Apprentice Environmental Practitioner - Birmingham - Level 6 - July 25 start onwards

About Our Team:

Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Environmental Team in our Birmingham office we are looking to increase our technical workforce and are seeking to recruit an Apprentice Environmental Practitioner  to join our EIA Team for a July 25 onwards start with a view to enrolling with a training provider Sept 2026. The training provider will be Coventry University who deliver an Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship, level 6. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a career in environmental consultancy, gaining valuable work experience and developing technical skills mentored by professionals within our established and successful consultancy.  

This role will sit within Impact Assessment Practice Area  (IAPA) which is part of the Environment and Sustainability business providing 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).  

Our 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
• Post-planning consent support to projects (including during project construction and operation)

Projects

AECOM are at the forefront of delivering Environmental Impact Assessments for the nationally significant infrastructure projects that are providing for our future.  Key projects include sustainable energy generation and distribution and water distribution. 

Here’s what you’ll do:

As an Apprentice Environmental Practitioner you will be required to support a team of Environmental Impact Practitioners. 

Responsibilities will also include but are not limited to:  

• Supporting project directors, managers and wider project teams in the delivery of projects, including environmental impact assessments.  

• Assisting in the delivery of project outputs including – environmental reports and related technical studies. 

• Completing a varied range of site roles include logging, data collection, monitoring, sampling and supervising contractors, within different environment departments which may include but not limited to ecology, noise, air quality and Geographic Information Systems. 

• Attendance at and participation in project team meetings, client meetings and internal meetings, including training sessions 

• Prioritising tasks and meeting commitments on an on-going basis and taking ownership and responsibility for the completion and quality of work.  

• Undertaking calculations and analysing the data of completed surveys.  

• Technical report writing and reviewing technical documents.  

• Ensuring health and safety issues are embedded in project delivery from the outset; and 

• Becoming an integral and valued member of the Environment team. 

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

On the job support and learning

When an apprentice starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries. We also offer our apprentices the flexibility of working on a range of projects in the various service offerings and technical specialisms that our Practice delivers. This helps establish their areas of interest, and develops a firm sustainability grounding, that will allow our apprentice to choose the direction of their career.

Apprentice Development Programme

You will be expected to complete the Environmental Practitioner Degree -Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6) - apprenticeship training course, usually delivered via day release or in block terms. 

Our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend a number of instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.  

We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.  Professional institute qualifications you may be able to work towards  eg, Institute for Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA), Institute of Environmental Science (IES).  

See our digital early careers e-brochure here