Overview
This is a senior, visible role where your work will directly influence how communities manage waste for decades to come.
Responsibilities
- Guide UK local authorities through high‑profile waste procurements, shaping contracts, performance mechanisms and mobilisation strategies
- Lead the design and delivery of complex waste facilities — from early feasibility through to handover
- Drive innovative waste management approaches, from automated collection systems to major recycling and transfer infrastructure
- Influence strategic decisions at master‑planning and development scale, embedding best‑in‑class waste solutions into major schemes
- Be a trusted client advisor, translating technical complexity into clear, confident decisions
- Mentor and collaborate within a high‑performing, multidisciplinary team
- Handle waste procurement for local authorities, including business cases, tender documentation, evaluation and mobilisation support
- Lead Design & Build projects: feasibility studies, technology optioneering, embedded waste design, coordination with architects and engineering teams, oversight of construction, implementation and post‑construction phases, and waste strategy development
Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering waste procurement, waste strategy and Design & Build projects
- A strong degree in waste management, engineering, environmental or natural sciences
- Chartered status (or equivalent) – Environmentalist, Waste Management Professional or Engineer
- Strong technical mastery of waste and resource management systems
- A successful track record in client‑facing roles
- Commercial acumen and confidence supporting business growth
- Exceptional report writing, presentation and workshop facilitation skills
- Ability to communicate complex ideas to technical and non‑technical audiences
- Collaborative leadership style and commitment to safe working
- Flexibility to manage multiple projects and work across offices when required
Desirable
- Master’s qualification in Waste Management, Sustainability, Environmental Management or Engineering
- Experience within the UK infrastructure environment
- Comfort working within multi‑disciplinary design teams
- Strong data analysis capability, including Excel
- Openness to short‑term travel or overseas assignments
Equal Opportunities
As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
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