Year In Industry (Enviroment)

What will you do during the scheme?

You will spend the year with our Environment and Sustainability team and will have the opportunity to work alongside our technical leads across low emissions, weather resilience and climate change adaptation, biodiversity, circular economy and social value. You could be:

· Researching and writing case studies and guidance notes for the wider business.

· Supporting awareness activities.

· Offering technical support.

· Researching standards and compliance updates.

· Collecting and analysing data

· Supporting the business to maintain its environmental compliance obligations.

We are seeking two Year in Industry students to join our Environment and Sustainability team in Milton Keynes.

While we would love to see candidates currently studying courses related to environment or sustainability, we warmly welcome all applicants who are passionate about these areas.

Strong written and verbal communication skills are important, along with the ability to influence decision-making and work effectively in a team. Attention to detail and a proactive approach to organising tasks, events, and people are essential. We encourage openness and a willingness to challenge the status quo, as our year in industry students bring valuable new ideas. Familiarity with IT applications like Excel and PowerBI, as well as experience in data analysis and creating communication materials, would be a plus., To join the scheme, you will need to be in your penultimate year at university and looking for a year in industry placement, and on track to achieve at least a 2:2 in a degree which ideally includes at least one of the following areas:

· Environmental management / science

· Environment and/or sustainability policy / law

· Geography / climate change and society

· Biodiversity, ecology and/or conservation

· Renewable energy / sustainable resource management, Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our Safety Vision

Network Rail maintains the 25,000 miles of railway in the UK which had 1,496 million rail passenger journeys in 2023. We have 22 million lineside neighbours and over 40,000 employees. The opportunity to make an impact is huge. This is your chance to play a part in developing solutions to some of the country’s most important issues.