Technical Assistant

We're on the lookout for a proactive and detail-driven professional to take charge of managing and optimising the treatment of liquid waste.

This is a vital role where your expertise will help protect the environment, ensure compliance with key regulations (including Environmental Permitting Regulations), and maintain the integrity of our discharge agreement - all while delivering a reliable and efficient service to our customers.

You'll have the flexibility to choose a working pattern that suits your lifestyle, with options of 30, 40, or 45 hours per week, and weekend work on a rotational basis.

What you'll do

Based within the Somerset region at our permitted liquid waste treatment centre in Taunton, you will oversee day-to-day operations.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• maintaining, monitoring and reporting compliance with all relevant legislation, including the Environmental Permitting Regulations and the discharge agreement
• managing imports to facilitate the most efficient intake, while providing and maintaining a safe and efficient customer service
• maintaining process plant and equipment
• working with the team to identify system and process improvements
• ensuring waste acceptance is in line with the bespoke permit, SHEQ policies, management systems and discharge agreements
• investigating non-compliances where required
• taking a prominent role in health and safety topics and being a champion of safe practices and policies
• engaging with other departments and contractors to ensure that any works carried out on site are to the required standard and are done so in accordance with company policies and procedures
• completing in-house site inspections and assisting with audits or inspections that are completed by external parties or regulators
• developing and maintaining an environmental management system and completing improvement actions, which is a key requirement of the Environmental Permitting Regulations.

What you'll need

• GCSEs at grade C or above in maths and English, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment processes and relevant legislation.
• Understanding of waste management legislation, including the Environmental Permitting Regulations and Duty of Care Regulations.
• Knowledge of management systems.
• The ability to understand analytical results.
• IT aptitude and strong computer skills (Microsoft Excel and Word).
• Knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us. 

Who we are 

GENeco is a multi-award-winning recycling and renewable energy company. We were created by Wessex Water in 2008 to help our parent company become more sustainable, and our truly ground-breaking and driven approach led to us achieving carbon neutrality and zero-waste-to-landfill status in the first three years of operation.

We manage over 700,000 tonnes of varied waste per annum, transforming this into commercial products, renewably sourced gas and electricity powering thousands of local homes. We are consistently setting new standards within the industry and utilising ground-breaking technology to provide the best value sustainable solutions to a diverse customer base.

From developing a VW Beetle powered by human waste to establishing a co-located food waste and sewage sludge recycling facility, GENeco was there first. Now we're setting out to shape the future of our business. Driven by strong values and a clear direction, we're focused on helping people achieve their ambitions in the right way.

This is a great opportunity to work for a multi-award-winning company and join the fight against climate change. We are committed to offering our customers innovative, cost effective and sustainable solutions.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Committed employer. Please let us know if you need any additional support or help to assist you in your application.

All our roles are subject to disclosure and barring screening (DBS) checks and successful candidates will be asked to disclose details of any unspent cautions or convictions. We recognise the contribution that people with criminal records can make, and any information given will be confidential and considered on an individual basis.

All candidates are required to provide us with right to work in the UK documentation and, regretfully, we are not able to offer sponsorship at this time. 

We are popular and we may close our advert sooner than it says. We recommend you apply straight away so you don't miss the opportunity to join us!