Ports Officer - Illegal Waste Exports Team - North

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
1
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]

Ports Officer - Illegal Waste Exports Team - North
Environment Agency

www.gov.uk/environment-agency
Bristol, United Kingdom
James Bevan
$100 to $500 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
Regional Agencies
1996
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