The Assistant Scientist will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the Water & Environment Section of Donegal County Council. The successful candidate will be involved in assisting in environmental protection, which may include:
1. Farm Inspections
2. Bathing Water Quality
3. WFD Monitoring
4. Private Drinking Water
5. Air & Noise Quality
6. Other areas of the environment
The role requires knowledge and understanding of current environmental legislation and how it relates to Local Authority functions.
This Information Booklet pertains to a panel that will be formed at Assistant Scientist for vacancies that may arise in the Central Laboratory during the lifetime of the panel. The relevant posts within the Council’s workforce plan are in the Water & Environment Directive and will be based in the Central Laboratory at Railway Road in Stranorlar.
Recent Environmental Protection Agency reports show water quality is declining in Ireland and that at current levels of progress, Ireland will fail to meet the EU and national goal of restoring all waters to good or better status by 2027. Agriculture is a significant contributor to this declining water quality.
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