Key Takeaways
- Play a key role in environmental legislation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, and biodiversity protection.
- Structured graduate programme with a blend of training and on-the-job learning.
- Requires an environmental degree or similar, a valid driving licence, and willingness to travel and lodge away.
- Competitive salary with benefits including car allowance, pension, and private medical insurance.
About the Role
We are looking for an Environmental Graduate to play a key role in ensuring the business meets all Environmental legislation and corporate requirements, managing pollution prevention, waste reduction, and biodiversity protection. Beyond this, we are looking for someone who can identify and implement improvements across environment management and sustainability.
For those with a more specialised degree, or those with a true passion for a subject, such as ecology, there may be the possibility to further specialise in this area of environmental management. The role will be predominantly site based, providing advice, guidance and support to our site teams.
Our structured graduate programme is designed to enhance and develop behavioural and technical skills through a blend of ‘off’ and ‘on’ the job training. Our programme offers a balance of training and on the job learning to support your transition to becoming an accomplished professional.
About You
This role is designed for a recent graduate who is passionate about ensuring the protection of the environment and sustainability and is looking to develop a career within this field.
- You will have an environmental degree or similar subject.
- Be willing to work in various locations.
- Be ready to make an early impact.
- Must hold a valid driving licence.
- Must be willing to lodge away from home during the working week, where required, due to project location (where you are required to lodge, we have a subsistence policy in place).
Why Work for Us?
Be involved in exciting and challenging projects that will stretch you and help learn in your role. Our teams are built around our 6Cs. We Campaign against defects, Communicate effectively, we have Certainty of programme, display Cost awareness, Challenge ourselves and others and Care for people and projects. We work together to Experience Excellence for our clients and our teams.
Our salaries are competitive along with:
- Car allowance / company car
- Pension Scheme
- Life Insurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Cinema, retail and restaurant discounts
- Your birthday off work
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment.
This role does not meet the requirements for Home Office sponsorship requirements under the Skilled Worker route. Candidates are therefore encouraged to consider their own right to work options without VolkerFitzpatrick sponsorship.
Additional Information
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk