Job Location: Any Natural Resources Wales office with regular weekly travel to Cambria House, Newport Road, Cardiff.

Job purpose

To technically assess complex permit applications, including those for sites of high public or political interest, from a variety of process industry sites, working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the decisions taken are protective of the environment whilst supporting economic growth.

Job Specific Responsibilities

• Determination of complex applications for Environmental Permits for a range of process industry sectors including Chemicals, Metals, Waste Incineration and Combustion.
• Mentoring and coaching of colleagues within the NRW Permitting Service as well as elsewhere in the organisation in relation to process industry permitting.
• Lead on permit reviews for various industrial sectors to ensure the sites comply with the requirements of the Industrial Emissions Directive, working with relevant organisations to ensure consistency in approach throughout England and Wales.
• Support operational teams in pre-application discussions for a range of process industry sites.
• Act as the Permitting Service technical lead for the Organic and Inorganic Chemical sectors.
• Represent the Permitting Service on the Natural Resources Wales Chemicals sector group to ensure effective regulation of sites within the sector throughout Wales.

Job Specific Requirements

• Education to degree level or equivalent in a directly relevant scientific discipline such as Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
• Proven coaching and mentoring skills.
• Strong customer focussed approach to delivery.
• Practical experience of the application of relevant environmental legislation to the operation of process industry sites, preferably in the Chemicals sector.
• At least 3 years experience of working within process industry, preferably within the Chemicals sector.
• An understanding of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) and how they relate to the permitting process.
• An understanding of the changes in EPR brought about by the Industrial Emission Directive and what that means for the future of process industry regulation.

Due consideration has been given to the Welsh language requirements for the post and the existing skills within the department. Taking this into consideration the Welsh language skills required for the post are at:

Level 1 - The ability to use basic Welsh conversational phrases (e.g. “bore da” – “good morning”) and to pronounce Welsh place names correctly

Personal Responsibilities

• Agrees a personal delivery plan and report to their line manager on progress no less than twice a year
• Exercises good judgement and be willing to held to account for decisions, actions and choices made
• Acts as a role model of organisational values
  • Shows exemplary behaviours of honesty, integrity and ethics
  • Challenges others when they fail to act as role models
  • Combines confidence and resilience with humility and a willingness to learn

The post holder is responsible to: Principal Permitting Team Leader

This post is responsible for: Permitting

Status

This is a permanent, pensionable full-time appointment of 37 hours a week.

Salary

NRW C3 Grade with a Starting Salary of £32,778 per annum

Applications and Closing Date

For further details on the advertised role please contact Eirian Macdonald on 02920 46 6075 or email eirian.macdonald@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Closing Date: 24th October 2014

Interviews to take place on: 6th November 2014

Please forward your expression of interest demonstrating your suitability for this role to:recruitment@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk