Level 6 Environmental Practitioner (Degree) Apprenticeship
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Company: WATERMAN INFRASTRUCTURE & ENVIRONMENT LIMITED
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Location: Manchester, M2 6HY
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Competitive Salary
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Sector: Agriculture, environmental and animal care
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Ref: NAS-2000018272
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Application Deadline Date: 04/05/2026
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Start Date: 24/08/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm.
Brief Description
Our multi-award-winning Apprenticeship Scheme gives you the chance to help Waterman identify and design effective and sustainable strategies to protect the natural environment as much as possible during and after development. You will work as part of our team on some of the most important projects in the UK.
Training to be Provided
You will be studying for a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science and Management at Keele University.
In addition to this, at Waterman you will experience the following continuous learning opportunities:
- Workplace shadowing
- Dedicated mentoring
- Technical skills, including software, people skills and health & safety training
- Periodic In-house training from internal or external resources
- Webinars and e-learning
- Development days
Future Prospects
There are great opportunities to progress your career and experience a diverse range of learning & development opportunities with Waterman. Many of our apprentices will go on to achieve Chartered status.
Vacancy Detail
- You will attend the taught elements of your apprenticeship (including studying at Keele University on a block release timetable, and 4 days a week working at our Manchester office)
- You will be involved with the planning of projects with your Project Manager, including when and how you will collect data, which will help us assess potential environmental impacts
- Help undertake desk-based research, using publicly available data and information from other sources. This might include talking to third parties, such as environmental regulators
- Carry out fieldwork, including making visual observations on sites, and collecting data to support assessments
- Perform routine analysis and data collection
- Provide regular updates to your team members, your Project Manager and other relevant people, either verbally or in writing
- Help prepare client reports/updates (including emails, draft factual and interpretative reports) under guidance
- From time to time, we may ask you to come along to client/design team meetings