Environment + Energy Advisory Graduate - Bristol,Edinburgh,Manchester and Nottingham - closes 3/7/26

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Our Environment + Energy Advisory team are currently seeking a number of graduates to work in our Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester and Nottingham offices with a start date of Autumn 2026 onwards.

About our Team:

E+E Advisory is a group of around 80 experienced consultants across the UK and Ireland, providing a range of Sustainability Advisory services helping our clients to deliver on their environmental, social, health and safety ambitions at a corporate, site and project level. We provide our services over the following work areas and tasks:

• Carbon and Energy: Decarbonisation transition planning, Net zero carbon target setting, Product carbon footprinting and life cycle assessment, PAS2080 carbon management in buildings and infrastructure, Energy advisory and compliance, Energy technology assessments, Energy resilience and market assessments.
• Nature, Resources and Climate Change: Natural capital, Nature advisory, Climate risk and resilience, Waste and circular economy.
• ESG and Social Impact: ESG strategy and disclosure, Social impact assessments and social research, Equality impact assessments, Procurement and supply chains.
• EHS Advisory: EHS compliance, Process safety, Environmental due diligence, Environmental Permitting.

Here's what you'll do:

You will play a key role in supporting the growth and continued success of the E+E Advisory business across the UK and Ireland. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical assistance and desk-based support to senior members of the team, including research tasks, data synthesis and analysis, calculations and report writing.
• Working with Project Managers, Project Directors and the wider team to support the smooth running of projects.
• Participating in team meetings, client briefs and other meetings as and when required.
• Helping to prioritise project actions and meet commitments on an ongoing basis while taking ownership and responsibility for the quality and completion of work.
• Understanding and implementing project management principles, including the need to work within project budgets.
• Contributing to business development activities and proposals to enhance our service offering.

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

On the job support and learning. When a graduate starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries.

Graduate Development Programme: Our 2-year graduate ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.

Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and can join the ADVANCE webinar series. We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, which may include Chartership with the relevant professional institution.

We have more than 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK and Ireland from more than 40 different disciplines, each making a tangible difference to the environment in which we live and work.

Qualifications

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Education: We are interested in applicants who have educational qualifications from a range of scientific, economic and engineering disciplines. The ideal candidate will have a strong undergraduate degree in a STEM-based subject, plus a relevant MSc or equivalent qualification in one of the following: Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Sustainable Waste Management, Social Sciences, Environmental Economics or Ecological Economics.

Skills: Excellent report writing, technical reviewing, and communication skills, including the ability to liaise with clients and other stakeholders as may be required. Strong numerical and analytical skills, and the aptitude to understand and communicate complex technical information using engaging graphics and visuals as appropriate. Ability to work independently and as part of a team across a range of often simultaneous projects, including those with tight deadlines.

Personal Attributes: Proactive and positive attitude with strong team collaboration skills. Attention to detail, and a willingness to take ownership of the quality of your work.

Experience: Demonstrable experience in a relevant industrial or consultancy role would be beneficial but not essential.

Preferred Qualifications: Driving license – some travel to site may be required with equipment.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

We will be accepting applications for these graduate positions up to the closing date of Friday 3rd July 2026 and are unable to consider any further applications received after this date. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected for an advanced offer start.

To be considered, you must have the permanent right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.