About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – 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.

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Job Description

Our Environment + Energy Advisory team are currently seeking a number of graduates to work in our Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester and Nottingham offices with a start date of Autumn 2026 onwards.

About our Team:

E+E Advisory is a group of around 80 experienced consultants across the UK and Ireland, providing a range of Sustainability Advisory services helping our clients to deliver on their environmental, social, health and safety ambitions at a corporate, site and project level. We provide our services over the following work areas and tasks:

• Carbon and Energy
  • Decarbonisation transition planning
  • Net zero carbon target setting
  • Product carbon footprinting and life cycle assessment
  • PAS2080 carbon management in buildings and infrastructure
  • Energy advisory and compliance
  • Energy technology assessments
  • Energy resilience and market assessments
• Nature, Resources and Climate Change
  • Natural capital
  • Nature advisory
  • Climate risk and resilience
  • Waste and circular economy
• ESG and Social Impact
  • ESG strategy and disclosure
  • Social impact assessments and social research
  • Equality impact assessments
  • Procurement and supply chains
• EHS Advisory
  • EHS compliance
  • Process safety
  • Environmental due diligence
  • Environmental Permitting.

Recent E+E Advisory projects

We are busy delivering numerous projects to multiple clients at any given time, but the following list provides examples of the work that we have been carrying out recently. We have been supporting:

• Great Grid Partnership, embedding sustainability, carbon and circular economy into the design and construction of National Grid’s major grid modernisation programme connecting clean energy from where it’s generated to homes and businesses across England and Wales.
• Transport for London and the Greater London Authority, to assess the impact of deploying energy storage systems across their estate, to deliver benefits including mitigating existing grid constraints and supporting the development of variable renewable generation.
• NHS Scotland, to value the benefits of their greenspace on over 200 hospital and local GP sites across Scotland.
• Data centre clients, to develop new data centre campuses including carrying out due diligence on new sites, obtaining environmental permits, and providing compliance and Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) support for new operating facilities.

Here's what you'll do:

You will play a key role in supporting the growth and continued success of the E+E Advisory business across the UK and Ireland. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical assistance and desk-based support to senior members of the team, including research tasks, data synthesis and analysis, calculations and report writing. This could relate to any of E+E Advisory’s work areas listed above; the tasks you will be given may be influenced by your specific skills and qualifications, although we try to expose our graduates to as wide a range of project work as practicable.
• Working with Project Managers, Project Directors and the wider team to support the smooth running of projects.
• Participating in team meetings, client briefs and other meetings as and when required.
• Helping to prioritise project actions and meet commitments on an ongoing basis while taking ownership and responsibility for the quality and completion of work.
• Understanding and implementing project management principles, including the need to work within project budgets.
• Contributing to business development activities and proposals to enhance our service offering.

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 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 Programme

Our 2-year graduate ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend several 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 can 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 professional institution.

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 here.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Education
  • As we are seeking a small number of recent graduates to work across our E+E Advisory group, we are interested in applicants who have educational qualifications from a range of scientific, economic and engineering disciplines.
  • The ideal candidate will have a strong undergraduate degree in a STEM-based subject, plus a relevant MSc or equivalent qualification in one of the following: Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Sustainable Waste Management, Social Sciences, Environmental Economics or Ecological Economics.
• Skills
  • Excellent report writing, technical reviewing, and communication skills, including the ability to liaise with clients and other stakeholders as may be required.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills, and the aptitude to understand and communicate complex technical information using engaging graphics and visuals as appropriate.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team across a range of often simultaneous projects, including those with tight deadlines.
• Personal Attributes
  • Proactive and positive attitude with strong team collaboration skills.
  • Attention to detail, and a willingness to take ownership of the quality of your work.
• Experience
  • Demonstrable experience in a relevant industrial or consultancy role would be beneficial but not essential.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Driving license – some travel to site may be required with equipment.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com.

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

We will be accepting applications for these graduate positions up to the closing date of Friday 3rd July 2026 and are unable to consider any further applications received after this date. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected for an advanced offer start.

We are targeting start dates during Autumn 2026. If you have a preferred starting date, please indicate this in your application.

In your application, please include a CV and a covering letter and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades. Your letter should demonstrate your keen interest in this position and clearly show us how your particular set of skills, qualifications and experiences align with the requirements described above.

To be considered, you must have the permanent right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our recruitment extends to the following UK offices: Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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