Technical Director - Waste Market Specialist
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SLR's expert Sustainable Waste Management team is looking to expand its 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, recognised industry expert and hold strong market relationships that 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 the benefit in 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; SLR has offices across the UK.
About Us: 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, and our ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.
Benefits: Alongside a competitive salary package with a company pension, excellent healthcare, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews, we offer 25 days’ annual leave, flexible, agile and hybrid working, and family‑friendly policies to balance professional and family life.
The role: We are seeking a leader capable of managing projects from end to end, working closely with technical specialists in the SWM team to deliver excellence in all aspects of the work.
Main Objectives of the Role:
* Undertake reactive and proactive business development activities to identify and secure M&A support projects, playing a leading role in the 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 deliverables are met efficiently and to the highest standard.
* Act as a technical and commercial expert, communicating confidently and persuasively when responding to questioning.
* Continue to develop 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 meet SLR’s strategic and financial objectives.
* Lead and oversee projects to ensure client and business objectives are achieved, including proactively tracking budgets and forecasts.
* Support and develop existing and new mid‑grade and junior staff to deliver a leading service offering.
About You:
Business development will be a key strength, as will managing client demands within fast‑paced projects. You will hold a strong understanding of market dynamics, cost modelling, feedstock analysis, and ideally have experience of delivering across a range of infrastructure projects (e.g. AD, EfW, MRF) across the UK and abroad. You will understand technical risks associated with facility design, construction and operation, and will hold an extensive understanding of relevant regulatory frameworks and policies.
You will have strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and will be able to develop concise, impactful due diligence reports for investors and senior stakeholders. You will be confident in presenting to both clients and wider project stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
* Extensive experience of working with or for commercial entities on due diligence projects within the waste and resources sector.
* Expert knowledge, both theoretical and in the field, of resources and waste management, legislative and policy drivers and market dynamics.
* An excellent understanding of current and future challenges facing commercial and industrial entities as well as the public sector.
* Experience of leading business development activities, with the ability to identify, develop, win and deliver opportunities from existing and new contacts.
* Chartered membership of a relevant professional body.
* Full driving licence.
Culture & Inclusion at SLR: We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people, regardless of their background, can thrive. We welcome applications from all individuals, including those from groups currently under‑represented at SLR, such as people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent. If you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.
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