Water Graduate (Environment & Health)

Launch your career and find your professional home at Ramboll. Be part of a supportive and engaging environment, where you can challenge and explore your professional interests, passions and curiosity in ways that make the most of all the opportunities ahead of you.

Ramboll’s Nordic heritage and founding aim, of improving conditions for people and nature, continue to guide our decision-making. As a foundation-owned multinational company, with 97.5% shares owned by the Ramboll Foundation, profits are reinvested into the company for the continued development of employees or used to fund research, charitable and humanitarian projects.

Our commitment to be ‘The Partner for Sustainable Change’ and to act responsibly in everything that we do, means that you’ll be working on projects that make a positive difference to individuals, communities and the environment.

Our Early Careers Programme – EarlyCareers@Ramboll

We have designed a training programme that will boost your personal, commercial and technical development to kick-start your career with Ramboll. You will also be paired with a mentor and have access to a clear framework to work towards your professional development.

The Early Careers Design Challenge is one of the highlights of the graduate training. This is a fun and exciting event where you get to work on a project for one of our clients that will provide you with an insight into the concept of design. You also get the opportunity to collaborate and network with amazing people and peers.

About this opportunity

Your key tasks and responsibilities are likely to include:

• Assisting with Environmental Impact Assessments including Flood Risk Assessments, and Water Quality Assessments;
• Input to design of features related to the water environment, such as river diversions, culverts, bridges and scour protection;
• Problem solving by helping to find practical solutions to project needs, e.g. water treatment, sustainable drainage (SuDS) design and floodplain compensation, while having an appreciation of constraints such as available space, cost and programme;
• Co-ordination with other junior colleagues, undertaking and assisting with the day-to-day work required to deliver projects while cognisant of programme and budget;
• Support to develop strategy/concept drainage design incorporating SuDS;
• Assisting with environmental permit applications; responding to project briefs, preparing calculations, reports and plans/figures;
• Site visits and attending meetings; and
• A degree of liaison with clients, contractors, architects, regulators, planners and other professionals.

We are looking for Graduates within our teams based in Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Exeter, Southampton. Please ensure you specify your preferred work locations on your application.

Your skills and experience

We believe your starting point for this role as a minimum is a relevant BEng/BSc within Geography, Hydrology or similar topic. It is desirable that you have a MEng or MSc in an environmental discipline, but this is not essential.

Benefits you will enjoy:

• Hybrid and flexible working
• 27 days holiday per year and 8 days bank holiday
• Professional subscription and support in becoming chartered
• Range of employee benefits, such as cycle-to-work scheme, private medical insurance, discounted Taste card subscription, Gymflex and many more.

Selection Process:

• Step 1: Apply online
• Step 2: Shortlisting
• Step 3: Interviews and/or Assessment Centre

How to apply

Apply online. Attach your CV, cover letter and relevant documents showcasing why you are the right fit for the role in line with the requirements above. In a separate document, please address the following questions: and attach to your application.

What are the main environmental challenges where you live, why they are important to you, and how you would help solve them? (max. 500 words)

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE REJECTED IF THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS ARE NOT COMPLETED.

We personally review every application, as our selection process is fully human-led. It’s absolutely fine to use tools to support you—for example, to check spelling and grammar or to gather background research—but we ask that your answers reflect your own original thoughts. That way, we get to know the real you, and your responses will be a true foundation for your interview.

Based on the volume of applications received we reserve the right to close applications early.

We look forward to receiving your application.