Company Description
AFRY is a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, with a global reach. We accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society. We are 19,000 devoted experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalization, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.
Making Future
Job Description
Do you need a flexible job to fit around student life? Apply to AFRY Future Stars programme!
AFRY Future Stars programme consists of summer work and the suitable amount of part-time work alongside the studies. The program includes four training days, which support your development.
During the training days, you will learn important skills about working in the consulting business and finding your professional potential. As a Future Stars trainee you are supported by your manager and trainee network in finding your career path and developing you professionally. You will be also supported by your own tutor throughout the programme.
Work tasks are defined individually depending on the trainee’s situation, knowledge and interests. During the programme you can also negotiate about a possibility to write your thesis for AFRY. The programme begins in May 2025 and lasts for half year to one year.
We are looking for a Stars Trainee for our biodiversity team!
AFRY provides a variety of biodiversity services for the clients. Our services include:
- Nature surveys
- Nature impact assessments
- Restoration plans and nature-based solutions
- Management and use plans
- Biodiversity and compensation studies
- Biodiversity value calculations
- BREEAM ecological assessments
We’re now looking for a Stars Trainee to join our biodiversity team. Your colleagues are based in Vantaa, Tampere, Turku, Jyväskylä, and Oulu, forming a team of ecologists, biologists, and environmental scientists.
Qualifications
Who are we looking for?
You are a student in Natural Sciences at the end of your studies (3rd-5th year student).
You are a suitable Future Stars Trainee for our team if you are:
- Cooperative, solutions-oriented, and interested in development as a biology or ecology student
- Fluent in English and Finnish
It will be also considered beneficial if you have:
- Good skills in writing and IT solutions – not to mention the ability to effectively utilize artificial intelligence
Please tell more about yourself in the application so that we get to know you better!
Additional Information
Why AFRY?
As a stable and growing company, we provide you with a variety of opportunities to develop yourself. At AFRY you will have the possibility to deepen your knowledge in biodiversity and get to work together with the top experts in dynamic and international project environment.
At AFRY we build sustainable future together and develop sustainable solutions that serve not only our clients but also society. The work at AFRY is versatile, interesting and challenging but at the same flexible, allowing you to take care of your work–life balance. We apply flexible working in a hybrid model where possible, taking into account project needs.
We strive to include all new employees to our work community from the first day at AFRY. We are brave, devoted team players, and we wish that you have the same mindset.
Would you like to read more about your future colleagues’ careers? Get to know them on our web page: https://afry.com/en/join-us/get-know-us.
Benefits at AFRY
All AFRY employees are supported with lunch, exercise, culture, wellness and commuting benefit. AFRY employees are insured by private accident insurance when working remotely and in spare time. Employees have possibility to receive help for taking care of a sick child at home. The team player spirit strengthens also in hobby clubs, in which employees spend time together. Depending on the office location there are cross fit classes, golf clubs and board game clubs. We also encourage our employees to commute by bike. Employees with permanent contract are allowed to have a bicycle benefit in order to choose carbon neutral commuting. Morning porridge is offered to all cyclists.
Sustainability at AFRY
Sustainability and creating sustainable solutions are at the core of AFRY’s business strategy and all of our operations. By combining the latest technologies and the top expertise of our employees, we create sustainable business to our clients. Read more about sustainability at AFRY: https://afry.com/en/insights/sustainability.
Interested?
In your application, please send us your CV and a motivational letter on why you would be the right fit as the next AFRY Future Star.
The application period for the Future Stars programme is between December 11th 2024 and February 9th 2025. We will start interviews as applications arrive and will select suitable candidate when found, so send us your application already today!
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At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we're making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.
