Nature Positive Graduate Consultant 2027

Please note – Ramboll cannot sponsor any post-study or Skilled Worker visas for our early career roles, as the Home Office’s eligibility criteria would not be met.

Launch your career and find your professional home at Ramboll. Be part of a supportive and engaging environment, where you can challenge and explore your professional interests, passions and curiosity in ways that make the most of all the opportunities ahead of you. We value the things that make you unique. Ramboll’s Nordic heritage and founding aim, of improving conditions for people and nature, continue to guide our decision‑making.

As a foundation‑owned multinational company, with 97.5% shares owned by the Ramboll Foundation, profits are reinvested into the company for the continued development of employees or used to fund research, charitable and humanitarian projects. Our commitment to be ‘The Partner for Sustainable Change’ and to act responsibly in everything that we do, means that you’ll be working on projects that make a positive difference to individuals, communities and the environment.

Our Early Careers Programme – EarlyCareers@Ramboll has been designed to boost your personal, commercial and technical development to kick‑start your career with Ramboll. You will also be paired with a mentor and have access to a clear framework to work towards your professional development. The Early Careers Design Challenge is one of the highlights of the graduate training. This is a fun and exciting event where you get to work on a project for one of our clients that will provide you with an insight into the concept of design. You also get the opportunity to collaborate and network with amazing people and peers.

About this opportunity: We invite you to bring your strong desire to make meaningful, positive change and your passion for biodiversity conservation into play as part of our dedicated Nature Positive Services team in the UK. You will be a key member of our team, delivering a range of biodiversity project work, including international Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), alongside our Nature Positive specialists.

To succeed in this role, you should have an understanding of Nature Positive, Ramboll’s Biodiversity Metrics, and an interest in assessing and delivering BNG on a range of projects. You must have an appropriate BSc or equivalent qualification and be willing to develop your biodiversity conservation skills to assist in a range of biodiversity work. You will join our Nature Positive Services department and be part of a global biodiversity community.

As our new Nature Positive Graduate Consultant, you will be part of a friendly, progressive team of biodiversity specialists; part of a larger team of scientists working within the global Biodiversity & Ecosystem service line. In the first instance, you will work on international BNG projects, undertaking assessments, reporting, inputting to biodiversity mitigation design and liaising with relevant stakeholders. You will also have the opportunity to develop your biodiversity skills to assist in delivering more strategic biodiversity work in the UK and across Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa, supporting our international biodiversity work.

Ramboll employees work as a global team - we regularly collaborate with sustainability, landscape and engineering colleagues across the globe to bring the best minds together to deliver bespoke, innovative Nature Positive solutions for our clients. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding business area delivering on key projects and to further develop a variety of skills and build a successful career within the fast-growing biodiversity consultancy sector.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Undertake BNG assessments on a range of development projects, including energy, data centres, transport, mining, in addition to BNG for operational site portfolios.
• Liaise with ecologists, GIS and landscape specialists to acquire biodiversity data required for BNG assessments.
• Undertake technical BNG analysis and provide recommendations to minimise biodiversity impacts and maximise outputs.
• Produce clear and concise written reports.
• Carry out such additional duties as may reasonably be required in this role.

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• A focussed conservation biologist with an ability to think innovatively to develop solutions that work for clients and nature.
• Good team worker.
• Demonstrate attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Self‑motivated, reliable and dedicated individual.
• Commitment to developing a range of biodiversity skills and expanding your knowledge and capabilities in this field.
• Interest in the wider sustainability agenda and Environmental Social Governance.

Benefits you will enjoy:

• Hybrid and flexible working.
• 27 days holiday per year and 8 days bank holiday.
• Professional subscription and support in becoming chartered.
• Range of employee benefits, such as cycle‑to‑work scheme, private medical insurance, discounted Taste card subscription, Gymflex and many more.

Selection Process:

• Step 1: Apply online.
• Step 2: Shortlisting.
• Step 3: Interviews and/or Assessment Centre.

Work at the heart of sustainable change with Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation‑owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work.

Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. In 2024, Ramboll was included in the Sunday Times’ list of Best Places to Work.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential.

We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. As a company, Ramboll recognises the importance of having a good work/life balance, both in terms of individual well‑being and its positive impact with respect to the engagement and retention of our employees. We aim to support all employees to achieve a work/life balance which enables them to work in a supported manner while having the time to achieve personal aspects of their life outside of work.

We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it more comfortable for you. You can contact us at job.advert.accessibility@ramboll.com with such requests.

Deadline for applications: 1st December 2026.