Job Title: Mechanical Technician
Job Type: Full-time Permanent
Salary: DOE
Location: Nationwide (ROI)
Role Overview
The Mechanical Technician will provide technical (with a strong emphasis on mechanical engineering) and operational support across recovery and recycling activities. The role focuses on infrastructure project delivery, regulatory compliance, and the effective management of Approved Recovery Operators.
This position plays a key role in ensuring the integrity of recovery data, supporting compliance frameworks, and contributing to organisational performance targets. The successful candidate will also act as an ambassador for the organisation through stakeholder engagement, presentations, and industry participation.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage a portfolio of Approved Recovery Operator accounts, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct site visits, audits, and waste characterisation studies to assess operational performance and compliance standards.
• Verify subsidy claims submitted by Recovery Operators, including detailed cross-referencing of recycling and recovery tonnage data.
• Maintain and update departmental databases, systems, and reporting tools, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Support and participate in contract compliance audits in line with standard operating procedures and industry best practice.
• Oversee external consultants engaged in Waste Characterisation Studies (WCS), ensuring quality and consistency of outputs.
• Collaborate with the Finance team on forecasting activities and financial reporting inputs.
• Participate in member site audits alongside the Membership team.
• Support compliance monitoring and reporting across brokers and end-destination facilities, both nationally and internationally.
• Contribute to the planning, coordination, and delivery of industry events, conferences, and working groups, including presenting where required.
• Assist in the administration and delivery of internal awards programmes and associated events.
• Prepare and deliver internal communications, including quarterly presentations, staff updates, and event briefings.
• Record and maintain accurate minutes of team meetings where required.
• Deliver community engagement initiatives such as recycling awareness talks and training sessions.
• Represent the organisation professionally in all stakeholder interactions.
• Undertake additional duties as required in line with the evolving needs of the business.
Candidate Profile
Essential Requirements
• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred) or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in industrial operations, waste management, recycling, or environmental compliance.
• Strong technical knowledge of waste processing infrastructure and recycling technologies.
• Proven analytical capability, particularly in data validation, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Full clean driving licence and willingness to travel nationally.
Desirable Experience
• Knowledge of Irish and EU waste and packaging legislation (e.g. Producer Responsibility initiatives, Waste Framework Directive, PPWR).
• Experience in conducting operational audits and compliance assessments.
• Familiarity with waste characterisation methodologies and reporting standards.
• Project management experience, ideally within infrastructure or environmental programmes.
• Understanding of financial processes, including forecasting and subsidy validation.
• Experience working with Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) or environmental regulatory bodies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
Key Competencies
• Analytical and detail-oriented approach
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication
• Commercial awareness and problem-solving ability
• Team collaboration and cross-functional working
For more information, please apply through the link provided for the attention of Daniel Kirwan or email daniel.kirwan@osborne.ie
If you are interested in finding out more about the above role and would like to be considered other suitable roles that we may have available for your skill set – please attach your CV via the link provided
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If you are living in Ireland and hold a valid work permit, we would love to hear from you, if however, you do not hold a valid work permit unfortunately we will not be in a position to assist you with your job search.
Osborne are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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