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Senior Environmental Scientist | 8589 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £38,626 to £40,476 per annum (Scale J) | County Hall, Norwich

Join Norfolk County Council as a Senior Environmental Scientist. Play a vital role in protecting Norfolks environment by helping manage closed landfill sites. Youll lead groundwater and surface water assessments, monitor leachate impacts, and support permit compliance and restoration strategies. This is a hands-on role combining fieldwork, environmental modelling, and GIS analysis, working alongside engineering and gas specialists in a close-knit, multi-disciplinary team.

Norfolk County Council is looking to appoint a Senior Environmental Scientist to join its Closed Landfill Team. This team is responsible for the management of up to 152 closed landfill sites of which 30 are currently monitored and 7 have Environmental Permits.

In this varied role you will be responsible for monitoring and assessing the effects on groundwater, surface water, and managing the leachate source of the closed landfill sites for which the County Council has responsibility, ensuring compliance with environmental permits and management strategies. You will additionally provide wider support within the Closed Landfill Team and will be working alongside those responsible for the engineering, leachate and gas aspects of landfill management.

You will collate, interpret and distribute monitoring data. Duties also include undertaking environmental assessments and groundwater modelling, site investigation, groundwater remediation and groundwater analysis. You will be responsible for updating the GIS database of landfill infrastructure and providing GIS support to the team.

To be considered for the role you will possess an Environmental Science, Earth Science, or Geology degree at a minimum, ideally with experience in the waste or contaminated land industry. You will be IT literate with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships with stakeholders and team members.

The working environment at Norfolk County Council is flexible, with a focus on life-work balance and smarter working arrangements tailored to the role and individual needs. The role involves travel to closed landfill sites, working in all weather conditions, and participating in an on-call rota for out-of-hours emergency response.

For an informal discussion please contact Victoria Gibson, Landfill Strategy Manager on 01603 222699 or e-mail

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• Norfolk Rewards our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
  

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