Technical Director - Waste Market Specialist

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Bristol, UK:
Bradford-on-Avon, UK:
Birmingham, UK:
Edinburgh, Scotland time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR101030

SLR's expert Sustainable Waste Management team is looking to expand it’s respected waste management due diligence capabilities to meet strong demand for our services.

We are looking for someone with extensive and demonstrable experience of winning, leading and delivering high level due diligence support to waste management, infrastructure and financial entities. You will be a respected, recognized industry expect and will hold strong market relationships which you will use to develop the team’s M&A workstream and foster long term clients.

Our M&A support crosses commercial, technical, environmental and ESG. While experience across all of these streams would be preferable, strong experience of commercial and technical support is of particular importance.

The team has extensive experience of providing practical technical advice across municipal, household, commercial, industrial, hazardous, agricultural, and mining waste projects. Our specialisms are expanding to meet the challenges associated with sustainability, circular economy and mitigation of climate impacts, ensuring that we continue to provide comprehensive resource management services to our clients.

Our technical service offerings include:
* Advice to the financial sector (e.g. due diligence, market assessment)
* Advice to construction companies and waste technology providers (e.g. carbon assessments, waste management plans)
* Public sector waste support (e.g. strategy development, options analysis, service improvement and contract procurement)
* Private sector waste support (e.g. bid development)
* Waste logistics
* Circularity and sustainability studies

We provide a hybrid working environment but also see benefit in our staff having access to one of our offices to allow direct engagement with colleagues and other technical disciplines - the preferred locations for this role are Bradford-on-Avon, Bristol, Birmingham and Edinburgh, but SLR has offices across the UK.SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals.

We are a consultancy with over 4,000 employees across 6 regions. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.
Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 days’ annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.
** The role
** We are seeking a leader with the ability to manage projects from end to end, working closely with technical specialists in the SWM team to deliver excellence in all you do.

The main objectives of the role will be to:
* Undertake both reactive and proactive business development activities to identify and secure M&A support projects, playing a leading role in the ongoing growth of the Sustainable Waste Management team
* Lead projects by acting as the key interface with clients and engaging clearly with the wider project team to ensure that deliverables are met efficiently and to the highest standard
* Act as a technical and commercial expert, communicating confidently and persuasively in responding to questioning
* Continue to develop your expert knowledge to provide both external and internal advice on waste management matters by keeping abreast of latest developments across the UK waste sector, including policy / legislative drivers, new infrastructure developments, secondary materials market dynamics and commercial trends
* Lead the development of high quality, successful bid submissions to…