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Jobs at Aberdeenshire Council
Waste Management Opportunities
Do you work in the Waste Management field?
Do you relish a challenge?
Do you want to live and work in the Very Best of Scotland?
If you have answered “yes” to these questions, keep reading!
Three fantastic opportunities exist to come and join the Roads, Landscapes and Waste Management team in our Waste Management unit. For more information on the individual roles, click on the title below:
Waste Team Manager (Processing & Disposal)
With a population of over 262,000 and collections from over 116,000 properties and 4000 commercial customers our Waste Management unit has a pretty big job on its hands. At present we have a recycling rate of around 45{131097797809090a64b17b5654a4c7a54525319a14aa89a10ac5f9a95a15126b} and send around 80,000 tonnes of household residual waste to landfill and the Council is committed to changing our relationship with waste, supporting the aspirations of the Circular Economy by treating waste as a resource.
We have work to do!
We are also one of three council partners behind the Ness Energy Project, which is considering the potential to build a state of the art Energy from Waste plant in the North East. In any of these three roles you will have an active part to play as this exciting £180m project develops.
Looking for more information on our Waste Service or interested in learning more about our 2020 Vision?
Outside work, you will have the all the Aberdeenshire has to offer in terms of “rest and play”. Aberdeenshire is recognised as one of the best places to live and work in the UK. In the last seven years it has come top five times of the country’s 32 local authority areas in the annual Bank of Scotland Quality of Life Survey. No doubt helped by our acres of open space, breath-taking scenery, skiing, watersports, culture and theatre, excellent shopping and the vibrant city of Aberdeen on our doorstep.