Principal Waste Infrastructure and Technology Contractor

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

Role: Principal Waste Infrastructure and Technology Contractor

Location: Riyadh Saudi Arabia - Remote (Only in Saudi Arabia)

Role ID:2025-3094

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo plc is a global strategic environmental and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3000 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.

Role Summary
We are currently looking to contract with a sole trader at Principal technical consultant level with experience of waste infrastructure and processing technologies to service our expanding client list within the Middle this role you may be expected to get involved in a broad range of projects involving a wide variety of waste treatment technologies such as Thermal Treatment Anaerobic Digestion Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) Composting and others.

The role would be based in region for a minimum four-month period with potential to extend on a mutually agreed basis.

Key Responsibilities

Lead/input to the provision of technical advice relating to waste treatment processes and technologies.
Managing projects and liaising with clients in the Middle East UK and other territories.
Review of process and engineering documents such as P&IDs PFDs equipment schedules design specifications mass/energy balances and other common technical documents.
Production of feasibility and scoping studies to assist clients in making financial investment decisions.
Produce basis of design documentation and technical specifications.
Review of facilities and technologies and assessment of compliance with health and safety requirements legislative requirements established industry Best Practice user requirements cost budgets and time scales.
Managing the work of other junior engineers and coaching and mentoring more junior staff.
Ensure cross discipline collaboration with other consultants and engineers both within Ricardo and with external clients and contractors.
Lead and manage internal teams in the production of bids tenders and project work.
Perform due diligence on waste infrastructure including carrying out site assessments process optimisation commissioning and performance testing.
Develop preliminary/concept design of waste infrastructure projects. Experience with FEED development also advantageous.
Working as part of an Owners Engineer or Lenders Advisor team on waste infrastructure.

Key Competencies and Experience

Essential

Degree qualified engineer with broad technical capabilities in process mechanical electrical or other engineering fields.
Willingness to travel for the delivery of projects including within the Middle East.
Good knowledge of waste treatment processes and technologies ideally with hands-on experience.
Remain up to date with waste industry developments trends legislation and best practice.
Excellent report writing skills.
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.
Willingness to travel in region and internationally as required for project and business development activities.

Desirable

Previous involvement and experience in implementing engineering projects preferably in the waste treatment sector.
Working knowledge of thermal biological chemical and mechanical treatment technologies.
Chartered Engineer or working towards chartership in relevant field.
Previous consultancy experience.
Good commercial acumen with experience of different forms of contract.

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.
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

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work whether that is working from home being in the office or as a hybrid worker. Were happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well 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 ensure an inclusive culture we are a recognised as a disability confident employer.

Next steps

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.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team viaif you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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Overview Role: Principal Waste Infrastructure and Technology ContractorLocation: Riyadh Saudi Arabia - Remote (Only in Saudi Arabia)Role ID:2025-3094Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.Ricardo plc is a global strategic environmental and engineering consulting company. With over 100 ...