Environmental Practice Degree Level Apprentice Review

Job role is an environmental consultant, assessing environmental impacts on large infrastructure projects and advising how these can be mitigated. Ensuring projects are complying with relevant environmental legislation, policies, and guidance. Coordinating environmental deliverables. Day to Day Role involves writing environmental assessments, environmental coordination with technical teams, project meetings, desk-based environmental assessments. I also attend university one day a week.

Skills gained in general environmental assessment and coordination, sustainability principles and EIA. I have also had the opportunity to develop more technical skills, such as Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment and compliance. Skills developed throughout my apprenticeship include confidence, communication, time management, report writing, academic writing, and data analysis.

In general, I enjoy my apprenticeship and day-to-day role at Mott MacDonald. I have enjoyed managing the responsibilities I have been given and I have a very friendly and supportive team. A key contribution to my enjoyment has been working alongside other environmental apprentices within my team. My university experience has been fairly smooth, however I feel this could have been more enjoyable at times.

Somewhat organised and structured. I enjoy attending university one day a week, as this provides good structure to the week and allows me to fully focus on my studies. In terms of wider structure of the overall programme, I feel this could have been improved from the get go. I am approaching my end point assessment and it feels like my training provider are only just sorting themselves out and learning about the assessment requirements for us. I feel this could have been addressed in my earlier years at university.

I feel I have lots of support from my employer. I am provided with study days to concentrate on my university assignments and my team regularly monitor my apprenticeship progress. I have been given lots of opportunity to work on different projects to obtain knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant for my apprenticeship.

We receive support from lecturers towards our studies and progress meetings in the form of 'tripartite reviews'. I do feel more support regarding the End Point Assessment could have been provided earlier on in the apprenticeship programme.

Relatively well, however I feel that my role at work is helping me more with my studies rather than the other way round!

There are lots of activities including sports day events, sports teams, Early Career Professional (ECP) network events, university/college outreach events and apprentice-focused forums.

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The company has a great people-focused culture. Everyone is friendly and supportive. There are lots of opportunities to get involved in different projects, work with different teams and gain experience in various areas. Lots of perks working for Mott MacDonald as an employee-owned company too.

Research Mott MacDonald PRIDE Values and think about how these resonate with you as an individual. Also think about what you can bring to the company and recommend researching the different projects we have worked on, and highlighting the ones that spark an interest to you.