Air Quality Graduate Consultant - Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds - Start Nov 26 to Jan 27

Location: Leeds, England, gb Employment Type: {'id': 'permanent', 'label': 'Full-time'}

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our

services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

About our Team

At AECOM, our team of air quality specialists delivers a range of exciting and varied projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We work in multi-disciplinary teams delivering solutions to a broad base of client sectors including development, energy, oil and gas, water, government and transportation. The team now numbers more than 30 full-time air quality specialists in the UK and more than 500 practitioners worldwide.

This is a fantastic opportunity to kick start your career in air quality by gaining valuable work experience within an established consultancy. The role will involve working closely alongside experienced and senior members of the team assisting with air quality assessments for a variety of projects with local authorities, government, infrastructure providers, developers and industrial clients. Project involvement may include National Highways air quality assessments; air quality management studies for numerous local authorities; passive and continuous monitoring for the Silvertown Tunnel and HS2; and the development of emission inventories and digital tools.

Air Quality is part of AECOM’s Environment business which provides environmental management services for feasibility, impact analysis and operational compliance as well as remediation, restoration and re-use of impacted property.

Here's what you'll do:

Air quality monitoring; including site assessment, preparation and maintenance

Air quality dispersion modelling in combination with GIS

Data analysis and emissions inventory work

Air quality input into environmental statements

Assistance towards the coordination of multi-disciplinary project teams

Tender and proposal preparation

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 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 international 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.

The professional institute you will work towards is the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM).

See our digital early careers e-brochure here

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

ideally an MSc or PhD in Air Quality (Meteorology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering and Project Management and Climate Science, Environmental Management will be considered if there is an Air Quality focus)

Strong numeracy

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

Good Microsoft Office skills essential such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation and communication with the team as a whole

Strong attention to detail

Self-motivation, enthusiasm, hard working with ambition and drive

Excellent research and report writing skills

Ability to work in a team and independently without losing initiative & focus

Ability to work flexibly under pressure, responding to changing project and programme demands.

Preferred Qualifications

Awareness of GIS, modelling or programming skills would be an advantage

Previous experience of working in a consultancy environment would be beneficial, including work placements or relevant voluntary experience

A full driving license would be beneficial as the role will involve travel fo