Graduate Climate/Carbon Consultant

Arup; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Accident insurance

Income protection

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Graduate Consultant to join a multi-disciplinary team driving climate resilience and adaptation across transport, energy, water and property sectors. You will help deliver risk assessments, adaptation plans and sustainability reports, while building skills in data analysis and policy review.

With a focus on growth, the role offers exposure to real-world projects and the chance to contribute to net-zero initiatives within a global design and consultancy network.

Qualifications

• Degree in climate, environment or geospatial field and related discipline.
• Ability to read diverse sources, assess climate risk and policy implications.
• Interest in climate resilience, adaptation and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Support climate change risk assessments, adaptation plans and strategies.
• Assist with statutory reports including climate chapters of EIAs and SEAs.
• Support literature reviews, desktop appraisals and best-practice reviews.
• Assist in work winning, bids and tenders.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Power Point

GIS coding

Data and information visualisation

Foresight skills

Education

Climate & Sustainability Science

Environmental Engineering

Geography & Geospatial Science

Environmental Science

Job description

Graduate Consultant (Resilience and Adaption)

See it differently

You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.

Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

The Opportunity

You will be part of a diverse multi-disciplinary team comprising of engineers, geographers, scientists and planners who all work towards bringing climate considerations to the heart of projects. We work with private and public organisations across multiple markets including transport, energy, water and property. We have three areas of focus - climate resilience and adaption, carbon management and sustainability. Recent projects include long term regional flood resilience strategies, climate change risk assessments for road and rail operators, reducing carbon through influencing the design of major infrastructure, and developing investment funds for net zero carbon.

You Would

• Support in delivering climate change risk assessments, adaption plans and strategies.
• Support in delivering statutory reports including climate chapters of Environmental Impact Assessments, Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Appraisal.
• Supporting delivery of literature reviews and desktop appraisals, including peer review, policy review and review of best practice guidance.
• Support in work winning (bids and tenders).

Is this role right for you?

Climate & Sustainability Science, Environmental Engineering; Geography & Geospatial Science or Environmental Science.

You would be able to critically assess various sources of information; knowledge of climate risk, understanding of the concepts of climate change risk assessments; interest in climate risk, resilience and adaption. Interest in climate policies and their application.

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Power Point
• GIS coding
• Understanding of delivering/interested in delivering in the built environment.
• Working with large data, data and information visualisation
• Foresight skills.

To Be Considered For a Graduate Opportunity, Your Application Must Include a Copy Of Your Academic Transcript And Meet The Following Criteria

• Full working rights in the country of application
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes

• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
• Innovative minds: We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers: You’re ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

You should be able to start this opportunity on 1 September 2027.

Advert Closing Date:

12 November 2026

Eligibility

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.

We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accidentinsuranceand Income protection cover. In addition,you’llhave access to flexible benefitsto help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please [e-mail] to let us know if you need anyassistanceor reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all ourinterviewplaces to beallocatedto candidates who havedisclosedthey are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role.

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