Environmental protection

Environmental protection specialist CV: example and template

This example is for environmental protection specialists at industrial plants, waste firms, water utilities and public offices, and for environmental protection and engineering graduates who want to start in this work.

The employer wants to know which permits and reports you handle, how you look after waste, emissions and wastewater, how you prepare the plant for inspections and what education you have. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: environmental protection specialist

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Magdalena Czarnecka

Environmental protection specialist

Plock +48 123 456 789 magdalena.czarnecka@example.com

Professional profile

Environmental protection specialist with 7 years in industry, the last 4 responsible for environmental matters at a plastics plant. I handle the integrated permit, waste management in the BDO database, emission reports, fees and returns. The last 3 environmental inspections ended with no recommendations, and waste sent for disposal fell by 30%.

Work experience

Environmental protection specialist

03.2021 - present

Plastics plant, Plock

  • The plant's integrated permit, its changes and meeting its conditions.
  • Waste management: records in the BDO database, annual returns and contracts with waste collectors.
  • Emission reports to the national database, environmental fees and emission measurements.
  • Waste sent for disposal down 30% through sorting and new collectors.
  • Preparing the plant for inspections, 3 inspections with no recommendations, training for staff.

Junior environmental protection specialist

07.2018 - 02.2021

Environmental consultancy, Warsaw

  • Environmental returns and fees for clients.
  • Permit applications.
  • Site visits at plants.

Education

Master's degree, environmental engineering

2013 - 2018

Warsaw University of Technology, Plock Campus

Skills

  • Environmental permits
  • Waste management and the BDO database
  • Air emissions and reporting
  • Wastewater and water management
  • Environmental fees and returns
  • Preparing for inspections

Training

  • ISO 14001 environmental management system internal auditor, 2022
  • BDO database training, 2020
  • Integrated permits training, 2021

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write an environmental protection specialist CV

Professional summary

Write which plant or institution you work at, which environmental areas you handle and which documents you prepare. Add a result, for example inspections with no recommendations or less waste. The employer is looking for someone who knows the rules, keeps to deadlines and will not let a penalty happen.

Junior environmental protection specialist with 2 years of experience at a consultancy. I prepare environmental returns and fees and permit applications and take part in site visits. I am looking for work as a specialist at an industrial plant.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe permits, waste, emissions, wastewater, fees, returns and inspections. Show results in numbers. Add the systems and databases you work in.

Weaker: Permits.

Better: The plant's integrated permit, its changes and meeting its conditions.

Weaker: Waste.

Better: Waste sent for disposal down 30% through sorting and new collectors.

Weaker: Inspections.

Better: Preparing the plant for inspections, 3 inspections with no recommendations, training for staff.

Skills worth listing

List permits, waste, emissions, wastewater, returns and inspections. In your soft skills show accuracy, punctuality and the ability to explain the rules to others.

Professional skills

  • Permits
  • Waste and BDO
  • Emissions
  • Wastewater
  • Returns
  • Inspections

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Punctuality
  • Explaining the rules
  • Communication
  • Independence

Training

List ISO 14001 auditor qualifications and training in the BDO database, permits and emission reporting. Give your field of study, because employers often require it.

Your first job in environmental protection

A good start is an environmental consultancy or a junior specialist role at a plant. On your CV show your studies, placements and thesis.

Add knowledge of waste rules and the BDO database. It is the basis of the work at any plant.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An industrial plant looks for permits and emissions, a waste firm for records and waste rules, and a water utility for wastewater and water management. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on an environmental protection specialist CV

Questions and answers

What should an environmental protection specialist put on a CV?

Permits, waste, emissions, wastewater, returns, fees, inspections, education and training.

Which education is needed?

Most often environmental protection, environmental engineering, chemistry or a related field.

Which results are worth giving?

Inspections with no recommendations, less waste, lower fees and returns filed on time.

How does this job differ from an ecologist's?

An ecologist studies nature, and an environmental protection specialist makes sure a plant or institution meets the rules.

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