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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
Nature, Resources and Climate Change
ESG and Social Impact
EHS Advisory
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. activities and proposals to enhance our service offering.
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 on-going 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
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:
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!
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.
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. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at aecom.com.
