About
Employer description
Mott MacDonald are a management, engineering and development consultancy which works on projects across the world. By challenging norms, we like to solve humanity’s most difficult problems. We’re committed to making a positive contribution to the wellbeing of our staff as well as the environment, and communities in which we operate.
Main description
Can you imagine contributing to the design, construction and maintenance of everything around us, and on some of the worlds most high profile projects? Using programmes such as computer aided design and building information management, you’ll learn engineering principles and techniques to help design and deliver infrastructure and buildings.
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Once confined to conservation, waste management or pollution prevention, the occupation has become more mainstream, infiltrating into many areas of the business world.
Environmental Practitioners are employed in a wide variety of job roles across many sectors including:
The voluntary and charity sectors
Public sector including regulatory bodies, local and national authorities
Educational institutions and research agencies
Private sector companies; ranging from multinational companies to smaller business requiring environmental practitioners
Practitioners will also be aware and responsible for:
Initiation, coordination, and management of technical input from a wide range of specialists
Ensuring projects and programmes are planned and delivered effectively and in a timely manner
The compliance and review of these projects with relevant regulatory requirements
Line management or development responsibilities for other team members, such as Environmental Technicians
Their own capability and capacity and seek help from others such as specialist technical experts to support them in their role
Operating effectively within their organisational, financial, and resource constraints and policies, and being compliant with statutory safety and employment regulations
Maintaining high levels of professional conduct, ethical behaviour and integrity at all times
Entry Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Maths (grade 4 / C or equivalent)
Maths (grade A*-C)
Science (grade A*-C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Training to be provided
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
Your training course
Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6) Equal to degree
Your training plan
You will attend university one day a week to work towards your environmental practitioner degree qualification.
You will have the full support of your wider team, as well as a line manager, mentor and buddy, and a dedicated learning & development team.
You will join our 2 year 'accelerate your future' internal training scheme as well as company provided training sessions.
At the end you will recieve;
BSc or BA (Hons) Environmental Sciences degree (or equivalent degree title)
Functional skills level 2 in English for those without Grade 4/C
Future prospects
Successful apprentices can look forward to potential employment within the industry.
Closing Date
The closing date for this job offer is on 31/12/2024
Salary
£20,700 a year
Location
This job is located in Cambridge, Cambs
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West Suffolk College is an ambitious vocational and academic College, with a stunning main campus set in the heart of Bury St Edmunds. We are committed to providing outstanding education to all our students.
