Description

Business: Water Management Consultancy, Environment Practice, Infrastructure UK

Location: This position can be based from any of the following UK office locations: Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Epsom, Glasgow, Oxford, Peterborough, Warrington

Do you have the ambition, enthusiasm and technical capability to work with us as an Environmental Engineer within the Water Management and Natural Capital Sector? Our highly respected Water Management Consultancy team continues to grow, as we deliver a wide range of exciting, high-profile projects for a variety of clients and projects, including water companies, the Environment Agency, large Infrastructure consortia, developers, NGOs and landowners. You will be a key member of the team providing environmental engineering input across a wide and diverse range of projects, reinforcing our reputation for technical excellence and working collaboratively to deliver work across our extensive client portfolio, ultimately enabling the industry to plan resilient and sustainable water management and water supplies for the future.

As an environmental engineer, you will be capable of working on your own and as part of a team to deliver high-profile projects across the UK as required. We would expect the role to grow over time to incorporate project management and work winning. With our technical specialists based all across the UK, the right candidate could join our established teams in Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Epsom, Glasgow, Oxford, Peterborough, or Warrington.

Our Team

As part of our Environment practice, the Water Management Consultancy business operates at the interface between people and the water environment, tackling problems around water, its habitats and future change. We offer a unique blend of skills across a large breadth and depth of experience, a diverse team of passionate, intelligent, digitally minded, capable, and innovative staff. We enjoy working collaboratively delivering projects that bring about real change and make a difference to people and the places they work.

AtkinsRéalis business is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, with over 36,000 employees worldwide. At AtkinsRéalis, we offer more than just a job. We offer an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the natural environment.

We understand the need for a diverse and flexible workforce, where a work-life balance is important. So, by default AtkinsRéalis offers flexible working, where there is no fixed 9 ‘till 5, no need for a 5-day week, no requirement for a full-time contract, and no requirement to spend all your working time in the office.

Responsibilities

Working across our well-established and successful Water Resources Management Plans, Drinking Water Management Plans, sustainable river management and water quality technical teams, you will play an important role in delivering water management expertise to a diverse client and project portfolio. You will also have the opportunity to provide environmental engineering input into our growing natural capital and nature-based solutions teams, contributing to a wide range of projects across the Environment business; including in water management, water quality, climate adaptation, sustainable finance, nature-based carbon removals, habitat restoration, environmental planning, and designing future-ready cities.

We’re looking for someone who pays attention to detail, with a desire to work to high standards consistently, who has excellent collaborative working skills to ensure we get the best from our working relationships with internal and external client teams. We will provide support and training alongside this and ensure you can undertake Continuing Professional Development in accordance with requirements of your chosen professional institution.

What We’re Looking For

You will be highly motivated and proactive, with a confident and professional manner. You will have excellent numerical, analytical, report-writing and presentational skills. You should have some experience in design or construction and be comfortable working with spreadsheets and large datasets. The ability to use GIS, Python and/or CAD would be an advantage. Your excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively at all levels will suit collaborative working and the building of excellent client relationships. An interest and ability to develop new and innovative approaches is encouraged, to help us develop our digital tools.

With a degree or higher in a civil engineering, environmental engineering or a science subject, you will ideally be aiming to achieve chartership through CIWEM, ICE or another professional body.

What We Offer
• Full-time, part-time, and/or flexible hours contracts.
• Paid overtime and/or TOIL system.
• Competitive salaries and a huge range of other benefits.
• 25 days annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, plus the ability to buy up to 15 extra days!
• Paid professional memberships and individual training budgets.
• Tailored training and mentoring schemes to advance your career.
• And so much more…

AtkinsRéalis are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We have a commitment to identify and recruit from the most diverse talent pool and develop new and improved ways to sponsor talent from underrepresented groups. We have a range of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion network groups encouraging an inclusive workplace where all employees can flourish, including Embrace (supporting minority ethnicities), Enable (supporting visible and invisible disabilities) Equilibrium (for LGBT+ colleagues), Menopause at Work, Neurodiversity (for variations in learning, attention and other mental functions), ParentNet, and Empower (providing professional support by and for women).

Here at AtkinsRéalis, well-being is at the forefront of everything we do. We recognise that there is more to life than work and that making time for the other things is crucial for health and happiness. Therefore, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish times will help with this, we are more than happy to discuss individual requirements (and to keep these requirements flexible going forward). We utilise a paid overtime and TOIL system, which also helps individuals to make time for the things that are important to them and prevents staff burn out during the busy season.” Our IT systems support home-working, so where you have parental or carer duties; or you simply need to be elsewhere for a parcel, servicing your car, or waiting in for a tradesperson; AtkinsRéalis will work for you.  Similarly, AtkinsRéalis’ corporate social responsibility provides the opportunity to give something back to the community, and we run professional networks supporting groups such as local schools, charities, parents, those coming out of the armed-forces and women in engineering.

What we offer?

AtkinsRéalis recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements. As part of this commitment, we understand the need for a diverse and flexible workforce, where a work-life balance is important. So, by default AtkinsRéalis offers flexible working, where there is no fixed 9 ‘till 5, no need for a 5-day week, no requirement for a full-time contract, and no requirement to spend all your working time in the office.

Rewards And Benefits

We offer a competitive salary that is regularly tested against other consultants with a default 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy some or sell of that leave. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

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Training

AtkinsRéalis is committed to developing its people both personally and professionally. Our colleagues have the advantage of access to a high ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individual’s abilities and talents. We also actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.

Additional Information

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Educational Requirements

• Bachelors Degree