Electronics & Electricals Expert

Job Title: Electronics & Electricals Expert Location: Bristol, London, Newcastle or York (Mostly remote – occasional travel to the provided locations) Contract Duration : 3 Months Daily Rate: £ 550/day (Umbrella – Maximum) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 The Circular Economy Delivery Team leads work on sustainability across agrifood, textiles, transport, and electronics sectors.

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The Transport, Electricals and Batteries team is responsible for reforming policy and regulation relating to batteries, tyres, end-of-life vehicles, and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).

The team also oversees vape regulations, ensures compliance with hazardous substances rules, and supports alignment with relevant international standards.

Their work strengthens circularity and regulatory progress across multiple sectors.

Key Responsibilities Provide specialist advice on electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), including collection, repair, reuse, and recycling systems, ensuring policy proposals reflect operational realities and industry best practices.

Shape policy delivery for EEE under the Circular Economy programme, contributing technical insights to improve recovery rates and compliance mechanisms.

Advise on strategies to enhance circularity, including design for repairability, reuse models, and recycling technologies for electrical and electronic products.

Develop robust policy proposals, including defining issues, generating options, sourcing evidence, engaging stakeholders, and preparing papers and presentations for senior decision-makers.

Contribute to strategic planning, situating EEE-related work within the wider circular economy roadmap and supporting long-term goals for resource efficiency and net zero.

Engage with stakeholders across manufacturers, recyclers, repair networks, and regulators, building consensus and supporting practical implementation of policy changes.

Bring innovation and constructive challenge, introducing new ideas and approaches to improve EEE recycling and reuse systems.

Share specialist knowledge by upskilling team members through mentoring, workshops, and technical guidance.

Provide clear, evidence-based advice and briefings to senior leaders, translating complex technical detail into actionable recommendations.

Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, supporting a one-team ethos and integrating perspectives from policy, technical, and delivery colleagues.

Person Specification We are seeking an experienced electricals and electronics expert with deep subject matter knowledge in electrical and electronic equipment.

You will bring practical insights from collection, repair, reuse, and recycling programmes.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in the reuse and remanufacturing space who can think creatively about keeping electrical equipment and component materials in circulation for longer.

You should also be able to demonstrate an aptitude for: Developing policy proposals: defining the issue, devising options, sourcing evidence, engaging stakeholders, and recommending a preferred option (including preparation of papers and presentations).

Thinking strategically and programmatically: situating your work within the context of a wider programme and contributing to long-term goals.

Working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment with a one-team ethos.

Innovating: bringing new ideas and constructive challenge to improve outcomes.

You will also be required to share your specialist knowledge and help upskill colleagues within the team.

Why this role? This is an excellent opportunity for an industry expert to bring practical, real-world insight into policy development, help shape effective and deliverable regulations, and play a key role in advancing the circular economy for electrical and electronic equipment.

Disability Confident As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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