2025 Apprenticeship Programme – Sustainability – Responsible Business – London – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

The role will involve delivering sustainability outcomes for our clients across our consultancy, construction and facilities management sectors whilst studying for the Environmental Practitioner Level 6 apprenticeship. Supporting research and development of client climate change.

Annual wage: £22,200 a year
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Training course: Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 5:30pm Friday - 9am - 4:30pm. Due to the nature of construction you may be expected to work additional hours. Whilst working on site typical start time is at 8am instead of 9am. Times TBC.
36 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 4 Years
Positions available: 2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

In Sustainability, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of internal and/or client-facing consultancy services including the advisory and co-ordination of various climate change, sustainability and/or social value related activities on projects and/or programmes. Some of your main responsibilities will include:

Supporting research and development of client climate change, sustainability and/or social value strategies on individual projects
Developing knowledge in becoming a technical expert and promote innovation in a particular area of sustainability, such as waste, energy/carbon, water, responsible sourcing of materials, sustainable buildings, etc.
Development in becoming a proactive generalist, able to cover all major issues of sustainability with all relevant stakeholders
Supporting the drive for Mace to be a leader in climate change and sustainability
Demonstration of developing knowledge of sustainable building design, including embodied and operational carbon and energy reduction, in new build and refurbishment projects, including programme, cost and operational impacts of Net Zero Carbon strategies
Supporting design teams to understand and respond to environmental constraints and opportunities to maximise positive environmental benefits
Supporting developing Knowledge/interest in one or more sustainability topics (waste, water, energy, carbon, responsible sourcing, building design, biodiversity, etc)
Ability to translate technical topics to varied audiences and articulate the value of sustainability
Being supportive of sustainability and demonstrating this by way of example, supporting and encouraging behavioural change throughout the business
Developing innovation and best practice, including clearly communicating these to the wider business and our clients
Supporting the translation of best environmental management systems practices from one area to another, including analysing reporting needs in order to simplify the process
Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with clients and stakeholders including design team members, contractors, sub-contractors, and regulators

Where you’ll work

155 Moorgate

London

EC2M 6XB

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.

Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.

Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.

Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.

Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.

Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.

Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.

Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.

Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.

Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.

Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.

Your training plan

The Sustainability Assistant apprenticeship will work towards the Environmental Practitioner L6 which consists of work-based experience and training.

Professionally approved or accredited BSc or BA (Hons) Environmental Sciences degree.

Blended on/off the job training and location to be confirmed.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

5 subjects including Maths and English (grade 4/C)
Including A Level Maths/Geography/Sciences (grade 96 UCAS Points)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Problem solving skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

At Mace, we are global experts in shaping the built environment. From development and consultancy, to construction and operations, we connect expertise across the entire property lifecycle to help our clients, people, communities and society achieve more than they believe is possible. You can see our impact everywhere: from skylines that form cities around the world to the infrastructure that communities depend on to live, work and play.

https://careers.macegroup.com/gb/en/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

We’ll also support you in gaining professional membership of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY

emerging.talent@macegroup.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276329.

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Closes on Thursday 1 May

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