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Skelmersdale
My clientis recruiting for aSenior Environmental Health Officer based within the local Authority inSkelmersdale and the surrounding area.
Responsibilities
- To provide specialist professional competencies across several regulatory areas of Environmental Protection and Private Sector Housing
- To ensure, as far as possible, that appropriate environmental protection safeguards are applied, to ensure pollution does not adversely affect people's health or the environment.
- To assist in developing the Council's Environmental Protection functions, including providing specialist advice and support to other colleagues and other important stakeholders such as the Planning and Licensing teams.
- To act as a professional lead in relation to relevant Environmental Protection and Private Sector Housing regulatory work areas including: - Noise and acoustics and other nuisance - Air quality - Contaminated land - Pollution Prevention and Control (industrial emissions
- To respond to complaints and inspect premises/land under all relevant Environmental Health and Public Health legislation, having regard to agreed procedures, work instructions and Codes of Practice; to advise on standards and take appropriate enforcement action (including serving notices, producing prosecution files and appearing in court) as necessary.
- To be a lead officer in relation to contaminated land, interpret and apply the legislation as appropriate and proactively engage with the Planning process in relation to contaminated land matters
- To be a lead officer in relation to noise and acoustics including conducting appropriate monitoring, interpreting results and issuing professional advice. Specifically, to liaise with the Planning and Licensing Teams, applicants and other
- knowledge and qualifications BSc/MSc Degree in Environmental Health or the Diploma in Environmental Health or their equivalent and registration by the EHORB
- Full driving licence and use of own car
- Ability to analyse, interpret and apply complex legislation, technical guidance and data and disseminate this in various written and verbal reporting formats for a range of audiences
- Excellent IT and technology skills
- Initial 3 to 6 month ongoing contract with the opportunity to extend
- PAYE via Umbrella
- Monday to Friday
- 9am to 5pm
- Flexible office based work
for immediate consideration pleaseapply
