Senior / Principal Waste and Resources Consultant in Birmingham

Are you ready to take the next step in your career with a company that can offer further career potential beyond just the next promotion? Tetra Tech is one of the largest and fastest growing environmental consultancies in the world. At Tetra Tech, you will work with high-performing teams who are passionate about using their expertise to find solutions to complex problems in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

Our Waste and Resource Management team undertakes a variety of work in the sector including environmental permitting, technical advisor for waste treatment and collections, procurement support, facility development, waste and minerals planning, behaviour change and communications, auditing and compliance and expert witness. Our clients include both public and private sector clients across the UK. Our varied client and project base provides our team exciting challenges to continuously improve their skills and knowledge across the sector.

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior or Principal Waste and Resource Management Consultant due to ongoing growth with our existing client base and new project wins with new clients. This role will predominantly be to prepare environmental permit applications and bid support technical responses although there will be opportunities to work across our full portfolio of waste projects in due course. As part of our succession planning, we want to see this person develop over time and with support, into a senior member of the team with project and client management and business development responsibilities.

We provide internal project management training as well as a structured learning and development platform including mentoring and coaching, CPD and training to ensure our staff are the best they can be to deliver excellence to our clients. We would prefer to co-locate the role in one of our Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff or Southampton offices however, all locations will be considered for the right candidate. We operate a hybrid working policy between your allocated office and working from home as required to suit your daily lives. However, our projects are UK wide and some travel would be expected on occasion, including working outside normal office hours.

Qualifications/Experience

• Be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and working towards Chartership with CIWM.
• Have experience in preparing environmental permit applications including Operating Techniques, environmental risk assessments and management plans.
• Have experience in applying Best Available Techniques and Appropriate Measures.
• Have experience of drafting ISOS, ISDS, ISFT submissions for local authority waste treatment contracts.

Personal Qualities

• Have excellent written, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be a self-motivated team player displaying enthusiasm, flexibility and versatility.
• Be able to work independently or part of a team as required.
• Have a commitment to complying with exemplar health and safety practices within the workplace.
• Have the potential to mentor, encourage and support junior team members.
• Hold a full UK Driving Licence.

Our way of working

We take pride in delivering projects effectively for clients. This often requires colleagues to be together—in offices or on site—to ensure the best outcomes. However, when possible, we also advocate for flexibility around how, when, and where you work. There is no 'one approach fits all' – each team manages their own way of working, we trust our employees and focus on outputs not inputs. Meeting up with colleagues and clients face to face in office environments or on site is important for collaboration, face-to-face meetings, appraisals and development.

Inclusion

At Tetra Tech, we want everyone to feel like they truly belong. Our goal is to create a workplace where every person is valued and respected for who they are. Everyone is welcome at Tetra Tech. Opportunities and success should only be determined by attitude, capability and collaborative spirit. Be yourself, without apology.

For more information on our company, please visit our website at www.tetratecheurope.com. To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter on the Careers portion of our website at Tetra Tech Europe Careers - Jobs (selectminds.com). Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.