Waste Management Industrial Year Placement

Cooper & Hall Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis invites you to kickstart your career with an industrial year placement. You’ll work on real‑world projects, supported by peers, line managers and senior leaders, gaining responsibility and contributing to sustainable infrastructure and energy solutions.

Join a global team delivering complex projects across sectors, with a culture of belonging, agile ways of working, and opportunities to develop professionally and achieve accreditation where applicable.

Qualifications

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for solving real-world challenges.
• Belonging and collaboration are valued in our culture.
• Willingness to work in an agile environment and learn new technologies.
• Open to developing skills and seeking development opportunities within a supportive team.

Skills

Curiosity

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Agile learning

Tools

Office suite

Job description

Your window into a brilliant future

Kickstart your career on an industrial year placement with AtkinsRéalis. You’ll develop valuable experience on real‑world projects, supported by welcoming peers, line managers and senior leaders and be given real responsibility, empowered to contribute to projects that create a more sustainable future.

Our industrial placements offer a combination of on‑the‑job learning and practical skills development to help you develop your career. Collaborating with others, you’ll work on a diverse range of projects, making a positive impact on people, communities and the environment.

We believe reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong.

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. Here you’ll help create world‑class sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology. We're transforming infrastructure and energy systems, growing partnerships with our clients, and bringing the most complex projects across the globe to life.

Our global team of 40,000+ employees speak over 70 languages and represent some 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors, including infrastructure, power, transportation, environment, water, nuclear, technology, defence and aerospace.

Where you could work

Depending on your interests and location preferences, you could join one of our teams working within the Nuclear sector, helping to deliver some of the world's most complex and rewarding projects.

Please note locations may close due to volume of applications. If your preferred location isn't available when you go to apply, please select an alternative.

What you can bring

• A curious mindset and enthusiasm for solving real‑world challenges

• A desire to champion a culture where everyone belongs

• A collaborative working style and confidence building positive relationships

• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team

• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable)

• Comfortable embracing agile ways of working and learning new technologies

• A commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. To find out how we can support you please contact us confidentially via email.