AFRY Future Stars Trainee to Forestry, Biomass and Carbon team at AFRY Management Consulting (Bioindustry)

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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 to our Forestry, Biomass and Carbon team!

Our Forest, Biomass and Carbon Team within the AFRY Management Consulting’s Bioindustry business area provides leading-edge consulting and advisory services. We cover the entire biobased value chains, focusing on the upstream part of the chain, including among others topics such as feedstock availability, sourcing and markets as well as nature based carbon solutions. We are a growing team of around 30 management consultants located in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Indonesia and the UK and are looking to strengthen our group with new talents.

Your daily tasks would be to work with our consulting team on interesting client projects within the bioindustry sector with varying scope and responsibilities, such as:

• Market research, e.g. interviews, data analysis and forecasting
• Support for techno-economic analysis in natural resources, nature based solutions and biobased value chains
• Data collection and database maintenance
• Prepare analyses and deliverables for presentation and project proposals

Who are we looking for?

You are a student in Engineering, IT, Natural Sciences or Business at the end of your studies (3rd-5th year student). You have a genuine desire to learn and develop yourself, as well as patience to develop into a professional in your field.

You are a suitable Future Stars Trainee for our team if you have: 

• University studies (M.Sc. or similar) in Natural Resources, Economics, Finance or Business with good academic performance, graduation within next 1-2 years
• Motivation and interest in pursuing a future career as a management consultant
• Strong communication and co-operation skills
• Excellent analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills and very good command of MS Office tools (mainly Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Data-oriented and solution oriented mindset with ability to work also independently
• Fluency in English (oral and written)

It will be also considered beneficial if you have:

• Capabilities in other languages than English
• Programming skills

Please tell more about yourself in the application so that we get to know you better!

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 learn and develop, deepen your knowledge of the upstream part of the bioindustry value chain and nature based solutions as well as broaden your knowledge to new areas according to your interests as well as 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?

You can ask for more detailed information from Senior Principal, Sami Pastila, [email protected].

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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