Water Consultancy Graduate Programme

About RPS Water Consultancy

It’s an exciting time to be working for our UK Water business as the workload in the water market really takes off.  With a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place, we are ideally placed to help our clients deliver on the challenges facing them over the coming years - whether that is reducing leakage, pollution, and flooding, or improving the environment and levels of service to their customers.

Water Consultancy Graduate Programmes Talent Pool

RPS continues to grow, and we are now looking to reinforce our Water Consultancy business across our Sheffield, Derby, Newcastle, Brighton, Exeter, Abingdon, London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Offices, with Graduate Clean Water and Wastewater Engineers, Modellers, and Planners. This is an exciting and unrivaled opportunity to develop and progress in an environment where your efforts and talent are recognized. We are looking at start dates throughout 2025.  The Graduate roles available in the strategy team will combine office/home-based working alongside professionals who are at the forefront of the industry, with opportunities to complete site work where required for data collection. Career pathways available for candidates joining us in a Graduate position include:

• Engineering
• Modelling
• Planning

Friendly, open, and a willingness to learn and develop are all things that will help you be successful in this role. We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas to positively shape the impacts of our client's projects. We are looking out for people who take opportunities, those who are keen to learn and develop, intelligent risk-takers who are not scared to try new things, and who adapt and move quickly.

Your Responsibilities (variable depending on your career pathway)

• Data handling and analysis of large datasets
• Statistical analysis of data
• Preparation of factual and interpretative reports
• Construction and maintenance of statistical models
• Client and stakeholder engagement and management
• Provide input to the development, maintenance, and documentation of bespoke software tools and applications
• Use of GIS, including software such as QGIS and ArcGIS

About You

• A degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science, and GIS
• Modules covering wastewater, clean water, hydraulics, GIS, or flood risk are desirable but not essential
• Good communication skills and written English
• Ability to work in a team to solve problems that matter
• Computing skills including previous experience in Excel

What we offer you

RPS is a great place to do great work. PROGRESS@RPS is our global performance and development framework, which puts our employees in the driving seat of their growth and development so that our people achieve their personal and professional ambitions and ensures our people feel valued for the contributions they make.

• In the water team, we provide in-depth on-the-job training to complement the full catalog of learning modules available through our online learning platform, POD (Progress on Demand).
• Our graduates are part of small teams, taking ownership of projects, their own workload, and development to allow individuals to rapidly gain the skills required.
• We encourage graduates to rise to the challenge and push for progression through the business using our development pathways which allows our employees to specialise as they step up from graduate level.
• We support our people to innovate, collaborate, and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects.
• Our employees are rewarded with a customizable total rewards package tailored to their terms of employment.

Your Application

• As part of the selection process, it is mandatory to upload a CV and cover letter as we will not process your application without one.
• In your cover letter, we want to know why you are interested in RPS and the discipline you are applying to.
• We would also like to know a little about you as an individual.

What happens next?

If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. There could be a possibility that we close earlier if we have volume applications. We would recommend that you get an application in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

• If successful in the screening process you will then be invited to attend an assessment centre. The assessment center will be an opportunity to spend time with your recruiter and other applicants being considered for the role. This is your chance to show us your best in a series of activities as well as an opportunity for you to learn more about RPS.
• As part of the assessment center, you will have an Interview. This will be an opportunity to meet the team who you could be working with. This interview will be the opportunity for you to showcase your relevant skills and suitability for the role, but also to ask any questions on how the team works and what to expect in the role day to day.