Senior Advisor - Waste and Circular Economy

Senior Waste & Circular Economy Advisor

Location: Open – Birmingham, CEMC, Manchester or St Neots preferred

At Laing O'Rourke, sustainability is central to how we deliver projects, innovate and create long‑term value. We are looking for a Senior Waste & Circular Economy Advisor to drive waste reduction, resource efficiency and circular economy initiatives across the business.

This is a hands‑on role working closely with project, manufacturing, logistics and digital teams to improve waste performance, embed best practice and support more circular approaches to materials and resources.

As Senior Waste & Circular Economy Advisor you will play a key role in embedding sustainable and circular practices across a leading engineering and construction organisation. You will help shape and deliver initiatives that improve material efficiency, reduce waste and support innovation across our operations.

• Deliver waste improvement initiatives and support implementation across projects and facilities.
• Support delivery of the Materials Management Strategy and future circular economy initiatives.
• Analyse waste performance data, identify trends and support corrective actions.
• Work with operational teams to improve reuse, recycling and take‑back schemes.
• Develop case studies, share best practice and support working groups.
• Act as a technical advisor on waste and resource management.
• Collaborate with digital teams to improve waste monitoring, reporting and data insight.

• Experience managing and delivering improvement initiatives or programmes.
• Background in waste management, resource efficiency or materials optimisation within construction, manufacturing or logistics.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with experience using data to drive performance improvement.
• Good understanding of waste legislation, duty of care and waste hierarchy principles.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Experience with reuse, take‑back or circular economy initiatives.
• Familiarity with digital waste monitoring platforms.
• Experience supporting manufacturing or logistics operations.

• Pragmatic, delivery‑focused and solutions‑oriented.
• Comfortable challenging existing practices and influencing change.
• Detail‑oriented, commercially aware and committed to continuous improvement.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email re

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long‑term conditions and disabilities through an ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants who meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and if you require any adjustments for the interview process.