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Ports Officer - Illegal Waste Exports Team - North Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Environment Agency

Full Time Newcastle upon Tyne, England 25001 - 30000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Number of jobs available

Region

North East, Yorkshire and the Humber

City/Town

Newcastle , York

Building/Site

Tyneside House, Foss House

Grade

Staff Grade 4

Post Type

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full Time

Role Type

Operational Delivery

Salary Minimum

£29,706

Job description

Working with a team of officers dedicated to disrupting illegal waste exports, you will;

Act as a key point of contact between your team and the ports.
Maintain a permanent presence at the ports throughout the year stopping illegal waste shipments
Develop and maintain good relationships with local officers, the shipping industry and ports.
Negotiate with and influence waste operators especially when their export standards are found to be below legal requirements.
Review incoming data including commercially sensitive information and will be able to handle this accordingly.
Work closely with our Intelligence Research Officers and Technical officers, who will help you develop the intelligence picture around illegal waste exports.

You will also support the Technical Officer for the area in overseeing container and trailer returns working with the site to bring them into compliance and assisting any investigators by compiling statements and exhibits.

You will work with the leadership to identify any improvements in processes within the illegal waste exports team.

The team

The Illegal Waste Exports Team manage and develop intelligence and enforcement action related to Illegal export of waste in England. Made up of several roles and disciplines, we build and maintain strong relationships with our enforcement partners to work as one community, to drive our intelligence led approach to tackling illegal waste exports. The team provide a professional and timely service and are focussed on continuously improving how we do things.

Experience/skills required

As a Port Officer you will draw upon several key skills and personal characteristics.:

Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Be able to deal with both internal and external customers in a robust, professional manner
Have the confidence to learn new IT systems
Be methodical in your approach
Be innovative & take the initiative
Be able to work under pressure, organising and prioritising your workload to meet deadlines
Be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimum supervision
Show excellent attention to detail
Have a proven ability to work collaboratively with other teams.
Confident to work on your own, working outdoors all year around.
Handle information securely

You will ideally have a background in waste as well as knowledge of the surrounding legislation.

Note that security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required.

Contact and additional information

The Ports Officer role provides a front-line presence at the Port of Immingham, Kilingholme, and to the ports of Teeside and various other ports when required.

Acting upon intelligence you will stop and arrange inspections of containers, trailers, and vehicles at the port.

This is a full-time role, however, we also welcome applications for those requiring part time and flexible career opportunities, so please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

For an informal chat, please contact Mark Bowhay (Team Leader) [email protected] or Carl Hallinon (Senior Technical Officer) [email protected]

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