Trainee Environmental Advisor - 2025 - Penrith, Cumbria

Trainee Environmental Advisor - 2025 - Penrith, Cumbria General information

City/town: Cumbria, Penrith

Job field: Business Support and IT

Contract Type: Permanent

ID: 4815

Description and requirements

Trainee Environmental Advisor - 2025 - Penrith, Cumbria

We are excited to launch our Apprenticeship roles, starting in September 2025!

Are you ready to kickstart your career in a team where you can make a difference?

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society. Our apprenticeship programme is a great opportunity to study towards a college or university qualification while putting everything you have learnt into action through on-the-job training. You will establish a career where you will have the freedom to learn, achieve your ambitions and leave your mark on the communities in which we work.

As a Trainee Environmental Advisor, you will gain experience in many aspects of environment and sustainability management but also wider exposure to the delivery of this leading civil engineering project.

What you'll do:

• Understand the client and Skanska's Environment and Sustainability policies, processes and statutory requirements.
• Work towards monitoring and collecting data, to aid reporting on performance against the project's targets.
• Undertake internal inspections and audits, including targeted risk monitoring, both on site and within the supply chain.
• Provide environmental compliance advice to various teams working on the project.
• Identify and provide training and upskilling required to fulfil environmental responsibilities of various delivery team roles.
• Identify and communicate environmental and sustainability risks and mitigations, assisting with the review and undertaking of risk assessments and method statements.
• Maintain good working relationships with external stakeholders such as local authorities, Natural England, Environment Agency and others.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement to achieve contract targets, particularly in reducing carbon and enhancing biodiversity.

What you'll bring to the role:

• 3 A-levels at Grade A - C, preferably in Geography or Biology, BTEC Extended National Diploma or equivalent level 3 qualification.
• 5 GCSEs at Grades 5-9 including Maths, English and Science or their equivalent for us to successfully enrol you on the apprenticeship.
• You will enjoy working with other people.
• Enthusiasm to learn.
• Curious about sustainability.

What qualification will you be studying towards?

Degree Apprenticeship at a local University to the project on a weekly or block release basis.

What we offer:

• Funding and support to help you achieve your qualification.
• You will be a part of a community of 100+ apprentices.
• We want you to do well and will support you to have a meaningful career beyond the apprenticeship.
• Support and guidance from experienced leaders and teams.
• Professional and social events.
• Opportunities to volunteer in the local community at least one day per year.
• Support to achieve your professional accreditation and expenses covered for the professional membership of your choice.
• Access to our employee networks - these include: Womxn's, Ability, Pride, O.N.E (Origins, Nationalities & Ethnicities), Military, and Mental Health & Wellbeing.
• My Rewards - an array of retail, dining, well-being and travel discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Flex-It programme to achieve a work life balance where possible.
• You would be joining a mental health aware organisation where we offer wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme; mental health ambassador network and awareness discussion.

Where will you be working?

This role is based on the Clifton Bridge project in Penrith, Cumbria.

Number of vacancies: 1

At Skanska, we believe in our Purpose, we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better - together and act ethically and transparently you will enable us to deliver our purpose.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska.

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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