Senior Waste Consultant - London, United Kingdom - BuroHappold Engineering

BuroHappold Engineering

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an Senior Waste Consultant with significant experience in urban planning, civil engineering, or master planning to deliver innovative client solutions that foster the circular economy in the built environment.

Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Senior, Engineer
Area of Expertise
Cities
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
Edinburgh, Bath, Leeds, London, Manchester
Ref No
6853

Buro Happold's Waste Operations, Logistics and Flow team advise on policy, waste/goods generation rates, goods delivery/flows, waste collection, storage and treatment systems.

The team is made up of engineers and scientists and have worked on the design of over 260 projects in 40 different countries, each with varying degrees of waste management requirements and or limitations.

The work involves coordination with many other engineering and scientific disciplines, becoming involved in a range of built environment projects all with a view to improve the way that people live and connect with their local environment.

We are looking for a new team member to join us in one of our our central city offices.

This role will include working with the team to develop waste and logistics strategies, producing waste generation calculations, back of house route planning, selection of waste and goods storage and transport methods and waste treatment options.

We work closely with other engineering and scientific disciplines, leading a range of built environment projects that range from sport venues, museums to entire new cities.

Buro Happold takes a people centric approach to cross discipline working.

Some of our work is overseas and there will be opportunities to travel and experience new systems, cultures and ways of living - all adding to your experience and career progression.

As such, we encourage you to be focused on new thinking, tackling waste, reducing resource use and facilitating better urban metabolism.

Passion and enthusiasm for protecting the environment
An interest/understanding in behavioural sciences in the context of sustainable waste management
An interest for working with architects and design teams of the built environment
Data analysis skills, including auditing, analysis and presenting waste data, e.g., waste estimations and forecasting
Ability to communicate in an effective and confident manner
Excellent demonstrable evidence in report writing
Business acumen and ability to network be capable of maintaining relationships both within and outside the company; and
Ability to manage tasks and projects successfully
Contribute to developing creative ideas, strategies and new service offers which aim to better manage waste and products in new developments
Carrying out studies, research and analysis relating to waste and goods management for specific projects
Technical report writing including contributing to waste and logistics strategies, audits, site visits and design reports
Create presentations using infographics/imagery to show complex data visually
Assisting with project management including budgets for specific assignments and projects.

Required Skills:

Good knowledge of waste collection and treatment systems
Highly proficient in MS Office
Excellent report writing
Good time management
Ability to work on your own or part of a wider team who may be based elsewhere
Innovative, inquisitive and desire to think laterally to solve complex problems
Ability to interpreting engineering and architectural drawings and visualisations
Confident presenter
Time management to work on multiple projects
Good client management skills and ability to win work

Desirable skills:

Proficient with CAD, Bluebeam and Illustrator.

Qualifications & Experience:

Qualified to science or engineering degree level in a waste, environmental, planning, geography, sustainable development or related discipline.
Working towards or have achieved relevant Chartership.

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Be you at Buro Happold:

Buro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals.

We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry.

We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.