Specialist Waste Management 80–100 %

Specialist Waste Management 80–100 % Start date: 1. January 2027 or by arrangement Work location: Bern 40% Remote Work With your expertise, you ensure that valuable resources remain in cycles and that waste is recovered or disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. You take responsibility for demanding permit procedures, advise companies and municipalities, and make an important contribution to environmental protection and resource conservation through your commitment. Your tasks You enforce the requirements of federal and cantonal waste legislation and process permit and supervisory procedures in the field of industrial, commercial, and special waste You advise companies, disposal companies, and municipalities on demanding disposal issues and monitor the law-compliant disposal of industrial and commercial waste You inspect and accompany waste facilities – especially in the field of scrap metal and sorting plants – and carry out inspections You independently lead interdisciplinary projects with technical and professional issues and work together with municipal, cantonal, and national authorities as well as specialist committees You maintain specialist applications and support their further development Your profile University degree in a technical direction (mechanical engineer, environmental engineer, chemist, or similar) or equivalent training/experience several years of professional experience, especially in the enforcement of environmental protection legislation and the associated ordinances (waste law, chemical legislation), occupational safety, and health protection are desirable motivating, convincing personality with assertiveness independent, responsible, and solution-oriented way of working very good German language skills in speaking and writing; good English skills an advantage We offer you diverse tasks with responsibility and scope for design dynamic environment in which the specialist field constantly evolves individual induction and targeted further training in the field of waste management possibility to work partly from home Work location in Bern near the Rosengarten, very easily accessible by public transport Contact We look forward to meeting you. Further information will be provided by , Head of Waste Department, Telephone (Holiday 24.8. to 11.9.2026, deputy Head of Operations + Waste, Telephone ). Please submit your application by 11. September 2026 online via the job portal of the Canton of Bern. Amt für Wasser und Abfall AWA The AWA is responsible for water supply, wastewater disposal, waste management as well as water use and water protection in the Canton of Bern. jpid3bdd9c0jm jit0834jm jiy26jm