We’re recruiting for a Graduate or Assistant Minerals, Waste, and Environmental Consultant

We are looking for our next ambitious and driven team member, to complement the existing multi-talented group here at MPG!

The MPG team is widely recognised for its approachability, straight-talking nature, and success rate. Over the past five years, we have successfully expanded our expertise beyond our core minerals and waste service to all environmental planning disciplines – offering a single point of contact for industry and stakeholders.

Role overview

As a Graduate or Assistant Environmental Consultant, your role would centre around supporting the team in the preparation of planning applications, permit applications, and supporting statements across a wide variety of schemes, whilst providing support to specialist team members in their areas of expertise — such as environmental monitoring and environmental designation research. Recent projects, similar to those you would come across in the role, include:

Quarry restoration schemes delivering biodiversity net-gains
Mineral site designs
Mineral exploration and site searches
Recycling centres
Commercial redevelopment of brownfield land in sensitive landscapes

Experience

As we look to consolidate our rapid expansion, we need an individual who has:

A BSc/BA, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline (such as Geology, Town and Country Planning, Geography, or an Environmental Science).

Requirements

Ideally, our new team member would:

Have a full U.K. driving licence.
Have work placement or experience in consultancy or local authority.
Be working towards membership of the RTPI – such as Associate and, ultimately, Chartership).
Hold an MSc/MA in a relevant discipline.

What MPG can offer you

Payment of professional membership fees and mentorship during application.
Enrolment on our healthcare plan – including dental, optical, and physio treatments.
Membership with a vehicle breakdown service for your personal vehicle.
Pension contributions.
Flexible working locations.
Hybrid working (subject to experience).
A great team and clients to work alongside!

Keen to find out more? Check out some of our ‘week in the life of’ blog posts to get an idea of what a working week could be like for you.

Additional information

Location: Bingley, West Yorkshire or Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Start date: Immediate.

Salary: £22,000 - £27,000 – depending on experience.

Travel and transport information

The plan below shows where can be reached by car in one hour from our head office in Bingley and our Broughton Hall Estate offices.
The nearest train stations to our head office are:
- Bingley (Skipton / Leeds line) – 1.5 miles
- Saltaire (Skipton / Leeds line) – 1.7 miles
The nearest bus stop is:
- Bradford New Road – 50m