Industrial Placement Geo-Environmental Consultant - Birmingham (Sep 2024 Start)

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a part-qualified graduate to join their Geo-Environmental team in Birmingham. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in geo-environmental consultancy while working alongside seasoned professionals. You will be involved in designing and managing various assignments, including ground investigations and risk assessments. With a focus on sustainability and community impact, this company is committed to improving lives through innovative engineering solutions. If you're passionate about the environment and eager to learn, this placement is the perfect step in your career.

Benefits

25 days of holiday

Health benefits

Flexible benefits

Early finish on Fridays

Day off for good cause

Qualifications

• Part-way through a relevant degree in geotechnical or geo-environmental fields.
• Eagerness to learn from experienced professionals in the field.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver geo-environmental consultancy support to clients.
• Assist in managing geo-environmental assignments and site-based fieldwork.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Soil Logging

Geo-environmental Knowledge

Geotechnical Knowledge

Education

BEng (Hons)

BSc (Hons)

Tools

AutoCAD

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Industrial Placement Geo-Environmental Consultant - Birmingham (Sep 2024 Start)

Client: Hydrock

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Category: Consulting

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 024de6471f52

Job Views: 8

Posted: 24.04.2025

Expiry Date: 08.06.2025

Job Description:

• Location: Birmingham
• Anticipated start: September 2024

We are not able to provide a Skilled Worker visa for this position. You will need to be eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship to be considered for this role. Please do not apply if you have limited leave to enter or remain in the UK e.g. a visitor visa, a student/graduate visa or an employer-sponsored visa from a previous employer.

Role Overview:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a part qualified graduate student to join our Geo-Environmental team in our Birmingham office. Join our Industrial Placement Scheme where you'll gain exposure to complex project work and where you will find support from a wealth of geotechnical and geo-environmental talent.

Geo is one of our core disciplines at Hydrock. It is where we came from (both the CEO and MD have a ‘Geo background’) and it accounts for around 30% of our business today.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Working as part of an experienced team to design and deliver geo-environmental consultancy support to a range of clients including property developers, agents, planners, commercial and residential developers.
• Assisting in the design and management of geo-environmental and/or geotechnical assignments including desk studies, ground investigations (factual and interpretative), human health, groundwater and gas risk assessments and preparation of Remediation Method Statements.
• Involvement with both site-based fieldwork as well as office-based reporting.

You’ll be set up for success if you have:

• Be part-way through a relevant degree, BEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons).
• A desire to learn from experienced geotechnical and geo-environmental talent.
• An eagerness to learn about soil logging.
• A strong interest in learning how to use AutoCAD.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the willingness to work as part of a self-motivated team.

What's great about Hydrock:

We are a British-owned integrated multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a ‘Force for Good’, as it is our aim to improve the quality of people’s lives from our employees to our clients, through to the communities we work in and our planet as a whole through the work we do.

From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cross, all related to the infrastructure that we create, we aim to offer the most sustainable possibilities to shape the places, communities and society that we live in through meeting our client’s needs. Through the path we are on to delivering a green future, the result is something that everyone can be proud of.

Named as Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2023, we’re known for delivering outstanding sustainable projects for our communities, planet, and society.

Some of these projects have recently received industry accolades, including winning the Conservation and Regeneration category at the Construction Excellence South West Awards 2023; named Commercial Project of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards 2022; picked out in the Integration and Collaborative Working category at Construction Excellence Wales Awards 2022; singled out for its Universal Design at the Civic Trust Awards 2022; and Bristol’s iconic waterfront sweeping up at the Bristol Property Awards.

What we can offer you:

• Inspiring and supportive colleagues.
• Reward for progression and hard work.
• An opportunity to develop your soft skills, as well your technical skills.
• Excellent health benefits, 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days), accrue 1 day extra every 2 years, with bonus holidays too!
• An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!).
• An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday).
• A huge range of flexible benefits, including climate perks and an EV car leasing scheme.

A place to feel included:

We champion diversity, equity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensure we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim.

We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment and employment experience so we ask that applicants are made aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.