Senior Technical Manager (Solid Waste)

About Mace and the project

Role responsibilities

• Develop and deliver annual business-plan outcomes within agreed deadlines and budget requirements.
• Lead and manage technical resources for solid-waste infrastructure delivery aligned with programme objectives.
• Present management-review data, technical-performance metrics, and KPIs to project and functional leadership.
• Support business development, work-winning, market engagement, technical training, and capability development.
• Ensure compliance with management systems, project governance, regulations, and defined responsibilities.
• Act as the primary focal point for solid-waste management and improve strategies, standards, delivery plans, tools, and operational processes.
• Coordinate technical input for waste collection, transfer, treatment, recycling, resource recovery, waste-to-energy, and disposal infrastructure.
• Influence procurement, contractual, and commercial matters and coordinate integrated delivery with PMO and multidisciplinary teams.
• Promote technical excellence, innovation, circular-economy principles, and industry best practices.
• Support net-zero objectives through waste minimization, resource recovery, recycling, and carbon-reduction initiatives across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree-level education in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Waste Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in solid-waste management, waste-infrastructure planning, design, delivery, operations, or consultancy.
• Strong understanding of integrated waste systems, recycling, resource recovery, waste-treatment technologies, and sustainability principles.
• Proven stakeholder management, technical leadership, and multidisciplinary project coordination.

Working environment and values

• Mace emphasizes safety, wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, client focus, integrity, compliance, opportunity, and continuous improvement.
• Mace welcomes interest from diverse candidates and notes that applicants who do not meet every criterion may be suitable for this or another role.

Work arrangements

• Part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options may be discussed if suitable for the role.