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Environmental Inspector with a focus on supervision of environmentally hazardous activities

Nykvarns kommun

Stockholms län, Nykvarn

Previous experience is desired

23 days left
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Come closer - come to Nykvarn Municipality! With nature as your neighbor and the pulse of the big city around the corner, over 12,000 residents are waiting for you and your efforts to make a difference in their everyday lives. We are a relatively young municipality - drive, responsibility, and a willingness to develop characterize us. Today, we are about 700 dedicated employees, and we need to grow. Are you one of them?

At the Building, Living, and Environment office, we take great responsibility for complex issues regarding the municipality's development. Nykvarn is growing, and we need to be quick-footed and solution-oriented as development is ongoing all the time. We have a significant responsibility to create social benefits and to do that little extra in our work every day.

The Building, Living, and Environment office is collectively responsible for Nykvarn Municipality's urban planning issues. Among us, there are departments and units for Building and Environment, Planning and Exploitation, as well as Streets/Parks.

Environmental Inspector with a focus on supervision of environmentally hazardous activities

Job Responsibilities

The Building and Environment Department is now looking for an engaged environmental inspector to strengthen our team in environmental protection. The Building and Environment Department is a small but ambitious department where dialogue, participation, and development are at the center. Your main responsibilities will be assessment and supervision according to the Environmental Code, focusing on environmentally hazardous activities. This includes participating in the planning and execution of supervision, handling incoming assessment cases and complaints of various kinds. If you have broader expertise, it may also be relevant to work with other supervisory areas or tasks. We are looking for someone with specialized knowledge in the field of environmental and health protection related to assessment and supervision according to the Environmental Code through an academic degree or another higher education degree that we consider equivalent. This means you have a scientific background with good knowledge of relevant special legislation, administrative law, and supervision methodology.

Additional Information

With us, you will have a workplace where you can influence, grow, and develop. We are a small organization with short decision-making paths and close cooperation among colleagues. This means you will have a varied assignment and great opportunities to develop together with us.

We value a balance between work and leisure and apply a flexible working method with opportunities for remote work. You will also receive professional development and support in your role.

For this position, you must have a B driver's license.

Nykvarn Municipality is a Finnish administrative area, and we consider it an advantage if you speak Finnish.

Qualifications

As a person, you are structured, self-driven, and solution-oriented. You can prioritize, drive your work forward, and find alternatives when problems arise. You are also communicative and can express yourself clearly in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. You can also adapt your communication to different recipients and purposes. We value your ability to collaborate and your unpretentious attitude.

Requirements:

  • Educated environmental and health protection inspector or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent
  • B driver's license
  • Good knowledge of the Environmental Code, administrative law, and authority exercise
  • Experience in supervisory work according to the Environmental Code
  • Good ability to communicate, collaborate, and meet people in a professional manner
  • Ability to work with structure and a sense of responsibility both independently and in a group

Meritorious:

  • Insight into public operations
  • Experience with case management systems like Castor
  • Experience working with contaminated areas and mass handling
  • Experience working in a municipality or in a municipal association
Application

We kindly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.

Selection and interviews may occur continuously during the recruitment process.

For this position, we place great importance on your personal qualities.

For this position, a background check may be conducted on the final candidate.

Read more here

Our website

https://nykvarn.se

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