Industry and Waste Regulation Officer

job description

Join our South East Waste Regulation Team in St Mellons, Cardiff, and help protect and enhance Wales’ environment through effective regulation, investigation and enforcement of waste. You will regulate permitted waste management facilities across SE Wales—including waste transfer stations and metal recycling sites—responding to environmental incidents and reports quickly, safely and professionally. Working both from the office and on site, you will investigate pollution and illegal waste activity (for example large-scale fly-tipping), sometimes in challenging or unpleasant conditions.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team of Waste Regulation Officers, Illegal Waste Enforcement Officers, Fisheries and Hazardous Waste specialists and colleagues tackling waste crime to apply our Regulatory Principles: secure compliance, take proportionate enforcement action and deliver measurable environmental and community benefits.

The role involves travel to NRW locations and partner sites, close liaison with external stakeholders, and contributing to a resilient, intelligence-led approach to reducing harm from industrial installations and waste sites. 

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact David Griffiths,  david.griffiths@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk  or Kate Rodgers kate.rodgers@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams the week commencing the 10th November 2025.

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.