Geo-Environmental / Geotechnical Degree Apprentice
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The Vacancy
Geo-Environmental / Geotechnical Degree ApprenticeCloses on Monday 28 April 2025 (midnight)
Posted on 26 March 2025
Summary
Work with a leading UK land assessment and sustainable solutions consultancy on projects which offer scale, variety and opportunity for teamwork. In combination with your academic studies, you will carry out field work, including environmental and geotechnical land condition assessments and prepare technical reports.
RSK Geosciences is an environmental organisation with over 40 years of environmental design, geological engineering, ground investigation and project management expertise and is part of the world-class RSK Group of more than 15,000 employees. The Geosciences team provides geological appraisals, site investigations, consultancy and design services to a range of external clients including engineers, house-builders, energy companies and local authorities. RSK prides itself on providing its staff with a rewarding and challenging career, encouraging Continuous Professional Development and allowing employees to reach their full potential. The RSK Geosciences training and development programme was recognised in the 2024 Ground Engineering Workforce Awards, winning the category of ‘Excellence in Learning and Development’. Our training provision is also accredited by the Geological Society.
We are looking for our Geo-Environmental / Geotechnical (Degree) Apprentices to be a fundamental part of the future growth of our business.
Wage
£21,600 a year in Year 1 of the 5-Year Apprenticeship (plus annual increments)
- Contributory pension scheme
- A flexible benefits programme, including the option to buy additional holidays, childcare vouchers and private health care
- Regular training and career development
- Access to mental health support
- Professional financial advice
- Discounted gym memberships
RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Training course
Geoscientist (degree apprenticeship) (level 6)
Hours
40 hours a week. Monday to Friday (flexible timings per day)
Block-release sessions with your Training Provider will be at Keele University. Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire ST5 5BG.
(NOTE: Accommodation on campus, or nearby, during week-long attendance periods (blocks), around 2 or 3 weeks per year as timetabled by Keele University)
Possible start date
Monday 1 September 2025 (subject to the degree apprenticeship contract being signed and in place)
Duration
5 years
Positions available
2
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at one of our local offices, and travel to sites across the UK and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff within dedicated geological, environmental management and land assessment teams.
What you’ll do at work
Our apprenticeships are designed to give you an insight into a wide variety of areas of work and the chance to explore where your skills and interests lie.
Through a combination of on-the-job learning and practical skills development, you’ll work on real projects from day one that offer scale and variety, collaborating with others and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. At the end of the apprenticeship you will also work towards membership with a professional body (e.g. Geological Society or equivalent).
Not only will you gain valuable 'on the job' experience and work towards professional qualifications but you'll also earn a meaningful salary from day one.
Here’s what your role as an apprentice will involve:
- Developing your skills in a wide range of exciting projects, both in the office and on site which would typically include:
- Preliminary risk assessments / desk studies
- Site investigations across the UK
- Soil, gas and groundwater sampling
- Carrying out tests in the field and scheduling laboratory tests
- Factual and interpretive technical report writing
- Providing geo-environmental and geotechnical recommendations
- Learning and using relevant assessment and design software
- Being involved in client meetings and assisting in building key client relationships
- You’ll get to understand and learn digital skills, to help us harness technology in new ways
- Undertake tailored and structured, health and safety, technical and project management training
- Your mentors will support you as you study towards nationally recognised qualifications and accreditation
- You'll have dedicated time to spend on your University studies (averages at 1 day per week / year)
Where you’ll work (to be agreed, but provisionally you will be based at either our Hemel Hempstead or Helsby Office)
RSK Geosciences OR RSK Geosciences
18 Frogmore Road 172 Chester Road
Hemel Hempstead Helsby
HP3 9RT WA6 0AR
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. Approximately 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
KEELE UNIVERSITY, KEELE
Your training course
Geoscientist (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Your training plan
At the end of this Apprenticeship you will have completed and achieved a Degree Apprenticeship in Geosciences which includes a BSc (Hons) Geoscience Degree awarded by Keele University.
The Geoscientist Degree Apprenticeship will include relevant field trips to support your learning.
Teaching will take place remotely and on campus at Keele University, Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire ST5 5BG.
As well as formal lectures and remote accessed directed study, the apprenticeship allows you to learn whilst you work on projects with RSK, and an “apprenticeship standard” outlines the core skills, knowledge and behaviours you will develop and be assessed in, alongside core duties.
You will be studying the Geoscientist (degree apprenticeship) Level 6 (ST1356 v1.1 Apprenticeship Standard).
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE Maths and English ‘Level 2 ’ or higher or L2 Apprenticeship Award in a relevant subject (including L2 Certificated Passes in Maths & English)
and
A-Levels ‘BBB’ in appropriate subjects or BTEC ‘DDM’ or L3/4 Apprenticeship Award in a relevant subject or International Baccalaureate ‘29’
or
Where applicants can demonstrate substantial and relevant experience, formal qualifications may be waived eg. work experience or other education schemes. This may be evidenced by portfolio of work, as deemed equivalent by Keele University to permit entry to their degree.
NOTE: We aim to be as flexible as we can to take advantage of a diverse range of skills that applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds may bring with them, that can be highly beneficial to our multi-disciplinary business needs.
Skills
Communication and IT skills, team working, creativity and enthusiasm to learn new things are essential requirements to succeed in a consultancy environment, but thorough training is provided to enhance your overall capabilities during your apprenticeship.
Other requirements
The role will involve a mix of office and site based tasks. It is worth noting that this can include working on open greenfield / construction sites / operational buildings for extended periods of time, involving some travel around the UK, for which it is essential that you have a valid UK driving license.
This mode of working provides for an invaluable varied experience of great benefit towards successfully completing your degree apprenticeship. Apprentices will need to be flexible to accommodate the needs of the business and training.
About this company
RSK Geosciences is part of the world-class RSK Group of more than 15,000 employees, as an environmental organisation with over 40 years of environmental design, geological engineering, ground investigation and project management expertise. Here, you’ll join a diverse, inclusive environment, and be surrounded by inspiring colleagues.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful apprentices will gain a BSc (Hons) Geoscience (Degree Apprenticeship)
- This apprenticeship aligns with:
- Geological Society of London (GeolSoc) for Fellow
- Science Council for Registered Scientist (RSci)
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
The reference code for this apprenticeship is ST1356 v1.1
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Closes Monday 28 April 2025 (midnight)
About Us
We are a market-leading site investigation, contaminated land and geotechnical consultancy with geophysics and survey teams and waste management consultants, operating from 20 UK locations. Our company also includes Leap Environmental, an award-winning site investigation, geotechnical design and geoenvironmental consultancy and Carbon Zero Consulting, which undertakes appraisals for ground source heat projects.
Throughout our 30 years of operations, we have enabled our clients to realise opportunities and manage the potential liabilities associated with acquiring, owning, operating and developing land. Our clients come from the public and private sectors, including many of the UK’s leading property developers, major and local house builders, utility providers and main contractors, local authorities and other government organisations.
RSK Geosciences is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.
At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.
Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.
By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.
We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.
If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?
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