Waste Permitting & Compliance Manager

Optimum Recruitment Group are proud to be working exclusively with this fast paced, growth client whose head office is based just outside Leeds and has numerous operational sites nationally. We are seeking to appoint to a newly created role of Waste Permitting & Compliance Manager to the team. The role will be home based with travel to sites.

Reporting to the Head of Planning and Permitting, you will be responsible for:

• Using your experience to provide technical support on environmental permitting matters across our clients sites.
• Using your expertise to provide competent and accurate advice to the business on environmental and waste regulatory issues, using core knowledge on regulatory requirements.
• Using your communication and influencing skills to develop a professional relationship with the Environment Agency, SEPA and challenge their decisions where appropriate.
• Building productive working relationships with colleagues ensuring regular communication and offering effective solutions to overcoming compliance issues.
• Maintaining up to date working knowledge of, and research relevant waste sector developments, to understand the potential future impacts that changes to legislation or guidance may bring.
• Delivering technically correct documentation to support permitting applications and use your knowledge to challenge decisions and opinions made by the regulator to promote the business strategy where appropriate.
• Managing the delivery of projects to strict deadlines and within required budgetary targets, reporting directly to the Head of Planning and Permitting or the Director of Corporate Stewardship on project progress and workload.
• Supporting the development, implementation and delivery of Environmental Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) requirements relating to compliance, resource efficiency and carbon reduction; and future implications, risks and opportunities relating to climate change adaptation.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a detailed knowledge of waste regulation and a wider understanding of environmental compliance. An understanding of the challenges and impacts associated with managing hazardous waste across multiple sites using a variety of management techniques is required.
• Has developed significant experience working either directly in the waste management sector; or indirectly as a specialist waste consultant or for one of the environmental regulators, either in waste permitting or waste compliance or advice.
• Can demonstrate knowledge of the social and environmental impacts, resource efficiency and carbon saving opportunities and sustainable waste management practices facing the waste sector.
• Has effective communication skills and a demonstrable ability to write well, to present concise but technically accurate documents, reports or presentations are critical.
• Is qualified to degree level or above with a relevant qualification in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Earth Sciences or a similar subject; and be a professional member of CIWM, IEMA or another relevant professional body.
• Has a full UK driving licence is essential as well as a flexible willingness to travel to sites and external meetings.

Salary up to £55,000 plus car allowance and benefits along with flexible working, allowing home or site-based work, subject to the needs of the business.