RPS is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our environment team as an apprentice. We can base the role at a variety of locations including Bristol, Abingdon, London, and Manchester. The position will suit someone with a real interest in geology and contaminated land who enjoys a balance of office and site work and travelling.
RPS is a leading global multi-disciplinary consultancy. We specialise in all areas of the built and natural environment, shaping the future of our environmental, social, and economic landscapes.
We will facilitate and sponsor (including payment of course fees) the successful candidate on a relevant environmental degree course undertaken part-time (Block release for 6 – 10 weeks a year) over a five-year period. The remainder of the full-time post would be spent supporting our geo-environmental teams undertaking environmental and geotechnical ground investigations, environmental monitoring programmes, environmental audits, and related activities on behalf of our clients.
Your Role
You’ll be working both in the office and site-based activities that could include:
1. Site-based environmental monitoring such as water and soil sampling.
2. Site-based support for our ground investigation projects.
3. Preparing information and undertaking assessments to support environmental desk study appraisals and subsequent assessments.
4. Environmental data entry and management, becoming familiar with industry data formats including software packages for the management of geotechnical and geo-environmental data.
5. Geological appraisals.
6. Working individually (with supervision) or as part of a site team.
7. Helping prepare factual reports.
What We Offer You
During your apprenticeship, RPS will provide a designated mentor to support you in your role and development, and there will be opportunities to learn from the wider team which includes a range of technical experts in areas such as:
1. Ground investigation.
2. Logging of soils and rocks.
3. Human health, controlled waters, and gas risk assessment.
4. Desk studies and Preliminary Risk Assessments.
5. Minerals appraisals.
6. Ground engineering appraisals.
7. Waste classification and material reuse.
We will provide you with a flexible, friendly, and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself. We support our people to innovate, collaborate, and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects across the UK.
The salary will be in line with government minimum wage ranging between £161 and £334 a week depending on age. Benefits include: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, company pension scheme, group disability scheme, share incentive scheme, life assurance, cycle to work scheme, health screening, employee assistance programme, dental cover, gadget insurance, professional memberships, and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers, and rewards.
About RPS
RPS is a leading global professional services firm with over 5,000 people. Our company is flexible, friendly, and creative. We strive to be different from our competitors by being passionate about delivering results. We define, design, and manage projects that create shared value in a complex, urbanising, and resource-scarce world. Connecting with our global expertise, we make it easy for our clients to create winning solutions for their communities and their clients. By being confidently pragmatic, we solve problems that matter. We make complex easy.
We know we develop better solutions together. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring fairness, inclusivity, and respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.
Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process; we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.
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