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At Arcadis, we never lose sight of what’s most important. Because look beyond our projects and programmes and you’ll see it’s about human stories. From remaking public spaces that bring people together, to making cities easier to navigate, we’re focused on making an impact where it matters most – and improving quality of life.
It’s a big challenge. And why we need people committed to bringing their best, who deliver on their promises. People who value different perspectives, build sustainable relationships and dare to shape the future. People who seize the experiences available to transform their world – and the world around them.
It’s a shared goal amongst 27,000 Arcadians. And one we can only achieve by working together and applying our skills and expertise across design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. It’s how we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. And how we’ll deliver exceptional results, today and tomorrow.
What you'll do
Reporting to the Cultural Heritage Team Leader and other senior members of the Cultural Heritage team, you will be required to work on a range of projects including EIA projects and NSIPs. You will assist other members of the Cultural Heritage team in the delivery of project-related tasks to meet budget, timeframe and quality targets, meeting or exceeding client expectations.
You will work as part of a wider project team completing tasks such as carrying out site visits and conducting research at Historic Environment Records, archives and record offices, processing and managing heritage data in ArcGIS, assisting with the delivery of technical reports including Desk-based Assessments, Heritage Statements, and inputs to EIAs and providing support on the production of bids. You will also be given the opportunity to liaise with key heritage stakeholders including Historic England and Local Planning Authority Archaeologists and Conservation Officers.
You will work in collaboration with other disciplines and acquire the knowledge and practical skills through on-the-job learning to further your Cultural Heritage knowledge and understand the interaction between Cultural Heritage and other Environment disciplines. Similarly, there will be opportunities for you to work on a wide variety of schemes and innovative, technically challenging work.
Requirements
Essential
To be considered for programme you must have a degree in Archaeology or a related subject and also:
- Full driving licence
- Basic knowledge of the Historic Environment and appropriate fieldwork skills
- Knowledge and experience of GIS
- Flexible attitude to work including a willingness and ability to occasionally undertake site visits that require overnight stays away from home
Desirable
- Experience of working in the heritage sector and/or archaeological fieldwork through under-graduate placements or post-graduation work/work experience
- Experience of consultancy through under-graduate placements or post-graduation work/work experience
- Experience of Heritage planning and/ contribution to archaeological academic fieldwork
- Emerging understanding of the purpose of attending meetings with clients and others
- Emerging understanding of how to provide advice to clients
- Emerging understanding of inputting into bids
- First Aider
- CSCS card holder
Selection Process
There is a two-step process for our early years programmes for candidates who meet our screening criteria:
- an online behavioural based assessment
- an assessment day (currently virtual)
Why Arcadis?
At Arcadis, you’ll have the opportunity to build the career that’s right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it’s why we’ll take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions. Wherever you join us, you can look forward to a competitive reward package that includes an attractive starting salary, opportunities for career development and being part of a sociable community. We have a performance-related bonus scheme and an employee recognition scheme. Other benefits include membership fees to join your relevant professional body, employer contribution pension scheme, flexible working and a flexible holiday scheme.
We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
