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Details for Project
No: 1862
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| Status: |
CLOSED | Application Close Date: 16/05/2010 |
| Vacancy
ID: |
1862 | |
Project
Type: |
Waste Management | |
| Position: |
Environmental Waste Surveyors | |
| Location: |
London | |
| Project
County: |
London | |
| Employer: |
SFS Services Ltd | |
| Host
Organisation: |
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc | |
Telephone
Interview Week Commencing: |
17/05/2010 | |
Interview
Date: |
25/05/2010 | |
| Project
Start Date: |
21/06/2010 | |
| Duration: |
12 weeks | |
Project
End Date: |
10/09/2010 | |
| Salary: |
£15000pa | |
Hours
Per week: |
0 | |
Work
Out of Normal Hrs?: |
TBC | |
SFS
Contact: |
Emma Trahearn | |
| Background: |
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| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of professional technical services. With annual revenues of nearly $11 billion, Jacobs offer full-spectrum support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple markets. Services include scientific and specialty consulting as well as all aspects of engineering and construction, and operations and maintenance. Jacobs is leading a strategically important project to enhance the national evidence base on Commercial and Industrial (C&I) waste and management, to ?Inform central strategic policy making on reducing the amount of waste produced by businesses, increasing the proportion reused or recycled and reducing the residual going to landfill; ?Establish realistic and meaningful baselines for use in performance monitoring and assessing impact of policy on C&I waste arising and management; ?Provide a basis for the development of C&I waste infrastructure market. | ||
Objective: |
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| To assist with the data collection from Commerical and Industrial waste businesses, arisings and management in 2010 across the London Region of this national project, this will involve; ?Field surveys to commercial and industrial premises to record individual waste streams, by material type, form, composition, and tonnage, along with the basis of the tonnage estimates (e.g. from business records, surveyor estimates etc), and the management method of each waste stream… ?Telephones surveys to gather information from basic commercial premises. ?Analysis of data gathered and appropriate use of calculations, estimations and conversions to provide data in a single format ?Identification of good practice, on which perhaps case studies could be based for the wider industry. ?Input data for the evaluation report on the fieldwork stage, summarising the performance information gathered and production of comprehensive data tables. The primary role is to support the field team as a surveyor. Training will be provided in survey techniques as well as health and safety. The role will not involve handling waste but will provide the surveyors with an excellent grounding in audit techniques as well as understanding a wide range of industry sectors and how materials move through the supply chain to arise as wastes. The role will also provide experience in understanding treatment and recycling options. | ||
Benefits To Graduate |
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| The work will allow the graduate to gain experience in one of the leading professional services companies with an excellent reputation in offering advice and support in waste and resource management. For candidates wishing to pursu a career in waste and resource management the role a offers significant professional and personal development. | ||
Employment Potential and Options Post Project Work |
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| During a 10 week placement you will gain excellent experience in the waste & environment sector, additionally subject to review and workload the potential to be translated into a permanent full time position and place on our Jacobs Development programme. Numbered Lists: Please note all numbered lists start with the most important through to least important Output or Key Task. From the data collected (combined with data from the North West survey), it will be possible to identify by waste type and generating sector, at a national level | ||
Outputs: |
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| 1. The tonnage of waste produced from C&I businesses; | ||
| 2. Waste material type, region and management method | ||
| 3. Potential for further recycling/recovery of different waste currently heading to landfill. | ||
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| 1. An environmental related degree | ||
| 2. Organisational and time management skills | ||
| 3. The ability to converse confidently and politely with members of the public and business leaders. | ||
| 4. Determination and the ability to complete work to strict deadlines | ||
| 5. Professional attitude and appearance | ||
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Key Tasks: |
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| 1. Carrying out field surveys within the London area to assess the amount of waste in tonnage by C&I waste businesses. | ||
| 2. Analysis of accurately record data gathered and appropriate use of calculations, estimations and conversions to provide data in a single format | ||
| 3. Identification of good practice for C&I waste business in order to improve materials recycling and recovery. | ||
| 4. Summarising the performance information gathered and production of comprehensive data tables and an evaluation report. | ||
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