insights 5 skills you'll refine on our Environmental Graduate Scheme

Do you want to join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently while engineering a better future for our planet and its people? If the answer is yes, keep reading.

Graduate environmental jobs at AtkinsRéalis will see you working on both large and small projects with the opportunity to explore and expand your career pathways. 

At each and every step of your career journey, you will be working on developing key professional and technical skills through practical experience, mentorship, and training.

We offer an Environmental Graduate Scheme, in either our Infrastructure or Nuclear & Power teams:

Infrastructure team

We help our clients with innovative design, research, and consulting for a sustainable future. 

You can work in sectors that inspire and excite you, from water and transport, right the way through to cities and development, and energy. 

Whether it is airports or reservoirs that you work on, on our Infrastructure team, you’ll sharpen your skills on the latest digital technologies while pressing towards a carbon-neutral future.

Nuclear & Power team

As part of our Nuclear & Power team, your work will be crucial in supporting today’s energy needs while paving the way for tomorrow’s solutions.

When you join this team, you’ll be part of one of four key teams:

• Power New Build
• Reactor Operations & Decommissioning
• Net Zero Energy
• Decommissioning & Waste Services

Now you know a bit more about the teams you could join on our Environmental Graduate Scheme, we’ll expand on five key skills you’ll pick up and refine in your career journey with us.

1. Collaborative problem-solving

We encourage all our employees to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging themselves to discover new solutions.

No matter whether you’re on our Infrastructure or Nuclear & Power teams, you’ll be a part of an enthusiastic and supportive group of like-minded professionals where you can seek out new development opportunities and further develop your skillset. 

2. Critical thinking and innovation

Taking the leap into our Environmental Graduate Scheme could see you working in the following areas to enhance your critical thinking skills:

• Carbon and Sustainability: advising clients on how they can decarbonize their activities and deliver their projects in sustainable ways.
• Networks and Drainage Solutions: providing water and wastewater infrastructure services alongside drainage design and surface water management.
• Social Value & Stakeholder Engagement: supporting engagement with clients and the communities we work within.
• Nuclear & Power: supporting clients in building new power stations, the operation of existing facilities, and undertaking decommissioning and waste management operations.

3. Adaptability and flexibility

Graduate environmental jobs at AtkinsRéalis will see you operating in an agile work environment. 

Our professionals' ability to adapt to new challenges and technologies is vital for delivering innovative solutions and maintaining a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving world.

4. Communication skills

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to solve our client's challenges will see you refine your stakeholder management and communication skills - vital assets in any workplace!

From engaging with your internal team to deliver the best solutions to presenting your research and data to our clients, there are plenty of avenues to polish your communication and interpersonal skills.

5. Project management

Whichever Graduate Scheme you find yourself on, you’ll be working alongside industry leaders to design, deliver, and operate some of the most complex projects for clients in a range of industries.

From day one, you’ll be focusing on your project management techniques to help us in our mission of engineering a better future.

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