Environmental Data Analyst - 12 month FTC at Bristol Waste Company
HOURS:37.5hours working Monday - Friday
LOCATION:Albert Road, Bristol, BS2 0XS
About Bristol Waste Company:
What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe.
We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council.
Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing.
Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year.
We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.
Purpose of the role:
This role leads the management, analysis, and reporting of environmental data across multiple systems. This role is critical in ensuring accurate submissions to environmental bodies, supporting internal performance tracking, and driving continuous improvement in data processes.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Management & System Integration
- Maintain and manage environmental data across Winweigh, Sage, Alloy, and other systems.
- Ensure accuracy and consistency of data inputs, user checks, and system housekeeping.
Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare and submit timely environmental reports (e.g., DEFRA, KPIs), including trend, gap, and SWOT analysis.
- Complete Environment Agency reporting data e.g. waste returns.
- Ensure accuracy of internal and external environmental reporting.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual KPI submissions across waste/recycling streams.
- Conduct Aspect and Impact reporting.
- Perform weighbridge data checks and housekeeping linked to Winweigh.
Data Sourcing & Insights
- Collate and analyse waste and recycling data from internal systems.
- Respond to planned and ad hoc data queries.
System & User Support
- Support system user competency across Winweigh, PerGo, Sage, Alloy, and SharePoint.
- Collaborate with department heads to improve data tools and reporting capabilities.
Compliance & Reviews
- Assist in departmental reviews to ensure compliance with the Company Operating System, Functional Manual, and regulatory requirements.
- Seek to identify and promote continuous improvement solutions
- Preparing and implementing system changes for Digital Waste Tracking and similar.
- Other best practices.
Essential Requirements for the Role:
- Expert-level proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Power BI.
- Strong experience in environmental data reporting and submissions.
- Familiarity with Winweigh, PerGo, Alloy systems is advantageous.
- Understanding of WDF (Waste Data Flow) is essential.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels.
- Methodical, systematic, and forward-thinking approach.
- Strong interpersonal and team collaboration skills.
- Effective negotiation and stakeholder management abilities.
- Advanced computer literacy for statistical analysis and report generation.
- Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays.
- Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme.
- Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business.
- Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues.
- Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme.
- Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser.
- Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent.
- We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests, you please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation.
Everyone belongs:
At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation.
We give fair and equal consideration to all applications.
We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.
Important note on applying:
- Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications.
- Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply.
- If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion.
Contact us:
Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position:
Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.
