Landfill site technician

Responsibilities

• Conduct environmental monitoring and sampling according to schedules, manage results reporting, and address non-conformances with action/control levels and permit limits
• Collect, accurately log, and maintain data, records, and reports to ensure compliance with environmental permits and regulatory requirements
• Perform hands‑on site inspections and sample collection to verify compliance with permit conditions, legislation, and company procedures
• Collaborate with all departments to develop best practices, address non-conformances, and maintain documented evidence for Environmental Permit conditions
• Promote positive safety culture through leadership, incident reporting, and maintaining awareness of permits, UK environmental legislation, and regulatory guidance
• Ensure environmental monitoring and control infrastructure (gas and leachate collection systems) are properly maintained and coordinate with third‑party contractors
• Assess monitoring results and laboratory data against permitted limits, manage gas infrastructure balancing, and report defects in environmental systems
• Operate and optimize leachate treatment plant and landfill gas control systems (including flare), sample waste streams, manage analysis results, and ensure discharge consent compliance

• Experience in sampling and monitoring techniques
• Comfortable with producing detailed reports
• Bachelor's degree in environmental or relevant science, or equivalent experience
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent

• Leachate treatment and/or gas utilisation plant operation and maintenance
• Knowledge of environmental legislations and industrial pollution monitoring
• Legionella awareness
• Knowledge of landfill safety systems

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Access to our company/people's pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential