Senior Investigation Officer

Description:

We're looking for an experienced enforcement officer to join the Regulated Industry Environmental Management Team. This is a team that tackles high priority, serious waste crime and breaches of permit regulations. You will exploit internal/external networks to do whatever it takes to stop the illegal activity or bring it into regulatory compliance.
As a Senior Officer, you will lead on and support the team with the construction of casefiles and lead and support complex investigations into waste crime. It's also expected you'll blend this with crime prevention and disruption of offender's activities. You will understand how to improve team performance by welcoming challenge and continuous improvement and be competent in sharing new ways of doing things with the team. You will mentor less experienced officers in investigations and investigation techniques. Our primary aim is to stop the illegal activity, but you will need your exceptional investigation skills when disruption alone is not enough. As part of your role, you will also fulfil an incident role within our Incident Response Team helping to deal with incidents when required.

The team

You'll join a dedicated Regulated Industry Team, who specialise in principally investigating waste crime but also conducting investigations into environmental offending when required. To achieve our aims, we work closely with our regulatory teams across the Area and with enforcement and intelligence colleagues in other Areas and Nationally. We also routinely work with external enforcement bodies.

Experience/skills required

• Outstanding, practitioner level investigatory skills and case file preparation in significant/serious/complex cases
• Ability to apply business processes and maximise the use of resources in an efficient and effective way.
• Inspires the team through commitment, enthusiasm and by demonstrating personal accountability for their performance.
• Persistence and ability to apply consistent, significant pressure on offenders daily.
• Experienced and creative in the disruption of offenders’ day to day activities and knowledge of what partner organisations can do on our behalf.
• Understanding, experience of working within an intelligence led environment.
• Significant experience of the waste industry and our powers to intervene.
• Extensive working experience of relevant legislation including Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, as well as that relating to waste management.
• Ability to conduct advance witness/suspect interviews.
• Crime scene/large-scale exhibit management.
• Communication with legal professionals, colleagues, partner Agencies.