Technical Officer (Environmental Health)

Technical Officer (Environmental Health)

Band 8 £27,741 to £31,346 per annum - Permanent

Full time 37hrs per week, home and office based (Guildhall, Gainsborough)

An opportunity has arisen to join the Environmental Protection Team as a Technical Officer (Environmental Health) on a permanent full time basis.

We are seeking a dynamic and committed highly motivated individual to join the Environmental Protection Team. Working for the busy Environmental Protection Team you will be required to address a full range of environmental protection matters. Experience in addressing Noise and Statutory Nuisance, Local Authority PPC Permits, Contaminated Land, Air Quality monitoring, Drainage, and Planning and Licensing consultations.

Your day to day activities range from:

 Undertake enforcement action and investigate complaints and requests for service, undertaking proactive monitoring and assessment of non-compliance to relevant standards and legislation in accordance with performance targets.

 To carry out a range of regulatory services activities including complaint investigations monitoring, inspections, issuing permits, sampling and etc., and to undertake follow up action in the form of correspondence, statutory notices and enforcement action including preparing cases for legal proceedings.

 Prepare reports, correspondence and notices, and serve formal notices (where authorised to do so), in relation to complaints, investigations and visits.

 Provide professional advice, guidance and information to businesses, members of the public and external agencies.

 Maintain accurate, up to date, detailed records of actions taken using IT equipment where required.

 Operate and explain how to use complex specialist equipment to customers, where necessary transporting/removing it from the site, setting it up, ensuring it is maintained in good working order and calibrated to manufacturer’s and statutory guidance.

To apply: visit www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/my-council/jobs for more details about the role and to apply online. Please note we do not accept CV’s as a form of application. Applicants will be subject to a Basic Disclosure Scotland check.
All recruitment correspondence, including interview invites will be sent out via email.

If you would like to discuss the role, contact Mrs S Gamble on 01427 675109

Closing date: Monday 19th April 2021
Interview date: Wednesday 28th April 2021 via Microsoft Teams

The Council has a commitment to equal opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. Also we operate a no smoking policy.

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