Technical Officer (Pollution Control)

Grade G £34,434 to £38,220

Contract permanent

Essential requirements, valid current UK driving licence

Interview date to be confirmed

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The Role:

Salary £34,434 to £38,220 pay award pending

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic Technical Officer to join our busy Pollution Control team here at Bolton Council.

Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will carry out a wide range of duties in relation to pollution control matters including nuisance and contaminated land. You will see through cases from the provision of advice, guidance, serving of notices to enforcement and deal with a wide range of customers. The work will be reactive in dealing with complaints and requests and also proactive in assessing the environmental impacts of planning applications. You will also respond to licensing consultations. Using your excellent communication and customer care skills you will promote excellent standards within Bolton and be able to take appropriate enforcement action, where required, to achieve compliance. Your excellent decision-making skills will be key to this role.

The pollution control team sits within Regulatory Services who cover statutory functions of food, health and safety, Licensing, Education and Enforcement, Pest Control and Trading Standards.

The work is varied and challenging, and the role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and experience within our team. You will manage and complete your own workload to set deadlines whilst assisting colleagues when needed.

Previous applicants who were shortlisted in March 2026 need not apply

About You:

You must be able to cope with a demanding workload whilst managing your priorities and be happy both working as part of a team and on your own. The ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people is key.

You must be able to evaluate, consider options and make decisions.

The ability to accurately collect and record information, organise and examine data, and identify relationships between sets of data is key for this role.

You must have a flexible approach as you may be required to carry out other Regulatory Services functions from time to time and, where necessary, work outside of core hours.

About Us:

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk