Principal Waste

**Principal Waste & Resource Management Consultant - New Zealand**

**About the business and role**
SLR Consulting is an employee-controlled international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With offices throughout the Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Africa regions, SLR Consulting is one of a very small number of leading international specialist environmental consultancies.
- Our team has a genuine interest in developing practical and sustainable solutions for our clients and reducing the environmental impact of our own operations. For example, SLR has recently committed to being a climate-neutral business by 2030 and adopting the Science-Based Target Initiative’s (SBTi) “Business Ambition for 1.5°C” framework to set emissions reduction targets and drive our climate action plan.
- Our Waste and Resources Management team works across a range of private sector industries and government agencies to deliver innovative solutions, including circular economy and resource efficiency strategies through to waste and recycling infrastructure due diligence, design, and procurement.
- We have an excellent career opportunity within our Waste and Resources Management team for a person with a science or engineering background to join our team with flexibility to be based in anyone of our 10 offices across New Zealand, with a preference for either Auckland or Wellington. You will work closely with other team members, including industry leading planners and scientists from 4Sight New Zealand who recently joined the SLR group, to ensure high-quality outcomes, practical waste and resource recovery solutions and environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory services to our internal and external clients.Key Responsibilities

**Job tasks and responsibilities**
You will have an entrepreneurial mindset and have the ability to do the following:

- Lead the development of waste and resource management policies and strategies encompassing sustainability and ESG initiatives, such as circular economy, carbon-reduction, and technology solutions, including composting facilities, recycling technologies and energy from waste, for government and private sector clients;
- Support due diligence projects in the waste management and resource recovery sector through detailed research, analysis and reporting;
- Project manage medium to large projects to produce high quality advisory documentation (i.e., WMPs, strategies, feasibility studies and due diligence reports);
- Lead the development of proposals, identifying and converting opportunities drawing on your client relationships;
- Developing, facilitating and enhancing relationships between our internal and external clients and SLR team members; and
- Administrative and financial management tasks including budget preparation and providing accurate and timely responses to requests as required by project demands and timelines.

**Skills and experience**
- Bachelor’s Degree in science, natural resource management or engineering, specialising in civil, environmental, chemical, mechanical, or a related field.
- Knowledge of New Zealand environmental / waste related legislation and policies, standards and guidelines.
- 10+ years' practical experience in fields such as waste and resource management. sustainability, circular economy, bioenergy with significant demonstrated skills in the areas of data research / analysis and report writing.
- Knowledge and interest of global sustainability standards and frameworks, such as UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global reporting Initiatives (GRI) and others is desirable.
- Excellent communication in all forms with a proven ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Strong computer skills, in particular MS Excel.

**Our benefits at SLR include**
Our culture is unique where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all, including:

- Hybrid work model (in-office & from home) - you choose where you work best.
- Extra paid purchased leave up to 10 days so you can re-energize, help others, support family, or focus on your own professional development.
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey which includes 12 weeks primary carer and 4 weeks secondary carer leave.
- Learning and development which includes a mapped career progression path, study assistance and up to 3 professional memberships subsidised by SLR.
- Employee Assistance Program to support your physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
- Other benefits include regular office social events, service anniversary awards, salary sacrificing (novated car lease) and a corporate uniform shop where you get $80