Teqniq is searching for a Environmental Health Practitioner to work in the public sector.
37 hours per week.
7 month contract.
08:00-18:00
Job Description:
We are looking for someone for six months, with potential to extend. Start date to be confirmed but ideally 2nd September 2024.
The role requires working over the usual range of Environmental Protection functions, primarily Statutory Nuisance investigations, but also ideally planning and licensing consultations, public health cases and environmental permitting inspections.
This role offers hybrid working allowing work from home or a Council Office. They should expect to carry out field work and be office based for on average 2 days per week. The North office is in Bridgwater. The nature of EP work is that it is mainly reactive and some flexibility on this might be needed/possible.
Typical hours Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
Day to day work would involve:
- Investigating Statutory Nuisance complaints by way of standard procedures, using record forms, the Noise App and installing noise equipment where appropriate
- Responding to Planning and Licensing consultations
- Carrying out Environmental Permit inspections
- Enforcement -collecting evidence under PACE rules.
- Utilising Civica APP data management system
- Liaising with other colleagues in the Environmental Protection Team -Somerset North and other Somerset colleagues on policy/procedural matters.
Experience or the following skills would be beneficial:
- Experience in Statutory Nuisance investigations
- Experience in Planning and Licensing consultations including hearings
- Environmental Permitting inspection and application experience
- Great variety of communication skills for negotiating with customers and liaising with colleagues
- Balancing the response required for carrying out both reactive and proactive work simultaneously
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