Graduate Sustainability & Climate Change Consultant UK 2021

At WSP, you’ll find yourself challenged in more fascinating and far-reaching ways than ever before. You’ll explore new and inspiring opportunities to make the most of your expertise, broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people, organisations and society in general.

You’ll be part of a dynamic and growing team that

• Delivers sustainability strategies, corporate EHS and CR programmes, disclosures and annual reporting, diving deep into ESG issues
• Organises data, quantifies and manages GHG emissions, as a platform to prepare carbon reduction programmes
• Supports corporate and international development project ESG.
• Manages climate risks, adaptation, resilience and reporting (e.g. TCFD).

Some recent sustainability project commissions include

• Carbon footprinting for a portfolio of companies in the ownership of a private equity group
• Full life-cycle planning and masterminding of an evidence base, workshops, and strategy (with target-setting and identification of relvant KPIs) for Highways England
• Calculating Scope 3 emissions from a law firm to inform a major carbon reduction strategy, including alignment with the Science-based Targets initiatives (SBTi) approach and methodology
• Initiating and preparing a comprehensive programme of ESG initiatives for a large owner of built environment assets
• Preparing world-class sustainability strategies for renowned companies in the FMCG, telecommunications, construction and transportation sectors, including airports and ports
• Developing a Circular Economy strategy for a major nationwide construction products and services firm
• Conducting ‘cradle to grave’ Life Cycle Assessments for products, developed Environmental Product Declarations and verified those produced by others
• Conducting gap analyses for clients’ alignment to TCFD recommendations, developing actions plans and helping to implement (including for financial services and asset managers/owners).

A typical week would include

You’ll be a key part of our dynamic teams, delivering project work and contributing towards our thought-leadership initiatives. You will enjoy dealing with data, people and be solutions-oriented with some applied experience in the carbon, climate, sustainability, environmental, social and/or HSE realms. You’ll be familiar with the challenge companies, projects and programmes are facing and be enthusiastic to learn and contribute directly towards enhancing them and striving for the transition to safer, greener, cleaner and net zero emissions future.

Tasks would include

• Collating, handling and organising data in order to calculate carbon baselines and footprints for development projects, companies and strategic plans
• Contributing to net zero emissions strategies for public and private sector organisations by taking part in stakeholder engagement events, data analysis and reporting
• Helping to research and/or author a specialist chapter as part of an EIA (UK) or Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (international) on topics such as carbon, climate, resources/wastes, Major Accident Hazards, etc.
• Analysing and researching clients’ sustainability challenges and using quantified information to provide robust evidence bases for packages of solutions and making recommendations.

We'd love to hear from you if you have

• A relevant qualification and some experiences in environmental science, E&S studies, sustainability, carbon, climate and HSE
• Have a positive can-do and inquisitive attitude to seeking solutions for society’s complex challenges
• Competent skills in data management, software packages and numerical analyses (from MS Excel to LCA tools).

What if we can?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including 25 days annual leave, pension schemes, life assurance, personal accident cover and paid professional subscriptions, and some not so standard benefits as part of our flexible benefits scheme – so if you would like to hop on a new bike (cycle to work scheme) or thrill the family with your Lego building skills (Discount at Legoland Windsor) – WSP can help!

Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognise the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. VIBE (our LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group) and our Gender Balance Group work with the business to help ensure we continue to promote the right environment to enable LGBT+ and female employees to reach their full potential, and to ensure we continue to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender confirmation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

In addition we support our people to achieve their personal health and well-being goals through our Thrive programme.

About us

We value our people and our reputation. We stand for attracting, developing, engaging and retaining the best professionals in our fields of expertise, because our people are what make us great. We put the highest ethical standards at the centre of all we do. We are professional, humble and act with moral and intellectual integrity, keep our word, treat everyone with respect, support our colleagues and embrace diversity.

We care about individuals and their progress and offer the most fulfilling career development for our professionals. We promote our young recruits because we believe fresh perspectives bring great ideas and new energy.

Find your career path at WSP.