23 years of specialist recruitment for the resource management, recycling & energy sectors
Talent solutions for
a circular economy.
We partner with organisations to identify, assess and appoint the people who will make the biggest difference to your business.
- Inert and Closed Landfill SupervisorAttractive salary and package including company vehicleEast Anglia
- Technical Waste AssessorAttractive SalaryLondon
- Administrative Assistantc.£26,000 per annumWest Midlands
- Dublin Waste to Energy - Head of EngineeringExcellent salary plus benefits packageIreland
- Waste & Fleet Training Compliance Officer£32,000-£36,000Midlands
- Transport ManagerCompetitiveMidlands
- Estimating Engineer£45,000–£55,000 DOE + PackageHome based
- Sales ManagerExcellentHome based
Good company. Great partnerships.
Services
Specialists in the
industry we serve.
Four ways to work with us, and one framework behind all of them: define what great looks like, find the people who fit it, and prove it before you commit.
Senior & board-level appointments
Leadership hires, found with discretion.
The appointments that shape a business rarely come from an advert. We map the market confidentially, including the leaders who are performing well and not looking, and approach them on your behalf.
Every finalist is measured against what great looks like in your business, so the final decision rests on evidence as well as instinct.
- Confidential market mapping and approach
- A benchmark built from your own high performers
- Psychologist-led assessment of every finalist
- Support through offer, onboarding and beyond
How a senior search narrows
- 01Market mapped
- 02Long list
- 03Short list
- 04Assessed
- 05Appointed
Every finalist is assessed against your benchmark.
Objective assessment
Better hiring decisions through objective assessment.
Finding the right person is only part of the challenge. Understanding how they think, lead, communicate and perform can make the difference between a good appointment and a great one.
WasteRecruit provides structured assessment services that give organisations a deeper, more objective understanding of candidates, existing employees and leadership teams.
Our assessments can support recruitment, promotion, succession planning, leadership development and team effectiveness, combining robust assessment methodology with our understanding of the roles and behaviours that drive success within the waste, recycling and resource management sectors.
Used alongside interviews and professional judgement, assessment provides additional evidence, reduces hiring risk and helps organisations make confident people decisions.
Explore our assessment servicesPractical Creative Solutions
Emerging strength: There are indications of strength in this area compared with many people, although this is not consistently pronounced. The individual is likely to generate workable ideas and show willingness to put them into practice, particularly in familiar contexts where the problem is well-defined.
Interview focus: At interview, ask for an improvement they proposed and saw through to implementation. Listen for what they did personally to get it delivered, not just the idea.
Patterns to explore:
- Strong Ideas / Reduced Follow-ThroughNo indication
No clear indication of this pattern in the profile. The combination it describes – strong practical idea generation alongside lower follow-through into delivery – was not found in the responses.
Strategic Creative Thinking
Emerging strength: There are indications of strength in this area compared with many people, although this is not consistently pronounced. The individual is likely to think in longer time horizons and show some capacity for strategic ideation, although the analytical grounding or external awareness needed to fully develop these ideas may not yet be consistently strong.
Interview focus: At interview, ask about a longer-term idea or direction they put forward. Listen for how they grounded it in evidence and how they made the case to others.
Patterns to explore:
- Positive Strategic Assumption TendencyNo indication
No clear indication of this pattern in the profile. The combination it describes – a strongly positive strategic outlook alongside lower caution or deliberation – was not found in the responses.
From the weighbridge to the boardroom
Permanent recruitment, done differently.
We’ve been recruiting across the waste, resource and energy sector since 2003.
That means we know the industry, we know the roles and, importantly, we know the people.
We don’t just wait for applications. We search the market, speak to our network and find people who might not be looking for their next move yet.
And we look beyond what’s written on a CV to understand whether someone is actually right for the role and right for your business.
- Over 20,000 people in our network
- Search and selection, not just advertising
- Skills, behaviours and personality considered
- Support from first conversation to appointment
Your shortlistIllustrative
- Candidate AProfile ✓ · Aptitude ✓ · InterviewStrong match
- Candidate BProfile ✓ · Aptitude ✓ · InterviewGood match
- Candidate CProfile ✓ · Aptitude ✓ · InterviewPartial match
Measured against what great looks like in your role
Interim, contract & temporary
The people you need, when you need them.
Sometimes you need someone now. A new contract, increased demand, a project, mobilisation or simply keeping the operation running.
From interim managers and technical specialists to temporary operational teams, we find people who can step in and get on with the job.
And because we know the sector, we understand that temporary doesn’t mean compromising on who you bring into your business.
- Interim management & project support
- Technical, engineering & specialist contractors
- Temporary & operational recruitment
- Temp-to-perm recruitment
Typical briefsIllustrative
- Interim Depot ManagerLeadership coverInterim
- Environmental Compliance SpecialistPermit & audit supportContract
- Project Manager, MRF upgradeProject deliveryInterim
- Weighbridge OperatorOperational continuityTemporary
Why it matters
The industry needs people.
But are we looking in the right places?
The resource and waste sector is facing a significant people challenge, while the transition to a circular economy is changing the skills and capabilities businesses need.
68,000
new recruits the resource and waste sector will need over the next decade
Source: CIWM estimate
- The usual conversation
The conversation is often about a skills gap, and how difficult it is to find good people.
- But there is another side
There are talented people with transferable skills, strengths and potential who simply don’t know what opportunities exist within our industry.
That’s exactly the challenge WasteRecruit has been solving since 2003.
See how we do it- Finding and attracting people into the resource sector
- Identifying transferable skills and potential
- Specialist sector knowledge, search and evidence-led selection, so employers appoint the people most likely to succeed
The challenge
Sound familiar?
What hiring managers across the sector tell us before we work together. Every one of them is a problem our process was built to solve.
Agencies tell me every candidate is great.
I always feel it’s a risk to recruit somebody.
It takes six months to find out what someone is really like.
Recruiting through an agency is costly, and there’s no guarantee the candidate will last.
How do I compare internal and external applicants fairly?
I don’t feel in control of the recruitment process.
The recruitment process
The five essentials for
sustainable recruitment.
The science comes before the search, and you stay in control at every stage. How we work, in full
Job analysis
What does “great” look like, and which competencies deliver high performance in the role? We agree it with you before anyone is approached.
Produces evidenceSearch the market
We search the talent pool for candidates with the right skills and experience.
Short listing
We work with you to shortlist the candidates who will be assessed for the role, measured against what we agreed at the start.
Selection
Using our bespoke process, we help you assess every candidate to ensure the right fit for the role and your business.
Produces evidenceHire
We support you through the offer stage, onboarding and candidate management, and stay involved beyond the start date.
The outcome
Better people. Better decisions.
Better results.
What changes when the right person is chosen for the right reasons.
The right competencies
Candidates with the competencies to deliver high performance in the role.
The right personality
People whose personality fits the culture of your business.
Better-informed decisions
Recruitment decisions made on evidence as well as instinct.
Higher retention
Retention rates increase, because the fit was right from the start.
Talent assessment
Good on paper.
Great in practice.
A CV tells you what someone has done. Objective assessment tells you how they’ll think, lead, communicate and perform in your business.
Designed and run by our in-house business psychologists, and benchmarked against what great looks like in the role.
- Bespoke WasteRecruit assessment
- Aptitude testing
- Structured interviews
- Written reports
Our sectors
Built around
your industry.
One connected sector. A world of possibilities.
Find the expertise and opportunities that matter to you.
Waste & Resource Management
From kerbside collections and MRFs through to treatment, disposal and onsite total waste management.
3 live vacancies
Energy & Fuels
Energy from waste, anaerobic digestion, biomass and alternative fuels: the roles driving the transition.
2 live vacancies
Recycling & Materials
Materials recovery, reprocessing and treatment: the technical heart of the circular economy.
4 live vacancies
Environmental & Technical
HSEQ, engineering and facility design, permitting and policy: the specialists who keep sites running and compliant.
1 live vacancy
Commercial & Growth
Business development, account management, tendering and procurement: the people who win and keep the work.
1 live vacancy
For candidates
Your ambition.
Our connections.
A career conversation that starts with you. Discover where your experience could take you next.
Let’s find your next stepFor employers
Your vision.
The right people.
Reach beyond the job board. Find the people with the skills, mindset and potential to move your business forward.
Build your team with usOur feedback
In our clients’
own words.
Working with WasteRecruit gave us confidence that we were assessing candidates against the behaviours that would genuinely make a difference in the role.
The process helped us look beyond experience alone and understand how individuals would approach leading teams, improving standards, managing change, and driving performance. The behavioural insights provided valuable structure to our decision-making and gave us a much clearer picture of how candidates would operate day-to-day.
We have successfully recruited a candidate for the role with the help of WasteRecruit and they are performing well. We would certainly use the process again for future management hires.
Working with WasteRecruit gave us a much deeper understanding of the candidates than a traditional interview process alone.
We were able to shortlist quality candidates and the assessment that followed helped us identify not only who had the technical knowledge, but also who had the commercial mindset and communication skills needed to succeed in the role. The insights around how candidates approach key challenges were particularly valuable.
The feedback was clear and gave us confidence in our hiring decision. We found the process highly beneficial, resulting in the successful recruitment of a Tech Sales Engineer.
Big things start with a conversation
What’s next?
Your next role. Your next hire. Your next chapter. Let’s work on it together.