Hydrogeology Graduate Consultants

Our Remediation Services team are looking for enthusiastic Environmental Graduate Consultants. At AECOM our Remediation Team has one of the largest environmental site investigation and assessment divisions in the UK&I with an unprecedented global footprint, serving clients in many sectors including property and development, oil and gas, industrial and manufacturing, transportation and the public sector.

This role will involve working within a team, designing and undertaking desk studies, site investigations, risk assessments and remediation solutions including laboratory procurement for environmental analysis, data analysis, factual and interpretative report writing.

Also coordinating field service subcontractors and fully supervising ground investigation works, collecting soil and groundwater samples/data during assessment and remedial action activities at various sites in the UK, co-ordinating with laboratories, compiling and helping interpret field and analytical data into high quality conceptual models, assisting with groundwater risk assessments to inform mitigation measures and remediation design, ensuring health and safety issues are addressed throughout the life of a project, learning the AECOM quality management system, implementing AECOM’s principles of environmental protection and sustainability within the context of the Remediation Services business.

Those with an aptitude for numerical modelling can often become more involved with modelling groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport, to inform risk assessment and remediation design. AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets f or governments, businesses and organisations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, see how we deliver what others can only imagine at @AECOM.

The Environment business line's 4,400 talented environmental professionals provide environmental solutions for private and public clients around the world. We offer environmental management services that meet client needs for feasibility, impact analysis, and operational compliance as well as remediation, restoration and reuse of impacted property. 

Job Responsibilities 

When a graduate starts with us, we pair them with an experienced member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects. To work within a team, designing and undertaking desk studies, site investigations, risk assessments and remediation solutions including laboratory procurement for environmental analysis, data analysis, factual and interpretative report writing.

• To coordinate field service subcontractors and fully supervise ground investigation works.
• To collect soil and groundwater samples/data during assessment and remedial action activities at various sites in the UK.
• To coordinate with laboratories to secure appropriate analysis and in a timetable consistent with project requirements.
• To compile and interpret field and analytical data into accurate and comprehensive conceptual site models.
• To assist with the interpretation of data, including human health and groundwater risk assessments to inform mitigation measures and remediation design.
• To ensure that health and safety issues are addressed throughout the life of a project.
• To learn the AECOM quality management system and ensure its effective implementation by the team for all projects and proposals.
• To consider and implement AECOM’s principles of environmental protection and sustainability within the context of the Remediation Services business.

Requirements

For this role you will ideally hold an MSc Hydrogeology or similar, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering. A strong undergraduate degree should be within Chemistry, Geochemistry, Engineering Geology, Geophysics, Geography, Earth Science, Environmental Engineering/Science, Environmental Bioscience. Studies must have a focus on Hydrogeology.

You will also have the following:

Knowledge:

• Practical application of geological and hydrogeological concepts
• Chemistry
• Working knowledge of MS Office applications.
• You must have an interest in contaminated land

Skills:

• Willingness and ability to work outdoors in sometimes challenging conditions.
• Good interpersonal/teamwork, organisational and communication skills, comfortable liaising with clients, colleagues and sub-contractors alike.
• Flexible with working hours and locations, frequent travel within 1 – 2 hrs drive of home  office, and occasionally further afield.
• Willingness and ability to learn and rapidly master new tasks and work under pressure, responding to changing project and programme demands.
• Strong research and report writing (including web-based research).
• Good Microsoft Office skills essential such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing with the confidence to engage with a variety of people (clients, colleagues, stakeholders and sub-contractors alike) and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss technical issues and capture feedback
• Excellent numerical skills
• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole
• Ability to work in a team and independently without losing initiative & focus.
• Solid attention to detail and thorough approach to work.
• Commercial awareness for business development, marketing, and proposal preparation.

Desirable

• Field investigation experience.
• Experience collecting groundwater data and samples.
• Understanding of contaminated land assessment.
• Understanding of field sampling and data review.
• Some experience of working in a corporate environment (within or outside of environmental consultancy)
• A full driving licence would be beneficial as the role may involve travel for site surveys ofen with equipment
• Fluency in other languages is an advantage. 

Training

Our Graduate Development Programme (GDP), along with our huge scope of projects across the globe, will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. Our GDP forms a core part of our business strategy globally, designed to develop the best talent across numerous disciplines to lead our business into the future. We have over 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK & Ireland, from over 40 different disciplines, each and every one of them making a tangible difference to the environment we all live and work in.

We will provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution – where we have graduates working towards over 30 professional institutions in the UK & Ireland. We will push you to achieve the highest standards and expect our graduates to pass their professional review first time. You will be assigned a mentor to support and guide your development and undertake regular training modules throughout the programme. There will be on-the-job technical development and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects, with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.

Benefits

At AECOM, we aim to reward you not only with pay, but also with a range of benefits. Key benefits available to you in the United Kingdom and Ireland include (but are not limited to):

• Bi-annual salary review while on the GDP
• 25 days' annual leave, plus all public holidays, and the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• 2 paid corporate CSR days per year
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance, income protection (permanent staff only)
• Flexible benefits such as childcare vouchers and gym membership discount
• Pension scheme that also gives you access to MyMoneyWorks, which is designed to help you plan for your future goals and provide guidance and information on a range of financial products.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which offers access to advice on a wide range of topics, such as financial problems, legal matters, medical concerns and many other issues that can cause you concern or worry — available completely free of charge.
• Eye care vouchers
• 15 days' paid leave per annum for formally signed up reservists (AECOM is recognised as a Gold Employer by the Ministry of Defence for our work with the Armed Forces Covenant).

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