Launch Your Career with Our 2026 Graduate Programme!
Are you brimming with ambition and ready to make your mark in the professional world? Look no further! Our UK Graduate Programme is designed to catapult you into a thriving career, offering unparalleled opportunities for growth, learning, and success. Join Amentum in September 2026 and help us create a secure and vibrant future.
We are seeking a Graduate to join our Social Responsibility/Sustainability team to work within the Energy and Environment International business to deliver social responsibility and sustainability solutions to our clients. With UK defence estimated to have a significant contribution of carbon emissions and considering the latest Net Zero commitments, there is much to do to adequately respond to the climate emergency and wider sustainability issues. You will be able to draw on the experience of those around you to deliver in a complex and challenging environment. This is an exciting role helping our clients to understand and provide solutions to their most complex waste management issues.
Why Join Us?
Exciting Projects: Work with a diverse team of experts from across the UK and beyond to gain insights into our markets and clients.
Comprehensive Training: Benefit from a structured development programme that covers everything from discipline-specific skills and professional registration to personal development.
Mentorship: Receive guidance from seasoned professionals who are dedicated to helping you achieve your career goals.
Career Progression: When you reach the end of the programme, it’s just the beginning! You’ll be supported to continue to develop your experience and capabilities to help progress your career and achieve professional registration.
Supportive Community: Our hub-based model is focused in key locations, ensuring that you’ll be part of a supportive early careers community with plenty of networking and experiential learning opportunities.
We are looking for candidates who:
Have completed an undergraduate or master’s degree (e.g. environmental management, social impact, sustainability, etc.) level qualification in a relevant subject by summer 2026.
And with the following Key Skills & Attributes:
Strong Communication: Ability to engage with diverse teams and stakeholders clearly and confidently.
Analytical Thinking: Comfortable working with data, identifying risks, and solving problems creatively.
Team Collaboration: A natural collaborator who thrives in multidisciplinary environments.
Organisation & Time Management: Able to juggle multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and stay focused under pressure.
Initiative & Curiosity: Eager to take ownership, ask questions, and seek out opportunities to grow.
You must be:
A flexible self-starter, who is keen to drive their career forward.
Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things.
And:
Our Graduate Programme assumes that participants are commencing their first professional role post-graduation. To qualify for our Graduate Programme, you must therefore have:
completed your first degree no earlier than the summer of 2024
not worked in a similar professional role since graduation
achieved a minimum 2:2 in your first degree
Selection Process
Step 1: Apply Online
Step 2: If successful, you will be invited to participate in an online behavioural assessment and an online virtual technical assessment.
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to a final face to face interview with our operations teams.
Step 4: Selected candidates will be offered an opportunity to join Amentum in September 2026 (and commence the Graduate Programme on 1st October 2026).
This advert will be closed on 31st January 2026. However, we reserve the right to close it sooner should we receive a excessive number of applications
What else we provide:
A flexible workstyle, embracing a hybrid working pattern and supporting those who need to balance work/life commitments a bit differently than others.
Free single medical cover and digital GP service.
Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
An inclusive and diverse work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Employee Networks
A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritizing our people through a supportive culture and positive mental health champion network.
We want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work
As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, if you require the application form in a different format or would like to discuss the recruitment process in more detail), please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join our company, please contact us here.
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