Graduate Acoustics Consultant 2027

Ramboll3; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & flexible working

27 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Professional subscription & chartered

Cycle-to-work, private medical, Taste+

Gymflex & more

Job summary

Ramboll UK is offering a Graduate Acoustics Consultant position within the Noise & Vibration team. You will support the delivery of noise and vibration assessments across infrastructure and development projects, combining site and desk-based analyses.

You will work alongside experienced acousticians, develop consultancy skills, and gain exposure to reporting, calculations and client-facing outputs in a flexible hybrid setting.

Qualifications

• Acoustics degree or IOA diploma, or equivalent experience.
• Understanding environmental noise and vibration in transport and construction.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of noise and vibration assessments for projects.
• Undertake noise and vibration surveys on sites, including construction sites.
• Prepare calculations, technical reports and client/stakeholder advice.

Skills

Acoustics degree

IOA diploma

Environmental noise

Communication skills

UK driving licence

Plan & monitor work

Education

Acoustics degree or IOA diploma

Tools

CadnaA modelling

Python scripting

Excel macros

CSCS card

Job description

Launch your career and find your professional home at Ramboll.

Be part of a supportive and engaging environment, where you can challenge and explore your professional interests, passions and curiosity in ways that make the most of all the opportunities ahead of you.

Please note - Ramboll cannot sponsor any post-study or Skilled Worker visas for our early career roles, as the Home Office's eligibility criteria would not be met.

We value the things that make you unique. Ramboll's Nordic heritage and founding aim, of improving conditions for people and nature, continue to guide our decision-making. As a foundation-owned multinational company, with 97.5% shares owned by the Ramboll Foundation, profits are reinvested into the company for the continued development of employees or used to fund research, charitable and humanitarian projects.

Our commitment to be 'The Partner for Sustainable Change' and to act responsibly in everything that we do, means that you'll be working on projects that make a positive difference to individuals, communities and the environment.

Our Early Careers Programme - EarlyCareers@Ramboll

We have designed a training programme that will boost your personal, commercial and technical development to kick-start your career with Ramboll. You will also be paired with a mentor and have access to a clear framework to work towards your professional development.

The Early Careers Design Challenge is one of the highlights of the graduate training. This is a fun and exciting event where you get to work on a project for one of our clients that will provide you with an insight into the concept of design. You also get the opportunity to collaborate and network with amazing people and peers.

About this opportunity

As our new Graduate Acoustics Consultant, you will support the delivery of noise and vibration assessments for a wide range of projects, combining technical analysis, site work and reporting. You will be part of our UK Noise & Vibration team in the Environment and Health business area, working alongside experienced acousticians and multidisciplinary colleagues across Ramboll. The role will include undertaking noise and vibration surveys, including work on active construction sites, and supporting assessments for major infrastructure projects, particularly in the rail and energy sectors. You will help prepare calculations, technical reports and advice for clients, planners and project teams, contributing to projects that support sustainable development and manage environmental impacts. You can expect a varied role with opportunities to develop your consultancy skills, work collaboratively with colleagues, and build experience across both site-based and office-based acoustics work.

Your skills and experience

• have an Acoustics degree, an Institute of Acoustics (IOA) diploma or have equivalent experience;
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of environmental noise and vibration in the transportation and construction sector;
• have excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• hold a full UK drivers license;
• have a strong work ethic and be organised, flexible and motivated; and
• have a proven ability to plan, coordinate and monitor own work

Knowledge or experience of any of the following would also be useful

• noise modelling in CadnaA;
• knowledge of scripting in Python;
• advanced knowledge of Excel including working with macros;
• noise or vibration surveys;
• working on construction sites or having a CSCS card;
• being an Associate member of the Institute of Acoustics

Benefits you will enjoy

• Hybrid and flexible working
• 27 days holiday per year and 8 days bank holiday
• Professional subscription and support in becoming chartered
• Range of employee benefits, such as cycle-to-work scheme, private medical insurance, discounted Taste card subscription, Gymflex and many more.

Work at the heart of sustainable change with Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that s where we start - and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and…

Ramboll has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, wit