Environmental Assistant (Internship) Aberdeen, Scotland
Job description
Port of Aberdeen is one of the UK’s busiest ports and a driving force for energy transition, maritime decarbonisation, trade, and tourism.
Our vision is to become Scotland’s premier net zero port, offering world class facilities and services at the heart of the nation’s energy transition efforts. Everyone at Port of Aberdeen has an important role in making this a reality.
We are a multimodal port and provide an integrated logistics and services hub for our customers, supporting a diverse range of industries including oil and gas, renewables, general cargo, cruise and ferries.
We offer world-class infrastructure with a strategic location and access to an expert supply chain. All with an uncompromising focus on safety, health, and quality.
Port of Aberdeen of Aberdeen’s culture is built on empowering, investing in, and developing our people. It takes outstanding talent to keep the expanded port running safely and smoothly. We offer a wide range of rolesfrom pilots to port operators, engineers to administration, HSEQ to HR and much more.
The port has been at the heart of city for almost 900 years and our transformational South Harbour expansion will create new opportunities and prosperity for generations to come.
The purpose of the role is for the Environmental Assistant to work closely with the Port’s Environmental Manager, to assist with our Environmental Management System and monitoring the progress of our Net Zero Strategy.
We are looking for someone with excellent communications skills who is keen to engage with both the workforce, as well as the community in and around the Port of Aberdeen.
The wide remit means the post holder will assist with reviews of operations, environmental audits and assessments, identifying and resolving environmental problems and implementation of changes.
The ideal candidate will have:
· A degree or to pass the second year of environmental sciences, or environmental engineering or related subject.
· Be able to work at pace, and effectively manage competing priorities using good judgement and decision-making abilities.
· Be well organised with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
Job Types: Fixed term contract, Graduate, Internship
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: Up to £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free fitness classes
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Aberdeen: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 01/09/2023
Expected start date: 25/09/2023
