The Opportunity 

Our climate and sustainability services (CSS) portfolio includes several teams offering specialist environmental services (SES). These include waste and resources, air quality, historic environment, land quality and contaminated land. We help our clients to avoid and reduce emissions, manage climate risk, remediate and mitigate pollution, and enhance the resilience of their developments, business systems and assets as well as the communities and natural environments they operate in.   

We are looking for a graduate consultant to join one of our London SES teams. You will form part of our wider environmental consulting team offering multidisciplinary services, across waste and resources, air quality, historic environment, health and equalities impact assessment, land quality, ecology and environment, due diligence and ESG, water quality, land quality and contaminated land. 

In your first year, you will have the opportunity to spend four months in two or more of our other environmental teams in the CSS portfolio, totalling eight months. This will provide valuable opportunities for professional growth including developing a diverse range of technical skills, a wide support network and a good insight into our capabilities. 

Our consultants in our specialist environmental services teams offer a multidisciplinary service aimed at developing policy, optioneering, assessing impacts, creative design and implementation, supporting stakeholder engagement, gaining regulatory approvals, managing risk and controlling costs. 

Typical day-to-day responsibilities may vary depending on the team that you join. Tasks may include, but are not limited to,  

• conducting desk-based and/or site studies, including sourcing and evaluating environmental information; 
• carrying out research into environmental matters to support our work; 
• supporting project delivery;   
• coordination of internal colleagues and external sub-consultants;  
• collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams comprising clients, internal specialists and sub-consultants;  
• preparation of clear and concise statutory and non-statutory environmental reports, risk assessments, permits, licenses and consents in line with legislative requirements;  
• use of ArcGIS and other software to produce high quality drawings and detailed data analysis to accompany technical reports and inputting to the team's research projects.  

During the periods of rotation within other teams, your day-to-day responsibilities will vary and could include the following:  

• assisting in the design and undertaking of surveys and investigations; 
• coordinating environmental specialists to input into projects and assessment; 
• data analysis of results; 
• reviewing environmental and historical information and preparing reports;
• contributing towards impact assessments and other technical reports. 

Is this role right for you? 

We are looking for individuals with a bachelor's and/or master's degree in an environmental related topic (minimum 2.1/60%) including, but not limited to, environmental sciences, geography, civil and environmental engineering, environmental studies, contaminated land, chemistry, geology, hydrogeology, archaeology, built heritage, and cultural heritage. 

As such, we are looking for the following general qualifications, skills, and attributes in you: 

• Adaptability and versatility to work across and with many environmental, social and design disciplines and changing priorities 
• Good planning and organisational skills 
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in writing and verbally, adapting your approach to suit the audience 
• Strong reasoning and analytical skills 
• Demonstrate initiative and a creative approach to problem solving 
• The aptitude to work on your own initiative whilst being aware of own limits and knowing when to seek guidance 
• Recognise the importance of client care including internal Arup clients, and your role in contributing towards it 
• Able to work effectively as part of a team being respectful of the views and needs of others coupled with a willingness to re-prioritise activities when needed 
• Possess a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; and,  
• Interest and ability in digital techniques such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software, InDesign etc. would be an advantage. 

We're looking for people who are curious and ready to evolve how you think and work.  Our strength comes from how we respect, share, and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective, in which we encourage individuality to thrive. If you can share your knowledge and ideas and encourage others to do the same; whilst having a desire to deliver excellent services for clients, then we'd like to hear from you. 

You should be able to start this opportunity in September 2024.