Head of Development (Projects)

FCC Environment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave + Bank Holidays

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Discretionary bonus

Training and progression

Recognition scheme

Refer a friend

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing & Employee support

Job summary

FCC Environment is seeking a Head of Development (Projects) to lead growth across Recycling & Waste Treatment, shaping strategy and securing new contracts, while working from home in the UK.

The role requires senior management experience in waste management, strong negotiation and leadership, and the ability to collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver complex growth initiatives.

Join a nationwide team with a discretionary bonus, pension, and wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• Significant senior management experience within the waste management sector.
• Proven experience delivering successful business development and growth programmes.
• Strong commercial awareness and contract negotiation skills.
• Experience managing complex contracts, projects or operational networks.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities. Experience working with Local Authorities and other key industry stakeholders.
• Highly numerate and IT literate with excellent analytical skills.
• Relevant management, engineering or related professional qualifications.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of FCC Environment's Recycling & Waste Treatment growth strategy.
• Identifying, assessing and securing new business and project development opportunities.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Negotiating commercially viable agreements and implementing new services.
• Working closely with operational teams, bidding teams and internal stakeholders to deliver growth projects.
• Supporting strategic acquisition opportunities and contract development activities.
• Managing and developing the Regional Development Team.
• Providing strategic market intelligence and identifying future procurement opportunities.
• Representing FCC Environment at industry events, conferences and stakeholder meetings.
• Preparing and presenting business cases and development proposals to senior leadership teams.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

IT literacy

Communication & influence

Team development

Strategic thinking

Education

Management or Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office / IT tools

Job description

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Head of Development (Projects)

Salary

Competitive and subject to experience

Hours

37.5 hours per week

Location

Home-Based

As a Head of Development (Projects) at FCC Environment, you will lead and be responsible for all aspects of Recycling & Waste Treatment business development activities. You will identify and develop growth opportunities, negotiate new service contracts, support strategic acquisitions, and play a key role in shaping and delivering FCC Environment's waste management strategy. This vacancy is for a full-time position, working 5 days per week.

Our promise to you

• - Competitive salary
• - 25 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• - Pension scheme
• - Life insurance
• - Discretionary bonus scheme
• - On-the-job training and progression
• - Recognition scheme
• - Refer a friend
• - Flexible benefits, including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership, and many more (where applicable)
• - Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service via our Wellbeing Platform

What will you be doing?

• - Leading the development and delivery of FCC Environment's Recycling & Waste Treatment growth strategy
• - Identifying, assessing and securing new business and project development opportunities
• - Developing and maintaining strong relationships with existing and prospective clients
• - Negotiating commercially viable agreements and implementing new services
• - Working closely with operational teams, bidding teams and internal stakeholders to deliver growth projects
• - Supporting strategic acquisition opportunities and contract development activities
• - Managing and developing the Regional Development Team
• - Providing strategic market intelligence and identifying future procurement opportunities
• - Representing FCC Environment at industry events, conferences and stakeholder meetings
• - Preparing and presenting business cases and development proposals to senior leadership teams

What are we looking for?

• - Significant senior management experience within the waste management sector
• - Proven experience delivering successful business development and growth programmes
• - Strong commercial awareness and contract negotiation skills
• - Experience managing complex contracts, projects or operational networks
• - Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams
• - Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities- Experience working with Local Authorities and other key industry stakeholders
• - Highly numerate and IT literate with excellent analytical skills
• - Relevant management, engineering or related professional qualifications
• - Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills

About Us

We are FCC Environment, one of the nation's leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.

We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 4,500 people.

The profile of the UK's recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. We need people who are up for the challenge to help us tackle climate change. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together, we will meet the UK's waste management and energy recovery needs. FCC Environment is an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity, and we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.