Sustainability Internship

Overview

Role: Sustainability Internship

Location: Harwell (Oxfordshire), London, Glasgow, Manchester

Role ID: 2023-1789

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

Energy & Environment, one of Ricardo plc’s five operating business units, is a leader in sustainability consultancy, solving complex environmental challenges through industry-leading analysis, advice and data. With more than 40 years of heritage in addressing air quality, environmental and sustainability issues, our customers value us for our deep understanding and breadth of services covering the entire value chain from evidence, policy & strategy to implementation.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Intern to join our Sustainability team in the UK to support our work. This role will provide the perfect first step into your consultancy career for a self-motivated individual in an exciting and rapidly changing sector.

Key responsibilities

From day one, you will be part of a team supporting senior consultants in delivering projects to our clients. You will assist with carrying out research and analysis that underpins our consultancy work. You will manage your time across several projects, contributing to research, data analysis, stakeholder engagement and report-writing. You will be responsible for the quality and delivery of your work and liaise with other consultants to incorporate your contribution into wider project outputs.  The role will support a range of technical areas including energy and carbon management, ESG, circular economy and LCA.

The role can be based in any of our UK offices (Harwell, London, Manchester or Glasgow). Successful interns may be considered for permanent roles in the future.

Key competences and experience

• A Bachelors (2.1 or above) or Masters in a relevant discipline (e.g. sustainability, circular economy, environmental policy, environmental sciences)
• Genuine interest in sustainability
• Be able to work independently and demonstrate initiative, as well as operate effectively as part of a team
• Strong numeracy, analytical and communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy especially in Microsoft Excel and Word

Skills and behaviours

• Team working
• Problem solving and creative thinking
• Accurate and attentive to detail
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Effective oral and written communication, including concise and precise report writing

Working here

Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work and you have the opportunity to make a difference. You will work with teams of talented, dedicated, and supportive individuals. Alongside having a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with us through our broad range of projects, mentoring opportunities and a personalised approach to your learning and development. We are always keen to hear from people who have driven, ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.

Wellbeing and work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that's working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals including flexible working, carers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance programme.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and ensure a culture of inclusivity, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Benefits

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.