Senior Manager, Waste & Environmental Infrastructure Advisory

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About the Role

Our specialist Waste and Environmental Infrastructure Advisory team works with government and private sector clients to solve complex challenges across waste and resource recovery, environmental infrastructure, decarbonisation and the circular economy.

As a Senior Manager based in Brisbane, you will lead strategic, commercial and financial advisory engagements that support major infrastructure and service investment decisions. Working closely with Partners and multidisciplinary teams, you will turn sector insights and complex analysis into clear, practical recommendations for clients.

Your responsibilities will include

- Leading complex advisory engagements, from strategy and options assessment through to business cases, investment decisions and procurement

- Developing infrastructure strategies, roadmaps, feasibility studies and commercial assessments

- Overseeing financial and operational modelling, including costs, revenues, pricing, feedstock supply and scenario analysis

- Advising clients on funding, ownership, delivery, governance and risk allocation models

- Leading procurement strategies, market engagement, tender evaluations and commercial negotiations

- Managing project scope, budgets, resourcing, quality and delivery risks

- Facilitating workshops and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders

- Building trusted relationships with councils, government agencies, utilities, project developers, operators and investors

- Supporting proposals, business development activities and the growth of our team

- Coaching and mentoring colleagues while contributing to new tools and ways of working

About you

You will bring relevant experience from waste and resource recovery, environmental infrastructure, decarbonisation, infrastructure or commercial advisory, government, industry or project development.

You will ideally have:

- Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to assess project costs, revenues, risks and commercial viability

- Experience developing or reviewing financial models, testing assumptions and interpreting results

- Exposure to business cases, feasibility studies, infrastructure strategies, procurement or commercial assessments

- Demonstrated experience leading projects or workstreams, including managing scope, budgets, resources and delivery

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information in a clear and practical way

- Confidence engaging with senior clients and stakeholders and facilitating workshops

- Experience building client relationships and contributing to proposals or new business opportunities

- A collaborative leadership style and experience mentoring or developing colleagues

- Curiosity and openness to using AI and digital tools to improve advisory work, with no prior AI experience required

Experience across areas such as bioenergy, low-carbon fuels, biosolids, biochar, energy from waste, organics processing or recycling will be highly regarded, but is not essential.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.

Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.

Our inclusive culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2026-2028 Employer Committed to Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

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