Waste Permitting & Compliance Manager

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Waste Permitting & Compliance Manager, United Kingdom

Client:

Optimum Recruitment Group Ltd

Location:

Home-based with travel to sites

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

5

Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

Optimum Recruitment Group are proud to be working 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.

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.
• Providing competent and accurate advice to the business on environmental and waste regulatory issues, using core knowledge on regulatory requirements.
• Developing a professional relationship with the Environment Agency, SEPA and challenging their decisions where appropriate.
• Building productive working relationships with colleagues ensuring regular communication and offering effective solutions to compliance issues.
• Maintaining up-to-date working knowledge of relevant waste sector developments to understand potential future impacts that changes to legislation or guidance may bring.
• Delivering technically correct documentation to support permitting applications and using your knowledge to challenge decisions and opinions made by the regulator.
• Managing the delivery of projects to strict deadlines and within required budgetary targets, reporting on project progress and workload.
• Supporting the development, implementation and delivery of Environmental Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) requirements relating to compliance and resource efficiency.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a detailed knowledge of waste regulation and a wider understanding of environmental compliance.
• Has developed significant experience working directly in the waste management sector or as a specialist waste consultant or for one of the environmental regulators.
• Can demonstrate knowledge of the social and environmental impacts, resource efficiency and carbon saving opportunities in sustainable waste management practices.
• Has effective communication skills and a demonstrable ability to write well, presenting concise but technically accurate documents, reports or presentations.
• Is qualified to degree level or above with a relevant qualification in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Earth Sciences or a similar subject; and is a professional member of CIWM, IEMA or another relevant professional body.
• Has a full UK driving licence and 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.