Apprentice Geo-Environmental Technican

Are you an enthusiastic and driven school leaver, looking to start a career in geoscience and construction?

This exciting role would give you the opportunity to learn and earn as we support you in developing your knowledge of Geo-Environmental Services. As a Geo-Environmental Technician, you will be responsible for supporting the Contaminated Land and Geotechnical Teams in the delivery of ground investigation works, and contaminated land and geotechnical consulting from project inception to completion. You will assist and manage the collection of site investigation data, support in desktop site assessments, and assist the technical leads in the design and implementation of groundwater and ground gas monitoring programmes. You will need to carefully ensure that the information you collect and report is correct and in context, as important decisions are made based on its integrity.

The role is a mixture of office and site based, with regular travel around the country to visit our sites as part of a team or independently. With more experience, you will be able to specify monitoring programmes and techniques, undertake simple investigative works and manage your own projects.  You will need to be able to work well on your own and as part of a team, onsite in both urban and remote locations in everything the great British weather can throw at you, problem solve, and be comfortable staying away from home for up to a week at a time.

Our ideal Geo-Environmental Technican will have:

• A minimum of Maths and English GCSE A*-C or equivalent.
• Confidence when multi-tasking across multiple projects and working to tight deadlines.
• Experience using Microsoft Office products.
• A full driving licence

It would be nice for you to have:

• A Level qualifications at A*-C, including at least 1 science based subject (this can include geography)
• An interest geology, the environment, and the construction industry
• Great problem-solving skills.
• Good self-motivation.
• Experience working outdoors in everything our weather can throw at you!

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career. 

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Professional subscriptions  
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.

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