Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. It’s changing the careers of our people too – creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. We’re a business that never stands still.
Join us in our second year of the Sustainability Internship Programme.
Convatec is seeking a waste management intern to join our environment, health and safety (EHS) team based at our manufacturing site in Deeside, UK to support us on our journey to embed sustainability practices across the company. The project will involve a study into existing waste management processes on site, analysing the current waste streams and data produced on site, reporting on ways to reduce, reuse, or prevent the waste being generated.
This internship offers the successful candidate the opportunity to play a central part in delivering the site’s sustainability goals, focused on the reduction of waste generated on site, raising waste streams up the waste hierarchy and developing broad experience as a member of a high-performing team.
100% paid internship – 1891.66 GBP monthly gross.
3 to 6 months internship.
Hours per week – 20h/week, up to 40h/week.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
Working with your coordinator to understand current waste practices and waste streams produced
Understanding the cost impact of the waste generated and calculating the savings associated with those proposed recommendations.
Carry out desktop research to analyse the impact of certain projects to reduce, reuse or prevent waste, and whether other options exist to achieve the site sustainability objectives.
Work closely with suppliers to gather the relevant information related to a project’s cost to implement, savings and associated waste and carbon reduction.
Present findings to Site / EHS Leadership Team
Skills and competences
Ability to work independently and be an excellent team player
Good attention to detail
Ability to present and communicate clearly and concisely
Flexible, adaptable and capable of lateral thinking
Strong organisation and prioritisation skills with the ability to multitask
Ability to identify, analyse and plan actions to engage with, communicate with, negotiate with and influence stakeholders
Strong user of all Microsoft applications
Our transformation will change your career. For good. You’ll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you’ll be supported to bring them to life. There’ll be challenges. But, stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities, and you could make your biggest impact yet.
This is stepping outside of your comfort zone.
This is work that’ll move you.
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