Job Description

Overview

Are you passionate about shaping a more sustainable future where measuring and valuing natural capital drives better decisions? Do you have a degree and preferably a post-graduate qualification in environmental economics or environmental science? Do you have practical experience of applying environmental economic techniques to assess natural capital in a professional or academic context?

If so, you may have the drive and skills to join AtkinsRéalis as a Junior or Assistant Natural Capital Consultant, helping to advance our services in this rapidly evolving area. You'll become an integral part of our respected technical team, helping to sustain our reputation and industry-leading expertise. Working collaboratively across diverse projects, you'll make a real impact for our broad and growing client base.

Our company

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, with over 50,000 employees worldwide. At AtkinsRéalis, we offer more than just a job. We offer an opportunity to make a difference and shape the world to benefit future generations and the natural environment. Our friendly, collaborative and supportive working environment is a great space to further develop your technical skills, build your career, and work with great people with a shared purpose.

Our team

This role is within AtkinsRéalis' Natural Capital and Environmental Economics team, part of our Water Management Consultancy group, and the wider Environment practice. Within this role you'll have the chance to work within the water sector but also collaborate across disciplines and work across all sectors and internationally. We develop and use state-of-the-art approaches and our innovative in-house tools to assess and quantify the economic impact of environmental changes at various scales, from single fields to entire landscapes. You can see some examples of our work here Valuing Our Natural Capital: The AtkinsRéalis Approach.

Our team offers a unique blend of skills, comprising experts in environmental economics, environmental science and spatial analysis, with an ambitious strategy for continuous innovation and expanding our capability. We enjoy working collaboratively with our colleagues across the company to deliver projects that bring about real change, drawing on experts from specialist teams such as ecology and sustainable river management to deliver our work.

We work for a broad spectrum of clients across the UK and globally, including central and local government, utilities, regulators, the water industry, private estates, developers and NGOs. Many of our clients are highly ambitious about tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. You will have the opportunity to work with and influence our clients directly, supporting them on tackling these challenges.

Your Role

• Support the delivery of natural capital and environmental economics projects.
• Help develop and refine digital tools that quantify and illustrate environmental impacts and the value of nature to people in a clear and visual way.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with other AtkinsRéalis' staff to deliver natural capital outputs which influence decision-making and provide a consistent and integrated service to our clients.
• Be available to support a wider range of environment and sustainability projects, as per our clients' needs and resource availability.
• To succeed within this role, you must have a flexible, 'hands-on', proactive approach to your work. You must be able to work independently as well as part of a wider team and be comfortable applying your skills in a commercial environment.
• You should be highly motivated, enthusiastic and proactive; focussed on achieving and delivering technical excellence and sustainable outcomes. You will have an interest and relevant experience in environmental economics and natural capital. You will need to be skilled at collaborative working, have good interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively. In addition, you will need to be flexible, adaptable and prepared to take on new challenges in a commercial environment. Finally, you will need to have excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills.

About You

• A degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Environmental Economics or Environmental Science). We also anticipate that the candidate should be either currently undertaking, or have attained, a relevant a post-graduate qualification in a similar subject area. Alternatively, the candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have had additional experience, such as a year in industry, or additional research.
• Experience of applying environmental economics techniques in academic or professional contexts.
• A proven ability to analyse and interrogate environmental and economic data and communicate your findings clearly across a range of mediums (verbal, written etc.) to different types of audience, including non-specialists.
• Strong organisational skills, an ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and to deadlines.
• Excellent collaborative working skills to ensure we get the best from our working relationships with internal and external client teams.
• Attention to detail and desire to work to high standards consistently.
• The role requires the individual to be numerate, literate, and familiar with IT and software appropriate to the tasks undertaken.
• Experience in GIS, Excel, Python, R or other coding languages would be beneficial, but not essential.
• Enthusiasm for developing new ways of processing, analysing and presenting data, e.g. machine learning/AI.
• An understanding of UK Water Sector governance. Knowledge of other infrastructure sectors would also be valued.
• Willingness to work towards Chartership with a relevant body.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

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. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. 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.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.