Level 6 Environmental Practitioner (Degree) Apprenticeship
Level: 6
Employer: WATERMAN INFRASTRUCTURE & ENVIRONMENT LIMITED
Location: 6th Floor
Our multi-award-winning Apprenticeship Scheme gives you the chance to help Waterman identify and design effective and sustainable strategies to protect the natural environment as much as possible during and after development. You will work as part of our team on some of the most important projects in the UK.
Duration: 5 Years
Expected start date: 24/08/2026
Hours per week: 37.5 hours
Wage: (Annually)
Job role includes
- You will attend the taught elements of your apprenticeship (including studying at Keele University on a block release timetable, and 4 days a week working at our Manchester office)
- You will be involved with the planning of projects with your Project Manager, including when and how you will collect data, which will help us assess potential environmental impacts
- Help undertake desk-based research, using publicly available data and information from other sources. This might include talking to third parties, such as environmental regulators
- Carry out fieldwork, including making visual observations on sites, and collecting data to support assessments
- Perform routine analysis and data collection
- Provide regular updates to your team members, your Project Manager and other relevant people, either verbally or in writing
- Help prepare client reports/updates (including emails, draft factual and interpretative reports) under guidance
- From time to time, we may ask you to come along to client/design team meetings
About employer
Waterman Group is a multidisciplinary consultancy providing sustainable solutions to meet the planning, engineering design and project delivery needs of the property, infrastructure, environment and energy markets. Founded in 1952, the company has since grown into a leading engineering and environmental consultancy with offices throughout the UK, Australia and Europe.
You will be studying for a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science and Management at Keele University.
In addition to this, at Waterman you will experience the following continuous learning opportunities:
- Workplace shadowing
- Dedicated mentoring
- Technical skills, including software, people skills and health & safety training
- Periodic In-house training from internal or external resources
- Webinars and e-learning
- Development days
There are great opportunities to progress your career and experience a diverse range of learning & development opportunities with Waterman. Many of our apprentices will go on to achieve Chartered status.
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
