12-Month Work Placement - Management Consultant

Poutrix; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is offering a paid placement programme to provide hands-on experience across our consulting practices. You will work on real projects and client engagements, gaining technical training and professional development within our Business Advisory team.

You will join a diverse team and take ownership of deliverables, with opportunities to build client relationships and enhance your problem-solving and communication skills throughout the internship or placement.

Qualifications

• We welcome applications from all degree disciplines and value diverse perspectives and experiences.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required; virtual working is embraced.

Responsibilities

• Supporting business transformation and change initiatives for clients.
• Gathering and interpreting data, preparing client presentations, reports and recommendations.
• Supporting workshops and stakeholder engagement; contributing to project planning and reporting.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver successful client outcomes.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical Thinking

Team Player

Education

Degree in progress

Job description

Application Closing Date: 6th November 2026 - Please note we reserve the right to close roles sooner, so Early Application is encouraged.

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Our paid Placement programme is designed to give you a hands‑on insight into the work we do as a company and help to develop skills and knowledge within your chosen field. Supported by signposted training, the programme is based on Arcadis’ core values, giving you both technical training and support to help you develop both personally and professionally whilst with us. You will be exposed to real projects and clients and given a range of experiences to immerse yourself into over the course of your 10–12‑week internship or 12‑month placement.

As a consultant joining GROW, you’ll be working within a diverse team of consultants, cultivating a deep understanding of our sectors, building long‑term relationships with clients and colleagues, and finding ways to improve ways in which we work. You’ll be responsible for your own deliverables, liaising with clients and given every opportunity to build your skillsets.

Role accountabilities:

Management Consultant - Business Advisory \- As a Management Consultant in our Business Advisory team, you will help clients solve complex challenges through innovative, digitally enabled solutions that create positive outcomes for people, the planet and profit. You’ll help steer insights and develop solutions across our core capabilities, including Sustainability, Investment Advisory, Capital Programs, Asset Strategy and Transformation, Supply Chain and Procurement, Digital & AI, and Strategy Transformation. No two projects are the same, giving you the opportunity to build consulting skills while supporting clients across infrastructure, utilities, public sector and built environment sectors.

Your responsibilities could include supporting business transformation and change initiatives, gathering and interpreting data, preparing client presentations, reports and recommendations, supporting workshops and stakeholder engagement, contributing to project planning and reporting, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver successful client outcomes.

Accepted degrees:

We welcome applications from all degree disciplines and value diverse perspectives and experiences. We’re particularly interested in candidates with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Qualifications & Experience:

• You will be working towards a degree in a relevant degree / subject
• You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
• You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required (where possible we embrace virtual working)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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