Description
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 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 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.
The range of projects the post-holder could expect to contribute to include but not limited to:
- Leading and/or providing support on projects across a wide range of waste management themes, with a focus 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;
- Supporting procurement exercises including assessing contract extension proposals, developing tender specifications and associated documentation and evaluating bidder submissions;
- The development of business cases to support the delivery of services differently;
- Environmental service reviews to analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of existing services.
Responsibilities:
- Manage projects by applying internal procedures ensuring that projects are well monitored, delivered on-time and within budget with high client satisfaction ratings;
- Act as technical expert or provide diligent input to a range of resources and waste projects;
- Attend meetings with clients;
- Lead and support the development of proposals;
- Develop and deliver services by implementing methodologies that are innovative, robust, time and cost effective and client focussed;
- Build and maintain relationships with existing clients, potential clients and other networks.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
- Previous experience of working for a consultancy, local authority or another organisation on waste management related projects.
- Experience of developing several of the following:
- Options appraisal;
- Waste flow and cost modelling;
- Technical procurement documents;
- Understanding of resources and waste legislation and policy in the UK.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team;
- Tenacity to diligently explore challenging or complex tasks;
- High levels of written and verbal communication skills;
- Excellent time management skills;
- Degree in a relevant subject.