Waste Management Graduate

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Our Environment business line's talented environmental professionals provide environmental solutions for private and public clients around the world. We offer impact assessment and environmental management services that meet client needs for feasibility, impact analysis, and operational compliance as well as remediation, restoration, and reuse of impacted Property

AECOM’s climate change, sustainability and resilience team is looking to recruit a graduate consultant with a particular interest in sustainable waste management and the circular economy. This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the world’s largest multi-disciplinary consultancies and provide waste management advice for a range of clients.

Salary: Competitive

Location: Nottingham

Opening & Closing Date: Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start. These roles are a mixture of immediate and summer/autumn starts.

The successful candidate will be working alongside peers and experienced colleagues to deliver consultancy and advisory services to a wide range of clients across different sectors – these could include waste management companies, manufacturers, local and national government bodies, architects, property developers, and infrastructure operators.

They will have the opportunity to gain experience in different fields, and will receive mentoring and on-the-job training as your skills develop. Examples of the types of project you may work on include:

• Developing construction and/or operational waste management plans for new urban developments.
• Advising on circular economy and waste management policy, strategy and regulation to waste producers and local or national government bodies.
• Environmental permitting and design of waste management facilities.
• Waste and materials aspects of environmental impact assessments.
• Developing and implementing sustainability and net zero strategies and policies for a range of organisations, with a focus on material resource, circularity and waste management.

Candidates should have a demonstrable interest or experience in waste management and the circular economy (either through previous work experience or as part of your education). In this role, your typical working week could include:

• Carrying out research into waste and circular economy issues.
• Helping prepare technical reports.
• Collecting, assessing and interpreting data.
• Supporting senior colleagues in attending meetings.
• Helping build relationships with our clients.
• Assisting with preparation of proposals to win new projects.

Skills and Experience

We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with the following:

• A desire to deliver technical excellence;
• Confident user of Microsoft Office software;
• Great communication skills in English, fluency in other languages advantageous;
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving abilities;
• Self-starter, who can design and deliver work under own initiative; and
• Solid numeracy skills, confidence in working with large data sets and strong Excel skills.

Diversity and inclusion is important to what we do and how we do it. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. The important thing for us is that you can demonstrate you can effectively fulfil the needs of the role. If you feel you can meet the requirements, but other factors are making you hesitant in applying, we would still like to hear from you to see if we can work together to overcome any challenges.

Please ensure you attach a cover letter in addition to completing the screening questions outlining your reasons for applying and where your skill set fits.

Minimum Requirements:

• Strong science or engineering based undergraduate degree in a relevant environmental / science/ waste management discipline is required – an MSc or equivalent is desirable.
• Enthusiasm and commitment to sustainable waste management and the circular economy.
• At Consultant level, applicants would also be expected to:
• Be working towards Chartered status with a relevant institution (e.g. CIWM).
• Have experience in one or more specific areas of waste management and circular economy (e.g. waste permitting, circular economy/waste management plans, etc)
• Have experience of writing technical deliverables / reports.

Our Graduate Development Programme (ADVANCE), along with our huge scope of projects across the globe, will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. Our programmes form a core part of our business strategy globally, designed to develop the best talent across numerous disciplines to lead our business into the future. We have over 1,000 graduates on our programmes across the UK & Europe, from over 30 different disciplines, and each one of them makes a tangible difference to the environment we all live and work in.

We will provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including chartership with the relevant international professional institution – where we have graduates working towards over 30 professional institutions in the UK&I. We demand the highest standards and expect our graduates to pass their professional review first time. You will be assigned a mentor to support and guide your development and undertake regular training modules throughout the programme. There will be on-the-job and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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