Sustainability Consulting Intern

Job Description

As an intern at our office in Germany, you will be expected to help the team deliver high-quality, metrics-based consulting services to our clients across the country.

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Assist in technical projects and support our consultants to deliver error-free analyses
• Work alongside our team on various projects, employing our standard offerings to deliver impactful solutions.

You will be successful in your role if you take ownership of self-development, including knowledge and skill improvement. We value students and young professionals who take initiative in their personal development.

Why You'll Love Quantis

Quantis, a BCG company, is a leading sustainability consultancy tackling the world's most pressing environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our expert team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform industries and shape an economy that thrives in harmony with nature. We guide companies from business as usual to business at its best by uniting the latest science with strategic insights, helping them reduce impacts, implement solutions, and operate within planetary boundaries.

United by a common purpose, our 250+ professionals embody a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-driven. We are Quantis.

Learn more about Quantis and our mission.

Are You Ready to Take Your First Step into Sustainability?

• You're motivated to put your academic knowledge to work towards our mission of aligning businesses with Planetary Boundaries.
• You have a science-based orientation, and a deep intellectual and business curiosity, combined with strong interpersonal skills.
• You have a strong interest for sustainability, particularly in technical analysis, data management, or Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
• You can collect, process, manage and interpret data, and present it in a form understandable to audiences with various levels of knowledge on sustainability.
• You are eager to learn and motivated for teamwork and supporting a team.
• You are finishing/have recently finished your Master's studies with a focus on sustainability (e.g. environmental engineering, chemistry, agricultural studies or any other related field)
• You have a very good knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• You're fluent in English and German (level C1 or higher- an absolute must).

As an Intern, Here's a Preview of What Type of Work Your Days Will Include

• Supporting a variety of quantitative and qualitative analyses, such as life cycle assessment (LCA); corporate and/or product footprinting (carbon, water, other); climate impact reduction scenario modelling; and others
• Collaborating with the project team to help them develop customized solutions to address clients' sustainability-related challenges and to develop client recommendations Contributing to the development of databases
• Preparing clear and compelling reports and presentations of analyses, results, insights, and recommendations, to support the project team's communication to clients.

Some Other Details to Consider

• Location: Berlin with some flexibility for home office later on
• Contract type: 6 months full-time internship

Unlocking the Potential of All Quantisians

At Quantis, Unlocking Potential means empowering our employees to thrive, enabling them to drive our mission and manifesto forward-creating meaningful impact for people and the planet.

We aim to achieve this by nurturing a culture rooted in collective action, and shared purpose, where diversity is cherished, inclusion is lived, mental wellbeing is supported, and opportunities are open to all.

This extends to our clients, their clients, and their entire value chain as sustainable thinking and collective representation are integral components of our purpose to transform the way that businesses operate.

This is how we commit to our people, live our manifesto, and shape a sustainable future - together.