Apprentice (Environmental Analyst)

Summary

Our apprentices enjoy a generous salary, 26 days of leave (excluding bank holidays), a £500 driving lesson contribution, and more. With a dedicated mentor and manager, you'll be supported every step of the way. We ask that you're eager to learn, work well in a team, and manage your time and workload effectively.

Wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday, times to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 3 September
Duration: 5 years
Positions available: 1

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

As an Apprentice Environmental Analyst, you’ll learn how to:

Understand how a water company can manage its dependencies on the natural environment
Track and manage large volumes of data
Develop skills in problem-solving, data analysis and data visualisation
Present information to others to inform business decisions
Understand environmental legislation to inform future projects
Collaborate with different departments across the business to develop our environmental improvement programme
Work as part of a team to deliver our vision of a Better, Greener, Healthier North West

Where you’ll work

Lingley Mere (UU), Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington

WA5 3LP

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

UNIVERSITY OF KEELE

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.
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

Your apprenticeship will last 60 months, and successful apprentices will achieve an Environmental Practitioner (degree), Level: 6 standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships.

More training information

What we’re looking for:
We are looking for someone who is keen to learn new skills in environmental management and develop a career in the water industry.

As an Environmental Practitioner, you will develop a high level of knowledge and understanding of environmental legislation and environmental practices. Understanding how water companies interact with the natural environment, using analytical programmes and developing skills in environmental modelling to help build our multi-million-pound environmental enhancement programme. Protecting and improving the land, rivers, and seas around the North West.

You will be working as part of a team to track and manage large volumes of data. Working alongside business leads to identifying opportunities to deliver the best value for customers and the environment.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 subjects incl.Maths,English & Science/Tech (grade A-C or grades 9-4)

A Level in:

in level 3 apprenticeship/BTEC/A-levels (grade A level = 112 UCAS points)

Other in:

in these subjects (grade .)

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

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

If offered a job, pre-employment checks are required before confirmation. Employment with United Utilities is subject to a satisfactory report from Disclosure Scotland/DBS. Apply for one apprenticeship only; you'll need to explain your application. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

About this company

United Utilities is responsible for water and wastewater services in the North West of England. Our purpose is to provide great water and more for the North West. We deliver 1.8 billion litres of water a day to more than 3 million homes and businesses in the North West, as well as treating all the wastewater which disappears around the U-bend. Keeping the region flowing relies on a vast behind the scenes operation, involving hundreds of reservoirs, treatment works and pumping stations; thousands of kilometres of water pipes and sewers and a 5,000 strong workforce.

After this apprenticeship

Successful apprentices will achieve an Environmental Practitioner (degree), Level: 6 standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships

Every apprentice is guaranteed a permanent position at the end of their scheme as long as you meet all necessary standards and behaviour criteria throughout the programme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY OF KEELE

UUEarlyCareers@uuplc.co.uk

03301754408

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000298083.

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Closes in 26 days (Wednesday 19 February)

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