Job Description
The Service & Team:
The Waste Management Team at Cornwall Council is a multidisciplinary team that manages the efficient collection, disposal and recycling of Cornwall's household waste. The team includes a Closed Landfill section, which manages the long term aftercare of a range of landfill sites to ensure that they meet the requirements of their environmental permits.
The Role:
Cornwall Council has a unique opening in its small closed landfill team for the right candidate. The Environmental Engineer role requires a high degree of flexibility and involves undertaking a variety of tasks at closed landfill sites across Cornwall, both manual and office-based. A large proportion of the time will be spent on outdoor site-based work, including sampling, minor repairs, vegetation clearance, and checking and operating site infrastructure. The candidate must be able to frequently work alone and without supervision.
The role requires a willingness to train, understand, and become confident in operating a wide range of leachate treatment operations, from simple spray systems to large tank-based systems that ultimately discharge to the environment. The candidate needs to be able to understand how the treatment systems work to operate them successfully.
Working Pattern:
The role offers a flexible working pattern, with a mix of outdoor site-based work and office tasks. The candidate will need to be adaptable to different working environments and tasks.
What you'll need to succeed:
The ideal candidate will have the ability to work independently and without supervision. They should be enthusiastic and willing to learn and develop into the role quickly, both through attaining a formal qualification (if not already held) and by becoming confident in operating various site based systems.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you'll get in return:
Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information:
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Alistair Stewart at alistair.stewart@cornwall.gov.uk or 07825 008333
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as 'Application' on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here - The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It's a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
