Waste Safety And Compliance Officer

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: NJC Grade F SCP19-24 £33,119 - £36,581 per annum

Closing Date: 6th November 2026 12.00 Noon

A new role is being created in the Corporate Health and Safety Team for a Waste Safety and Compliance Officer.

The successful candidate will have health and safety experience and be passionate about ensuring the safety of staff, developing systems and processes to capture safety critical information, preparing appropriate risk assessments and delivering staff training and supporting a range of other health and safety initiatives.

Whilst employed by Blackpool Council the post holder will spend the majority of their time based at our key partner organisations including Enveco (a company wholly owned by the Council to deal with waste) and Fylde Borough Council at their waste depot.

The successful candidate will become an integral part of both of these waste teams to ensure that effective safety management arrangements are in place and bringing health and safety to life with the workforce.

The Health and Safety Team already provide health and safety advice, support and guidance to both organisations so the successful candidate will liaise with the wider health and safety team on a regular basis to ensure consistency of approach and the sharing of good practice across the board.

If you have the skills we are looking for, we can offer a friendly and supportive team environment, opportunities for professional development through training and qualifications, and the opportunity to be part of a service that has an ethos of taking a pragmatic but sensible approach to safety and is committed to maintaining high standards of health and safety for both our workforce and the wider community.

For further information about the role please contact Tracey Lovick (Senior Health and Safety Advisor) on (01253) 477264

For full details please see the attached Job Description.

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This post requires access to PSN (Public Services Network) services or networks and the successful post holder will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure check of unspent convictions through Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). This post is also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of legal working in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.