Our Impact Assessment team are currently recruiting a graduate into our Edinburgh or Glasgow office for a Summer start.  Please note that we will not commence interviews for this role until Feb/Mar 26. About our Team Impact Assessment is part of the Environment business, which comprises around 730 professionals across the UK and Republic of Ireland.  The team delivers environment and sustainability solutions to both public and private sector clients and plays a leading role in addressing the climate and biodiversity emergencies.It comprises the following practice areas: Acoustics; Air Quality; Ecology; Geospatial &amp; Data Services; Heritage; Landscape; Water Environment; Impact Assessment; Planning; Climate Change, Sustainability &amp; Resilience; Stakeholder Engagement; and ESIA &amp; ESDD (international environment and sustainability work).  Our Impact Assessment work includes:<ul><li>Coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of infrastructure development projects, helping them to gain development consent</li><li>Working with clients and design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions, as well as delivering benefits where possible</li><li>Coordinating the preparation of environmental assessment reports</li><li>Post-planning consent support to projects (including during project construction and operation)</li></ul>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 transmission and  water distribution. Here's what you'll do: We need people with inquiring minds who can ask the questions to understand and then shape projects to achieve environmentally beneficial outcomes.  The ability to work with people with different perspectives is essential to understand what Clients really need, what the design means and how it matters to stakeholders.  So, communication – verbal and written – to interact with others and seek understanding, is important, but we accept that it is a skill that develops over time.  We like people with an appetite to learn and develop – taking personal responsibility, but understanding how to confirm that we are getting to a good outcome.Enjoy the PerksAt 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 learningWhen a graduate 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. Graduate Development ProgrammeOur 2 year  graduate 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.   Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and have the opportunity to join the ADVANCE webinar series.  We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, which may include Chartership with the relevant international professional institution eg Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), Institute of Environmental Science (IES).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.See our digital early careers e-brochure <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/e4a5fd51-abd3-4439-8d45-babce7693cd8">here</a>

AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Environmental Impact Assessment Graduate - Glasgow or Edinburgh - Start Summer 26

Our Impact Assessment team are currently recruiting a graduate into our Edinburgh or Glasgow office for a Summer start.&nbsp; Please note that we will not commence interviews for this role until Feb/Mar 26.&nbsp;About our Team&nbsp;Impact Assessment is part of the Environment business, which comprises around 730 professionals across the UK and Republic of Ireland.&nbsp; The team delivers environment and sustainability solutions to both public and private sector clients and plays a leading role in addressing the climate and biodiversity emergencies.It comprises the following practice areas: Acoustics; Air Quality; Ecology; Geospatial &amp; Data Services; Heritage; Landscape; Water Environment; Impact Assessment; Planning; Climate Change, Sustainability &amp; Resilience; Stakeholder Engagement; and ESIA &amp; ESDD (international environment and sustainability work). &nbsp;Our Impact Assessment work includes:<ul><li>Coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of infrastructure development projects, helping them to gain development consent</li><li>Working with clients and design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions, as well as delivering benefits where possible</li><li>Coordinating the preparation of environmental assessment reports</li><li>Post-planning consent support to projects (including during project construction and operation)</li></ul>Projects&nbsp;AECOM are at the forefront of delivering Environmental Impact Assessments for the nationally significant infrastructure projects that are providing for our future.&nbsp; Key projects include sustainable energy generation and transmission and&nbsp; water distribution.&nbsp;Here's what you'll do:&nbsp;We need people with inquiring minds who can ask the questions to understand and then shape projects to achieve environmentally beneficial outcomes.&nbsp; The ability to work with people with different perspectives is essential to understand what Clients really need, what the design means and how it matters to stakeholders.&nbsp; So, communication – verbal and written – to interact with others and seek understanding, is important, but we accept that it is a skill that develops over time.&nbsp; We like people with an appetite to learn and develop – taking personal responsibility, but understanding how to confirm that we are getting to a good outcome.Enjoy the PerksAt 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 learningWhen a graduate 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.&nbsp;Graduate Development ProgrammeOur 2 year&nbsp; graduate 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.&nbsp; &nbsp;Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and have the opportunity to join the ADVANCE webinar series.&nbsp; We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, which may include Chartership with the relevant international professional institution eg&nbsp;Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP),&nbsp;Institute of Environmental Science (IES).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.See our digital early careers e-brochure&nbsp;<a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/e4a5fd51-abd3-4439-8d45-babce7693cd8">here</a>

Environmental Impact Assessment Graduate - Glasgow or Edinburgh - Start Summer 26

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