Location
Falmer (Hybrid Working)

Hours
Full Time - Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

Salary
From £35,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

About the Role
Join Southern Water as a Graduate Environmental Advisor and apply your academic knowledge to real-world environmental challenges. Working within the Enabling Team of Engineering Technical Services (ETS), you will support the delivery of clean water and wastewater projects from design through to construction. Your role will involve managing environmental risk, conducting field surveys, and identifying opportunities to enhance both the natural and built environment. Responsibilities include supporting environmental risk management across a wide range of engineering and infrastructure projects, carrying out environmental surveys and assessments with accurate reporting, contributing to practical solutions to manage environmental risk and ensure compliance, collaborating closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Ecologists, and Environmental Advisors, supporting stakeholder engagement and regulator relationships, assisting in the design and implementation of mitigation strategies, and travelling to sites across the region. This role offers a mix of field and office-based work, sometimes outside of standard hours, requiring flexibility and a proactive approach.

Benefits
Southern Water offers a comprehensive benefits package including a company and performance-related bonus, generous pension scheme with up to 11% company contribution, 25 days annual leave, life assurance equal to 4x salary, salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service), health cash plan, fully funded eye tests, two paid volunteering days per year, occupational health service, discounts with over 800 retailers, digital GP service, study support for job-related qualifications, competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options, and a cycle to work scheme.

Experience
Ideally at least one year of experience in a similar role or through a relevant placement.

About you
You will be curious, driven, and eager to learn with strong written and analytical skills and a keen eye for detail. You thrive in a team environment, are proactive and hands-on, and flexible regarding regional travel and varied working hours. You are comfortable balancing fieldwork with office tasks and adapting to occasional outside standard hours work. A commitment to supporting incident response rotas as part of the Southern Water team is expected.

Qualifications
A Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, or a related discipline are required. Eligibility to live and work in the UK must be demonstrated with appropriate documentation during the recruitment process.