Transform our future places and spaces
Are you ready to be part of a well-respected team with a solid reputation in the field of urban planning? Join our Apprenticeship Programme. You'll be trusted with complex work, receiving all levels of support from line managers to the wider team.
While you grow in areas that excites you, we also encourage you to maintain a positive work-life balance. So, during our recruitment process, tell us what matters to you. Find out how we support wellbeing in and out of the office – including different ways to be flexible around work. Let's also discuss some of our recent Diversity & Inclusion pledges, including Women's Equality, how we're Disability Confident and an Inclusive Employer.
With Atkins, you'll be in great company.
What you’ll be studying
You’ll undertake a Chartered Town Planner Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship programme at the University of Birmingham. Please click here to visit their website and read more about the programme. The apprenticeship will typically be undertaken over four years and the structure will be to attend university one day per week for the first two years, and work in the office the remainder of the time. Over the duration of the apprenticeship you will be required to spend a minimum of 20% of your working week working on your professional development and building of your evidence portfolio.
The entry requirement for this apprenticeship is a 2:1 Honours degree in a related discipline such as Planning, Geography, Environmental Science / Studies or Architecture.
As a Chartered Town Planner Degree Apprentice your mentors will support you as you train towards successful completion of the apprenticeship, gaining a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) fully accredited Masters qualification, and Chartership with the RTPI
What you could be doing
Join us as an Apprentice at Atkins and be part of a team of big thinkers. You'll be paid for gaining your apprenticeship qualification while enjoying on-the-job mentoring and learning. Your skills will be essential to us, supporting the technical aspects of multidisciplinary projects. You'll be making a sustainable difference in people's lives, shaping towns and cities, reimagining transport and transforming energy and work across Cities & Development, Energy, Transportation, Water or Environment.
You’ll be joining a progressive planning and environmental team with a wide range of clients within the public and private sectors. You will help deliver expanding workloads and will play a role in the development of our growing national business, linking in with other parts of the environment, energy, transportation and design businesses throughout Atkins. While the post would be based in our Birmingham office, there may be a requirement to work out of other UK offices, where the need arises, in order to meet the demands of fluctuating workloads
Examples of tasks you could undertake as an apprentice:
- Carrying out research including planning policy reviews for energy, transport, water, environmental, housing, regeneration and other projects across the UK to establish the planning suitability of potential sites
- Working with colleagues on the preparation of planning applications and supporting documents
- Helping research, prepare and draft strategic planning documents affecting the use of public and private land, housing, energy and transport facilities
- Research to inform responses to tender opportunities
- Supporting colleagues on client meetings and site visits
- Helping discharge planning conditions
- Assisting with masterplanning projects
- Working successfully within a team
- Managing workload and meeting set deadlines
What you can bring
- Ability to work in a team, assisting with the smooth running of a variety of projects
- Creativity and strong communication skills
- Vision, inclusiveness and the drive to keep on learning
- Be reliable, practical and self-motivated
- Using your own initiative, you will be a self-starter who has an enthusiasm and have a passion for the natural and built environment
- Work across different locations on a variety of projects, continually developing your skills and experience
- A lateral thinker who can apply technical knowledge to analyse problems, create innovative solutions and make sound decisions and who isn't afraid to push boundaries
Meeting your needs
We've created a rewards package to fit around your learning, career and personal needs. As well as a competitive salary, enjoy benefits such as flexible holidays, a pension plan, tailored career development and a strong support network. Read more about our Total Rewards.
How do I apply?
Please click "Apply Now" below to register your details and start your application journey. To find out more and advice on how to play to your strengths, visit us on Connectr.
We want you to perform at your best at each stage of our recruitment process and can make adjustments to ensure this. So, whether you consider yourself to have a disability or not, or would like to know how we can support you better, please contact us confidentially on apprenticeships@atkinsglobal.com.
Our deadline for applications is Monday 4th January 2021. Remember, our programmes are incredibly popular, and some roles may close early. So, avoid disappointment by getting your application in as soon as possible.
More about us
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a leading global consultancy with over 80 years' design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll join a team of people who ask questions, who dare to see things differently and want to build a better world.
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This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview.
If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
