Graduate - Environment

Salary:

£26,500

Location: Nottingham, Midlands

Programme start date: September 2024

Closing date: Tuesday 16th April 2024

Learn how we take care of the built, natural and historic environments surrounding our roads network and help us create a more sustainable future.

What you'll be doing

Our three-year Environment graduate programme gives you the opportunity to be at the heart of exciting projects making significant improvements to the environment surrounding our roads and local communities.

Our work manages key sites and habitats around the major roads network and takes place over a large geographical area. Our work centres around maintenance of the road network and the management of the soft landscape surrounding it.

You will work within the Midlands Environment Team within Operations. Guided and mentored by our experienced team, you’ll take on projects and responsibilities that will build on your existing environmental skills and knowledge.

Our team employs a variety of environmental professionals who specialise in:

• Environmental management and audit
• Ecology
• Arboriculture
• Environmental assessment
• Environmental survey and habitat assessment
• Waste management
• Environmental works identification and development
• GIS applications

Parts of our work involve being adjacent to a live traffic environment. You will be required to drive as part of your role, and you will need to have a full clean driving licence to be considered for this position.

You’ll be able to apply your learning across a range of environmental disciplines linked to our key areas of work in a practical setting, such as:

Asset Management

Asset needs identification, arboriculture inspection, invasive weed management, soft estate inspection, asset data collection and management and GIS applications, monitoring surveys.

Environmental Management

Environmental Management System, process design and review, environmental inspection of scheme and maintenance works, review and investigation advice for environmental incidents, environmental communications, environmental training for internal staff and contractors

Environmental Assessment

Completion of environmental assessments for a variety of engineering disciplines, assessment of maintenance activities, biodiversity net gain baseline calculations 

Environmental Schemes

First stage development of environmental needs and schemes for biodiversity and other environmental topics.

Beyond the programme, you’ll have opportunities to continue your career journey with us and play a vital role in caring for the environments and communities surrounding our strategic road network for years to come.

What you'll get in return

With our support, you’ll enjoy the chance to own your development to get the best out of your time on the programme.

So, if you're looking to grow your career in a large, evolving organisation and ready to invest in your development, all our graduate programmes offer:

• A mix of workshops, on-job-training and ‘hands on’ experience
• A dedicated line manager and mentoring from senior managers to provide encouragement, direction and career planning support
• Flexible working arrangements
• Peer networking and support through our Early Talent community
• Opportunities to move your career to the next level after you successfully complete the programme

As well as a competitive salary and plenty of career development support, you’ll also have access to a fantastic employee benefits package. Find out more about the benefits we offer at National Highways.

What you'll need to succeed

If you have the passion to succeed that we see in our graduates every day, you’ll be a great match for our programme. You’ll have: 

• An enthusiastic, collaborative approach to working with others 
• The ability to communicate in different formats with a variety of stakeholders 
• Excellent co-ordination skills  
• The ability to plan and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines 
• A focus on quality and integrity in everything you do 

You’ll also need to meet these essential qualification requirements: 

• An undergraduate (e.g. BA, BSc) degree at 2:2 or above in environmental assessment, environmental design or other environment or sustainability-focussed subject area in line with our key areas of work. This includes but is not limited to cultural heritage/archaeology, ecology, noise, air quality, water management, carbon management, landscape or planning 

It is key to know all offers to onto our graduate schemes are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks. This includes a Right to Work check, reference check and a DBS criminal record check. 

About us

National Highways operates, maintains and improves England’s strategic road network made up of motorways and major A roads. These vital arteries account for a third of all traffic, carry two thirds of heavy goods vehicles, and are relied on by 98% of the UK’s businesses. 

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.  

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion in what you do, work effectively in a team and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

And finally

And finally, we reserve the right to close before the advertised closing date based on the volume of applications received. To ensure that we can consider your application, please submit your application early.