Location
Shrewsbury

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms working across many sectors. We are growing across the business and the business plan within the Responsible Consumption and Production team, which hosts the waste and resources management expertise, is to enhance and broaden the current service offering.

The Responsible Consumption and Production team has a strong track record of providing advisory services including options appraisals, waste flow and cost modelling, technical procurement advice, waste sites and supplier audits, circular economy advice and statements, market assessments, waste strategy development, business cases, waste infrastructure feasibility studies, due diligence and expert witness support to a broad range of public and private sector clients in the UK and internationally.

The team continues to win projects in these areas and is now looking to welcome a consultant, preferably with some previous relevant consultancy experience of providing technical advisory input on waste services options appraisal, waste flow modelling and/or waste procurement projects.

Dependent on experience and professional interests of the consultant, the job role is envisaged to include:
- Leading, management and/or delivery of options appraisals, waste flow and cost modelling, business case development, technical procurement advisory input, proposals for winning work and business development initiatives including publication of thought pieces and articles
- Line management and/or mentoring of junior staff
- Providing excellent care for our clients and team members by adhering to our business values

Guidance and support will be provided, as needed, to help the consultant confidently deliver the above job role and transition into next stages of their career.

The range of projects the post-holder could expect to contribute to include but are not limited to:
- Leading and/or providing support on projects across a wide range of waste management themes, focusing on options appraisal and procurement of waste infrastructure and environmental services contracts
- Supporting delivery of waste management options appraisal and waste flow and cost modelling (e.g. waste collection, household reuse and recycling centres, treatment facilities)
- Supporting procurement exercises including assessing contract extension proposals, developing tender specifications and associated documentation, evaluating bidder submissions or working with bidders to develop and review their proposals
- Developing business cases to support the delivery of services differently, whether through a change of collection method or service management model
- Conducting environmental service reviews to analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of existing services to identify improvements and savings for clients

Responsibilities
- Manage projects by applying internal procedures ensuring projects are well monitored, delivered on-time and within budget with high client satisfaction
- Act as technical expert or provide diligent input to a range of resources and waste projects, including drafting whole reports or contributing to aspects as directed
- Attend meetings with clients from inception to final reporting, engaging with a range of stakeholders including Council officers, members, frontline staff, private sector representatives and organisations such as WRAP and Defra
- Lead and support the development of proposals ensuring high quality, clarity and competitiveness
- Develop and deliver services by implementing innovative, robust, time and cost effective, client-focused methodologies
- Build and maintain relationships with existing and potential clients and other networks to increase company profile and develop work pipelines
- Lead and/or deliver projects collaboratively with colleagues adhering to company principles and policies

Experience
- Previous experience working for a consultancy, local authority or other organisation on waste management related projects
- Experience developing or contributing to options appraisal (qualitative and quantitative), waste flow and cost modelling, and technical procurement documents such as specifications, method statements, performance management frameworks, invitations to tender
- Understanding of UK resources and waste legislation and policy

About you
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team and contribute positively to team knowledge and development
- Tenacity to explore challenging or complex tasks and propose effective solutions
- High levels of written and verbal communication skills with the ability to identify and convey key conclusions succinctly
- Excellent time management skills

Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant subject, preferably in science, environment or engineering