Sustainability / Environment Graduate

Who We Are?

Frazer-Nash is an engineering, systems and technology consultancy. Our environmental and sustainability experts help organisations make lives secure, safe, sustainable and affordable.

In a nutshell, consultancy is all about providing advice to positively impact projects, businesses and the wider world around us. Here at Frazer-Nash, we support our Clients in Energy, Defence, Space, Government and Infrastructure, Transport, Process and Manufacturing sectors. We offer capabilities in a range of areas, from deep technical engineering disciplines through to management consultancy, providing advice in every step of the product, asset, and organisational lifecycle.

Why Frazer-Nash?

As a graduate, you will typically be working on multiple projects simultaneously, managing your time and rapidly accruing a wealth of experience and skills. Hence, no two days in Frazer-Nash will be the same.

We have a comprehensive Early Careers package that will ensure you successfully integrate into our business and meet new colleagues from across the organisation – last year we had over 100 Graduates, interns and summer placements. We are looking for a similar sized cohort this year so you will be joining a large and vibrant peer group.

You’ll be surrounded by experts not just in our team, but also in a range of other fields – whether it’s technology, techno-economics or human sciences, we collaborate across the business to support our clients to solve a diverse range of complex and challenging problems.

The Team and Role

You will be joining as a Graduate into our Sustainability and Environmental Assurance Group, a growing team of environmental and sustainability experts, that deliver projects across the UK and internationally. The team are distributed across the Frazer-Nash offices, though this role is initially offered based out of Bristol or Plymouth.

As a member of the Sustainability and Environmental Assurance Group you will work on a variety of projects across Defence, Energy, Government and Industry. These could range from the development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for £Multi-Billion acquisition projects to supporting clients to develop decarbonisation strategies, roadmaps and transition plans. You will support our clients to characterise, and understand, the organisational risks presented by a changing environment and the opportunities available through the global transition to Net Zero.

To support your development as a rounded individual in your early career, we would encourage you to work on a range of projects and build a diverse skillset in a variety of sectors. As your experience grows, we will trust in your capability to take a lead on the technical and commercial aspects of projects. As they arise, we will also offer opportunities for you to work in embedded roles on nationally significant projects to enable you to gain hands-on experience of how these projects operate and progress.

You will receive a mixture of on the job, internal and external training, as well as mentoring and coaching, to support your development into becoming a well-rounded consultant. You will also be supported to achieve professional accreditations with a relevant organisation such as ISEP (formerly IEMA) or IES.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for individuals who would like to pursue a career in environmental or sustainability disciplines that reflect the breadth of capabilities we have in the team. These span environmental management, permitting and assurance, and sustainability, carbon and climate advisory. Please make it clear in your application which capabilities most interest you and where possible link this with your degree(s) / any relevant work experience.

We require you to have obtained a 2:1 Degree or Higher within a related environmental or sustainability focused degree, or relevant engineering degree. We regularly deliver work for Defence and Nuclear, so an appetite for work in these sectors is important.

As a consultancy, we are looking for highly motivated, innovative, organised and inquisitive people. There are some key skills that set the basis for a successful career in consultancy, so we’d love to hear examples of how you can demonstrate the following.

We’re looking for people who are:

• A confident communicator: with the ability to clearly convey outcomes with internal and external stakeholders who may be in a technical or non-technical role. A high standard in both written and verbal communications, with excellent attention to detail, is required.

• A critical friend: with the ability to build and foster relationships that help us understand needs, priorities and drivers – enabling us to deliver more impactful work. To develop your network to enable us to increase our visibility and impact across high profile organisations and Government.

• A proactive self-starter: with the ability, initiative and enthusiasm to take ownership of any of the tasks ahead of you. Recognising the need to get the project done and delivered to the client, project or team to a high standard to create an impact.

• An evaluator and problem solver: with the ability to critically question what you see, to solve problems that build on your technical understanding, evaluate information by understanding context and risk to make effective, informed decisions. Creating original and creative ideas through exploration and abstract thinking.

• A collaborator: with the ability to work with others, including those with different technical backgrounds. Build effective relationships through thriving in social settings and adjusting behaviour to suit the situation.

• A multi-tasker: with the ability to support multiple projects concurrently through solid organisational and time management skills, capability to work both autonomously and collaboratively, providing regular updates and feedback.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and will be required to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Our recruitment process:

Step 1: Application - CV submission

Step 2: Measure Potential - Arctic Shores’ task-based assessment. You will be asked to complete some exciting, engaging tasks which will enable us to get to know you better! In return, you’ll receive a personalised feedback report.

Step 3: Video Interview - Situation based & technical questions that are related to the important criteria needed to be successful on the role.

Step 4: Explore day - This includes the opportunity to learn about what we do, network with current Graduates and find out about what a career at Frazer-Nash has to offer. You will be asked to complete an interview and presentation/task as part of the day.

Step 5: Decision/Feedback - You will receive feedback even if we do not make the decision to offer you the job or progress you to the next stage.

Here's what we offer:

• The opportunity to join and learn with a team that’s both enthusiastic and encouraging.

• An attractive salary: £33,000 + £2,000 joining bonus

• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.

• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.

• Hybrid working with adaptability around life outside of work.

• Company pension scheme.

• Private healthcare membership + wellbeing support.

• Bonus scheme linked into company performance.

• Support and mentoring on route to achieving professional accreditation.

• Paid membership fees to a professional institution.

• Early career teams and office socials.

And a whole host more...