Apprentice Project Manager (Environmental) - Leeds- Level 6 - July 2025 start

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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About Our Team:

Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Environmental Team in our Leeds office we are looking to increase our technical workforce and are seeking to recruit an Apprentice Project Manager to join our EIA Team for a July 2025 onwards start with a view to enrolling with a training provider and commencing external training September 2025. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a career in environmental consultancy, gaining valuable work experience and developing technical skills mentored by professionals within our established and successful consultancy.  

This role will sit within Impact Assessment Practice Area  (IAPA) which is part of the Environment and Sustainability business providing environment and sustainability solutions for public and private sector clients and is at the forefront of efforts to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergencies. It comprises the following practice areas: Acoustics; Air Quality; Ecology; Geospatial & Data Services; Heritage; Landscape; Water Environment; Impact Assessment; Planning; Climate Change, Sustainability & Resilience; Stakeholder Engagement; and ESIA & ESDD (international environment and sustainability work).  

Our IAPA work includes:

• Coordinating multidisciplinary environmental inputs across a wide range of infrastructure development projects, helping them to gain development consent
• Working with clients and design teams to identify environmental constraints, avoid impacts and develop solutions, as well as delivering benefits where possible
• Coordinating the preparation of environmental assessment reports
• Post-planning consent support to projects (including during project construction and operation)

Projects

AECOM are at the forefront of delivering Environmental Impact Assessments for the nationally significant infrastructure projects that are providing for our future. Key projects include sustainable energy generation and distribution and water distribution. 

Here’s what you’ll do:

As an Apprentice Project Manager, you will be required to support a team of Environmental Practitioners. 

Responsibilities will also include but are not limited to:  

• Supporting project directors, managers, and wider project teams in the delivery of projects, including environmental impact assessments.  
• Supporting on the governance and financial control of Projects
• Supporting on project change control
• Stakeholder and communications management
• Estimating, Planning and Scheduling
• Procurement and Contract Management
• Risk Management
• Quality Management
• Attendance at and participation in project team meetings, client meetings and internal meetings, including training sessions 
• Prioritising tasks and meeting commitments on an on-going basis and taking ownership and responsibility for the completion and quality of work.  
• Ensuring health and safety issues are embedded in project delivery from the outset; and 
• Becoming an integral and valued member of the Environment team. 

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

On the job support and learning

When an apprentice starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries. We also offer our apprentices the flexibility of working on a range of projects in the various service offerings and technical specialisms that our Practice delivers. This helps establish their areas of interest, and develops a firm sustainability grounding, that will allow our apprentice to choose the direction of their career.

Apprentice Development Programme

You will complete a Project Manager Degree Apprenticeship  Project Manager - Courses - Leeds Trinity University which will be delivered through a blended learning approach. Apprentices benefit from face-to-face and online lectures and seminars, delivered by Leeds Trinity University.

In addition to this, apprentices will also complete independent research activities which can be undertaken in the workplace - our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM.

You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.  We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.  

Professional institute qualifications you may be able to work towards e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP).

Also see our digital early careers e-brochure here

The successful apprentice will achieve a BSc (Hons) Professional Practice in Project Management.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

This position is ideally suited to either school leavers or individuals looking to make a career change. Prior experience of working in environmental consultancy is not necessary, however, to be accepted onto the Leeds Trinity University Project Manager Degree Apprenticeship you will need to meet the following minimum entry requirements: 

• Apprenticeship candidates will typically have a minimum of 120 UCAS points (or equivalent) .  This would typically be at least three A levels at Grades A*-C including Mathematics and Physical Science or their equivalent or will have completed a Level 3 Apprenticeship  in a similar field. 
• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s (or Scottish Standard Grade or Junior Certificate in Ireland) at grade ‘C/4’ or above, including Mathematics & English 
• Must hold a level 2 qualification in English Language and Maths Grade 4/C or above
• Demonstrate an interest in and a desire to pursue a career in the environmental sector.
• Commitment to continued education and improvement through on-the-job learning and training opportunities.
• Creative, practical, adaptable and enthusiastic
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail
• Ability to think in a methodical way to design, plan and organize parts of projects
• English language proficient, holding excellent communication skills to present information in speech, drawings and reports
• Able to carry out occasional remote working

Desirable but not essential 

Full UK Driving Licence

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for an advanced offer start and ready to complete enrollment at the University. 

  To apply, the successful applicant will need to provide the following (if this information is not provided it will slow your application down and therefore you may miss out): 

• CV including details of any work experience, and your education including dates, grades, and what you studied. 
• Please include a covering letter , demonstrating your passion, why you are interested in this position and how your skills and education/qualifications support your application.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.