Senior or Principal Waste Infrastructure & Technology Engineer / Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne

WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms working across many sectors. The UK Circular Economy & Waste Advisory team is growing and aims to enhance and broaden its service offering, providing technical advice and advisory support to waste infrastructure developments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide input to the provision of technical advice relating to waste treatment processes and technologies.
• Manage projects and liaise with clients in the UK and internationally.
• Review process and engineering documents such as P&IDs, PFDs, equipment schedules, design specifications, and mass/energy balances.
• Produce feasibility and scoping studies and undertake technical due diligence assessments to assist clients in making financial investment decisions.
• Produce basis of design documentation and technical specifications.
• Review facilities and technologies and assess compliance with health and safety requirements, legislative requirements, established industry best practice, user requirements, cost budgets and timescales.
• Manage the work of other junior engineers and provide coaching and mentoring for more junior staff.
• Ensure cross‑discipline collaboration with other consultants and engineers, both within WSP and with external clients and contractors.
• Lead and manage internal teams in the production of bids, tenders and project work.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified engineer with broad technical capabilities in process, mechanical, electrical or other engineering fields.
• Willingness to travel for the delivery of projects.
• Good knowledge of waste treatment processes and technologies, ideally with hands‑on experience.
• Remains up to date with waste industry developments, trends, legislation and best practice.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Demonstrable ability to mentor and support the development of junior engineers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and desire to deliver influential consultancy support to the highest standards with new and current clients.
• Ability to communicate concise and accurate technical information in both written and verbal forms.

Skills and Behaviours

• Commercially minded technical consultant.
• Receptive to new and varied challenges, and able to rise to them and to learn.
• Able to work independently and as part of a project team, irrespective of position or role on the task.
• Client‑focused.
• Self‑motivated.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy and quality in all work.
• Good time management.
• Able to meet multiple deadlines and manage and deliver competing priorities.

Benefits

• Hybrid working policy offers flexibility to work from home two days a week, with opportunities to collaborate in modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusive and belonging culture, supported by employee resource groups and diversity initiatives.
• Health & wellbeing support through the Thrive programme and a virtual GP service.
• Gymflex scheme offering up to 40% off annual gym memberships and a comprehensive menopause support package.
• Flex your time option (WSP My Hour) allows taking an hour each day for personal activities, with flexibility to make up the time.
• Part‑time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use bank holiday entitlement as needed.
• Supportive development and training programmes, including mentorship and Chartership opportunities.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.