Graduate Soil Science Specialist

Arcadis; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A global environmental consultancy is offering a Graduate GROW programme designed for 2025 graduates to develop skills in soil science and environmental management. This structured 3-year programme provides training, mentoring, and hands-on experience in a dynamic work environment. Candidates must have a relevant degree and demonstrate key skills such as resilience and analytical thinking. A full UK driving licence is required for site work, which may involve remote locations.

Qualifications

• Graduating in 2025 or recently graduated with at least a 2:2 in a relevant degree.
• Demonstrate resilience, creativity, analytical thinking, and teamwork.
• Excellent communication skills to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home as required.
• Hold a full driving licence valid in the UK.
• Comfortable with site-based work when required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of soil and agricultural surveys.
• Develop baseline reports and impact assessments.
• Support the development of mitigation strategies.
• Supervise site work and ensure quality deliverables.
• Liaise with clients and consult technical specialists.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical Thinking

Team Player

Communication Skills

Education

MSc in Soil Science

BSc in Environmental Science

BSc in Agriculture

BSc in Geosciences

BSc in Ecology

BSc in Environmental Management

BSc in Forestry

BSc in Environmental Restoration

Job description

Overview

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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.

Application Closing Date: 24th October 2025 – Please note we reserve the right to close roles sooner, so Early Application is encouraged.

Role description

Our graduate GROW programme is a structured 3-year programme, designed to help you evolve and develop skills to become an experienced professional in your chosen field. You'll benefit from training and development, mentoring, and assistance for accreditations relevant to your programme, as well as the support and guidance you need to develop and succeed. As a GROW graduate you will be empowered to drive your career and will be exposed to a variety of experiences to assist you in gaining the skills you require to succeed.

As a specialist and science graduate joining GROW you will specialise from day one in your chosen discipline. Working in teams of consultants you'll be responsible for your own deliverables, liaising with clients, and given every opportunity to build your skillsets and technical expertise. You'll work on a range of environmental and planning projects which may include major infrastructure, urban regeneration and community focussed projects that will expose you to a variety of challenges and technical specialists.

Role accountabilities

Soils and Land Use - Our award-winning team has more than 35 years of experience undertaking soil surveys and sampling, Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) surveys, land use change assessments, environmental impact assessments and habitat creation, restoration and translocation design, with a real focus on sustainable land management. You will assist in the delivery of a range of soil and agricultural surveys and data collation, develop baseline reports and assessment of impacts, support the development of mitigation strategies (such as Soil Management Plans and soil resources reports for Biodiversity Net Gain proposals) and work on site delivering and supervising mitigation. You will have the opportunity to undertake surveys across the UK, often in remote and beautiful places, requiring work away from home. Soils and Land Use is an exciting and dynamic profession which is gaining much more attention across clients and stakeholders, with both long-term and short-term project requirements over a diverse range of land use types and landscapes. While we prioritise the use of public transport, due to the remote nature of the sites we often must drive. An existing driving licence is essential for our site work, and we provide 4 by 4 training as required. We work with many clients from all industry and government sectors who share our ambitions - we facilitate their sustainable soil management and land use transformation journeys to deliver positive outcomes. We always strive to achieve the best outcome for soils, agriculture and all who work on or rely on the land.

• Accepted degrees: MSc in Soil Science, BSc/MSc in Environmental Science, Agriculture, Land Use/Management, Geosciences, Ecology, Environmental Management, Forestry, Environmental Restoration or similar

Qualifications & Experience:

• You will be graduating in 2025 or have recently graduated with at least a 2:2 in a relevant master's or bachelor's degree
• 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)
• Hold a full driving licence which allows you to drive in the UK
• Comfortable with Site based working, when required for projects is crucial

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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