Environmental Impact Assessment Graduate Uk 2024 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - AECOM

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Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access
to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted
infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies
for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our
services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team
of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and
other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description Our Impact Assessment Practice Area (IAPA) team are currently recruiting graduates within our Glasgow and Edinburgh office for a September 2024 start.**IAPA work includes:
  • Coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of infrastructure development projects, helping them to gain development consent
  • Working with clients and design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions, as well as delivering benefits where possible
  • Coordinating the preparation of environmental assessment reports
  • Postplanning consent support to projects (including during project construction and operation)


IAPA is part of the Environment & Sustainability (E&S) business, which has a workforce of some 730 staff across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

E&S provides environment and sustainability solutions for public and private sector clients and is at the forefront of efforts to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergencies.


It comprises the following practice areas:

Acoustics; Air Quality; Ecology; Geospatial & Data Services; Heritage; Landscape; Water Environment; Impact Assessment; Planning; Climate Change, Sustainability & Resilience; Stakeholder Engagement; and ESIA & ESDD (international environment and sustainability work).


Professional Development


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 GDP forms 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 more than 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK and Ireland from more than 40 different disciplines, each making a tangible difference to the environment in which we live and work.


We shall provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution (we have graduates working towards more than 30 professional institutions in the UK and Ireland).

We shall push you to achieve 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 you will take regular training modules throughout the programme.

There will be on-the-job technical development and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.


Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:


Ideally, you will have a relevant first degree and, potentially, a relevant post-graduate degree with a focus in environmental impact assessment.


  • Strong Microsoft Office skills essential such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint
  • Willingness to travel and occasionally work out of normal office hours
  • Strong numeracy
  • Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole
  • Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing with the confidence to engage with a variety of people (clients, colleagues, stakeholders and subcontractors alike) and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss technical issues and capture feedback
  • Selfmotivation, enthusiasm, hardworking, with ambition and drive
  • Excellent research and report writing skills
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues, client and stakeholders as appropriate and independently without losing initiative & focus
  • Ability to work flexibly under pressure, responding to changing project and programme demands
  • Capability to satisfy client and business expectations and be able to consider the wider financial and commercial implications of their actions
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to continued education and improvement through participati
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