Apprentice Environmental Advisor
NG BAILEY GROUP LIMITED
London (EC4A 4AB)
Closes in 20 days (Friday 6 March 2026)
Posted on 10 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Our 5-year apprenticeship gives you the knowledge, experience and qualification you need to start a career as an Environmental Advisor. You’ll get hands-on experience at the UK’s leading Engineering and Services business, working on various exciting projects across built environment, water, infrastructure and power.
- Wage
-
£24,000 a year
- Training course
- Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
- Hours
-
Monday- Friday shifts between 07:00 and 17:30pm dependent on project.
37 hours a week
- Start date
-
Wednesday 26 August 2026
- Duration
-
5 years
- Positions available
-
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Work as part of a team to assist in the delivery of Environmental strategy
- Assist in maintaining and update tailored Aspects & Impacts
- Registers for all relevant sites.
- Support the internal communication and environmental awareness activities across the business
- Work alongside the team to complete environmental audits of priority sites, including depots and fixed‑managed locations.
- Assist in the database maintenance.
- Assist in managing all non‑conformances and ensure actions are resolved promptly
- Under guidance, help capture and report all waste data including waste type, weight, and disposal routes.
- Support internal operational environmental training
- Engage in a timely and professional manner with clients and a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Provide the business with ad-hoc assistance on other projects when necessary
Where you'll work
20 Farringdon Street
London
EC4A 4AB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
Training course
Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
- Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
- Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
- Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
- Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
- Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
- Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
- Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
- Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
- Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
Training schedule
You will attend Harper Adams University on block release to complete the Environmental Practitioner Degree apprenticeship. In addition, you will regularly attend in house training and development as part of the programme.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Other (grade C/4 or above)
- Other (grade C/4 or above)
- Science (grade C/4 or above)
A Level in:
- Other (grade C/4 or above)
- Other (grade C or above)
- STEM (grade C or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
- Work at our offices and undertake site visits
- Be prepared for early starts and travel away from home when necessary
- Develop great working relationships with some of the industry’s most talented people
- Full UK Driving License
About this employer
NG Bailey is the UK's leading independent engineering and services business. Our vision is ‘to be the best – creating exceptional environments for present and future generations’. We work across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, and our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects. Our company has two divisions, Engineering and Services, which together we bring buildings and infrastructure to life.
https://www.ngbailey.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Pension and employer contribution
- Personal Wellbeing/Volunteer days
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted gym memberships
After this apprenticeship
Once qualified there is the potential of a permanent position within the company. If you successful gain a permanent position there are many opportunities to advance your career.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000013780.
Apply now
Closes in 20 days (Friday 6 March 2026)
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.