.
- To ensure the UK complies with targets we:
- issue advice and guidance
- register producer and compliance scheme obligations
- permit operators to issue evidence of recovery/recycling
- risk profile compliance monitoring
- investigate, pursue, and prosecute offenders through either criminal or

enforcement undertakings/civil sanctions

Experience/skills required
- You will have proven experience of working within a compliance role. In addition to this you will demonstrate skills and experience in the following:
- Knowledge of the Batteries and/or WEEE regime is preferred.
- Ability to make decisions is essential.
- Experience of working with regulations is required.
- Experience of working with Microsoft packages is essential (MS Word, Excel, Teams).
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Data and information management skills; be comfortable in preparing and manipulating large amounts of data is desirable.
- Be able to support with implementing relevant changes to deliver great environmental outcomes.
- Setting strategic direction and planning the delivery of activities throughout the year
- Collaborating with legal and permitting colleagues to agree ways of moving forward.

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