Graduate Environmental Consultant

Company Description

Meeting the challenges of the energy transition and strengthening our sovereignty are among the key priorities of the 21st century. At the heart of these challenges, Assystem supports its clients in delivering their most strategic projects. To achieve this, our 8,000 Switchers leverage their expertise in engineering, project management, and digital solutions.

Operating in 13 countries (Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and North America), we contribute to the development of new nuclear power generation capacities, the operational maintenance of existing facilities, and the design and delivery of critical infrastructure, particularly in the defence sector.

Your Future Team

Are you passionate about protecting the natural environment and ready to apply what you’ve learned to major energy and infrastructure projects? Join our two year Graduate Programme and begin your career within our Environmental Services team .

You’ll work alongside experienced environmental consultants supporting major projects across rail, highways, utilities, water, energy and aviation. Depending on your qualifications and interests, you’ll begin your career within either our ecology or water environment team, while gaining exposure to the wider environmental services practice.

Our ecologists help projects understand and manage their impact on habitats, protected species and biodiversity. Our water specialists work with groundwater, surface water and water-quality information to help projects manage environmental risks, meet regulatory requirements and make informed decisions.

You’ll be supported as you develop your technical knowledge, gain experience on live projects and build the confidence to work with clients, contractors, regulators and multidisciplinary teams.

Job Description

Your Responsibilities

From day one, you’ll contribute to live energy and infrastructure projects, combining technical information, environmental data and site-based evidence to help project teams make responsible and informed decisions.

Your responsibilities will depend on whether your initial pathway is within ecology or the water environment, but may include:

• Supporting ecological or water related surveys, site walkovers and environmental monitoring.
• Collecting, managing and analysing environmental data using tools such as Excel and GIS.
• Assisting with environmental assessments, technical reports, management plans and project documentation.
• Helping identify environmental risks, constraints and potential impacts associated with project design and construction.
• Supporting compliance with environmental legislation, standards, consent conditions and monitoring requirements.
• Working with environmental specialists, designers, engineers, construction teams, clients and regulators.
• Contributing to practical recommendations that protect habitats, species, groundwater and surface water.
• Taking part in project meetings, field activities and technical reviews while developing your specialist knowledge.

 

Qualifications

Your Strengths and Requirements for Success

We’re looking for graduates who:

• Have recently completed, or expect to complete, a relevant degree before joining the Graduate Programme.
  • For the ecology pathway, this may include Ecology, Biology, Zoology, Environmental Science, Conservation or a closely related discipline.
  • For the water pathway, this may include Geology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Environmental Science, Geography or a closely related discipline.
• Have a genuine interest in developing a career within ecology or the water environment.
• Are interested in how major energy and infrastructure projects interact with the natural environment.
• Enjoy working with environmental information, evidence and data.
• Are comfortable combining office-based analysis with site visits and field activities.
• Can communicate technical information clearly in writing and conversation.
• Are proactive, organised and willing to learn from experienced colleagues.
• Enjoy working collaboratively with technical teams, clients and stakeholders.

Experience of GIS, environmental fieldwork, data analysis or technical report writing through your degree, placement, dissertation or voluntary work would be beneficial.

A full UK driving licence is highly desirable because the programme includes site visits and field based activities.

Additional Information

Eligibility Requirements:

To join our Graduate Scheme, you must be a UK sole national and a UK resident, as this is required for the type of work we do. You’ll also need to be able to obtain a minimum of Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, with some roles requiring higher levels of clearance.

As part of the programme, you should also be willing to relocate or travel within the UK, and we’ll provide relocation support where needed.

More information on the security vetting process and clearance levels can be found on the UK Government website: National Security Vetting: clearance levels

Recruitment Process  

After submitting your application, you’ll receive confirmation of next steps. If successful at screening, one of our recruitment team will call you to discuss:

📄 Your application and eligibility
⚡ Your passion for energy transformation
🎓 Your interest in and knowledge of your chosen discipline

Successful applicants will then be invited to attend an in-person assessment centre at one of our UK offices.

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We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.