Industrial Placement – National Sustainability Team - Sept 2023 Start Milton Keynes, England
Job description
Your Role
You’d be part of our National Sustainability Team, headed by the UK Director of Sustainability and Social Impact. This team covers a wide remit from net zero and climate, to diversity and inclusion, but this placement would have a primary focus on circularity and packaging.Your Responsibilities
This role will be based in one of our offices (either Milton Keynes/ Birmingham/ London/ Cambridge) and will include regular travel to our operational sites across the UK (up to 30% of working week). You will need to be able to stay away from home during the placement and hotel accommodation will be provided by the company.
You will be working to help us rethink how we move goods to eliminate waste, single use plastics and support a circular economy
- Eliminating unnecessary and problematic plastic packaging through redesign and innovation
- Moving from single-use to reuse
- Ensuring 100% of plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable, or compostable
- Increasing the reuse, collection, and recycling or composting of plastic packaging in practice
The type of work you will be involved in will include:
1. Working with teams to uncover opportunities reduce waste in operational processes
2. Working with our suppliers and procurement team to find more sustainable packaging options
3. Researching to innovate and build best practice for circular supply chains
4. Building a portfolio of best practice case studies to encourage wider adoption within the business
Your Skills and Experiences
- Currently studying for a degree qualification in sustainability or related degree
- A passion for circular economy and continuous improvement
- Hardworking and committed
- Ability to work on own initiative
- A good team player
- A willingness to learn
- Driving licence/transport not essential but there is an expectation of travel around the UK as part of this role so if candidates do not have access to transport access to a main train line to connect with larger cities across the UK is beneficial.
Key Information:
Placement dates: 11th Sept 2023 – 6th Sept 2024
Working hours: Mon-Friday 09:00-17:30 (hybrid working)
Office/Travel: Students will be expected to have a core base in one of the offices listed where they will work from the majority of the time. There will also be an expectation to travel across the UK to other sites to meet teams & research opportunities. Hotel accommodation will be provided for overnight stays.
Interview dates: Interviews will be held virtually. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Post offer: We know that it is quite some time between offer and start date for our placement students. Our interview process will be conducted virtually but after successful offers are made, candidates will be connected with fellow students, invited to visit their site and join preparation calls with our future talent team.
Good Reasons to Join
A placement with Kuehne+Nagel is a fantastic way to kick start your career in sustainability. You’ll gain real work experience in an exciting environment and a great insight into the world of logistics. We offer a salary of £19,500 per annum for all placements plus access to our benefits portal, wellbeing support and cashback platform.About Kuehne+Nagel
With over 74000 employees at some 1,300 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world’s leading logistics companies.
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