Waste Consultant

Overview:

Role: Waste Consultant
Location: Saudi Arabia
Role ID: ‎2022-‎1654

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting
company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. With over ‎100 years of
engineering excellence and employing close to ‎3,000 employees in more than ‎20
countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-
edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every
day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges
to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

Energy & Environment, one of Ricardo plc's five operating business units, is
a leader in sustainability consultancy, solving complex environmental
challenges through industry-leading analysis, advice and data. With more than
‎40 years of heritage in addressing air quality, environmental and
sustainability issues, our customers value us for our deep understanding and
breadth of services covering the entire value chain from evidence, policy &
strategy to implementation.

We are looking for Consultant with sufficient knowledge of the waste sector to
support the delivery of a variety of waste related projects for our public and
private sector clients. The Consultant will major in either waste strategy and
planning or waste infrastructure development.

Our team provide strategic and technical advice through policy support, waste
strategy development, service design and delivery, helping to create the
business case for service change, defining data requirements and collection
methodologies, modelling and benchmarking the performance of waste collection
and treatment systems and facilitating national, regional and local waste
workshops and training courses. Will also provide on the ground project
management and technical support in the mobilisation of contracts and
construction of infrastructure. Our focus is on helping clients to solve
problems and developing their capabilities to continue beyond the end of our
commission. We continue to help our clients achieve substantial savings and
balance environmental, social and economic pressures whether it be on-site or
in the board room.

Purpose
We are seeking an intelligent individual to join our Waste and Resource
Management team as a Consultant. From day one, you 'll be part of a team
supporting senior consultants in delivering high-profile projects. Our work
covers a broad range of topics from supporting on policy and strategy, to
complex technical projects covering waste operations and infrastructure.
The successful applicant will have excellent numeracy and analytical skills,
strong writing skills, a proactive approach and a commitment to producing high
quality work. We expect the Consultant to have an interest in the waste and
resource management area and to enjoy creative problem-solving.
Key accountabilities

As a Consultant you will carry out research and analysis that underpins our
consultancy work. You will manage your time across several projects,
contributing to research, data analysis, stakeholder engagement and report-
writing. You will be responsible for the quality and delivery of your work and
liaise with other experts and consultants to incorporate your contribution
into wider project outputs.

Key competencies and experience

Essential
*
A Bachelors (‎2.1 or above) in engineering or environment related area.
* Be able to work independently and demonstrate initiative, as well as operate effectively as part of a team.
* Ability to interpret complex issues and data, and identify solutions quickly
* Ability to write clear, concise and accurate technical reports
* Strong computer literacy - especially in MS Excel and Word.
* An interest to develop their competency in either waste strategy or infrastructure development and engineering through project-based work.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills in Arabic and English

Desirable
*
An understanding of international environmental policy issues gained during
studies or work experience.
* Knowledge of Saudi Arabian and/ or other Middle Eastern environmental legislative frameworks.
* Experience in a consultancy or in a customer facing commercial setting.
* A willingness to travel to meet project requirements, including being based in client offices.

Skills and behaviors
*
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.
* 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.

Working here

Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work and you have the
opportunity to make a difference. You will work with teams of talented,
dedicated, and supportive individuals. Alongside having a fantastic
opportunity to develop your career with us through our broad range of
projects, mentoring opportunities and a personalised approach to your learning
and development. We are always keen to hear from people who have driven,
ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.

Wellbeing and work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that's working from home, being
in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working
arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to
flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us,
and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support
individuals including flexible working, carers policy, mental health first
aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance
programme.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential,
and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and
inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a
more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.
Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best
consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage
positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to an inclusive
culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Benefits

Our core benefits include ‎25 days' annual leave, plus ‎8 flexible bank
holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and
professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of
flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will
be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume
of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start
to review applications prior to the closing date.