Senior Consultant - Waste and Resource Management

Mott MacDonald

Location/s: Bristol, Southampton, London, Leeds, Manchester, United Kingdom
Recruiter contact: Steven Johnston

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. 

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?

Job description

The increasing success and reputation of Mott MacDonald in waste and resource management services both within the UK and internationally means that we are seeking to recruit a Senior Consultant to further enhance our growing and diverse team, and to support the delivery of new and exciting waste and resource management projects. We are at the leading edge in delivering projects that achieve circular economy ambitions and promote sustainable waste management practices and are looking for someone that can help.

Our clients range from international finance institutions to waste management contractors and a range of UK water companies, and from country wide ministries to investors interested in new technologies.

We are therefore looking for a passionate and driven individual who has extensive expertise in technical aspects of waste and resource management, has demonstratable people management experience and is capable of leading complex projects.Mott MacDonald is an employee-owned company, and this is core to our principles of ownership and valuing people.

We are looking for a Senior level consultant with at least 5 years’ experience to join our waste and resource management team, based in the UK working on a variety of permitting projects. We would be very keen to talk with you if you are interested in working across a diverse portfolio of projects, delivering waste and resource management outcomes for our clients and also helping to develop our people.

We are looking for someone to be based out of our Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Southampton or London city centre offices.

You will play a client coordination and delivery role in waste permitting projects in a growing international market with an increasing number of multisector opportunities. This may involve working independently or as part of a team.

You will need to have technical expertise, commercial acumen, and significant experience of working in the waste and environmental sector, either with a consultancy, operational or local authority background.

Candidate specification
Essential

• A degree or masters in engineering, environmental sciences/management, sustainability or other related disciplines
• Experienced in the waste and resource management consultancy or Environmental Regulatory sector and in the technical delivery of environmental permits with a specific focus on IED, installations, medium combustion plant and waste operations permits
• Understanding of the latest environmental permitting guidance
• Development of operational management plans
• Experience of coordinating team member technical inputs
• Well organised with strong planning and management skills, with ability to produce high quality deliverables.
• Experience working in diverse multi-disciplinary teams and leading teams to produce environmental and sustainability deliverables to a high standard

Desirable

• Regulatory background
• WM3 and H1 assessment experience
• Confident delivery of workshops or training with the ability to clearly communicate, both online and in person
• Ability to occasionally travel internationally if required

What we need from you

As a Senior Consultant, you will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, alongside engineers, master planners, our advisory teams and a range of waste and resource management specialists.

Dependant on the area of demonstrable knowledge and experience in the waste and resource consultancy sector processes and deliverables, you may be responsible for:

• Coordinating the delivery of IED, installations, medium combustion plant and waste operations permits.
• Support on the technical inputs to permit development.
• Management of project teams, budgets and programmes including project set up and through delivery phases.
• Management of project teams, budgets and programmes including project set up and through delivery phases.
• Providing senior support to the waste and resource team members overseeing the technical delivery of projects.
• You will be required to review permit applications, undertake technical checks and approvals of waste and resource management deliverables across a range of specialist areas and undertake project reviews in line with our business and environmental management systems.
• People management including coaching and mentoring junior team members

You will be expected to build close working relationships with our existing technical teams, local and international MM offices and other potential local partners to develop strategies and build teams for winning and delivering projects. You will also carry out business development activities and lead in proposal development.

We can offer (subject to Company’s policy):

- Agile and safe working environment

- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves

- Group incentive scheme

- Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage

- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities

- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing

- Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.