Job Postings Life Cycle Assessment
Jobs at ESU-services related to LCA and carbon footprinting
Further information about applications for permanent jobs can be found on the German page. We do not offer permanent jobs for people without sufficient knowledge for working with German language.
Intern Life Cycle Assessment
You have heard about life cycle assessments in your studies, and now you would like to develop your skills further? We offer students interested in environmental and sustainability issues the opportunity to do an internships or student research projects at ESU-services in Schaffhausen. The minimum duration for internships is 3 months and 6 months for paid internships.
Your tasks
- Collection and documentation of life cycle inventory data in EcoSpold format, input into Excel and import into SimaPro.
- Evaluation of small case studies, e.g. on meals.
- Internship project with preparation of a life cycle assessment report on a jointly agreed topic (previous examples: pets, fish, soap).
- Support with administrative tasks.
We expect
For this position, applicants should have the following qualifications and interests:
- Environmental engineer, environmental scientist or similar with at least a Bachelor degree in natural science or engineering
- First lecture on Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Management and/or Life Cycle Assessment Software
- Interest in numbers and working with Excel
- Knowledge of Word
- Language skills for written work in English (and/or German)
- Ability to work independently in a small team
- Possibly own idea for an interesting topic
- Willingness to work on site at least once a week of one week per month
We offer
An interesting and varied job with constant reference to current environmental issues.
Application documents
For a paid position with us in Switzerland, you must work at least 20% of your working hours in Schaffhausen (1 day per week or one week/month) if you live in Switzerland or 50% if you live outside Switzerland. If you are interested in an advertised position, in an internship or for unsolicited applications, please send your complete application documents in electronic form to Maresa Bussa. Please name all files sent in with your surname at the beginning:
- Cover letter (possible start of work, desired number of hours per week, duration in months of the internship, salary expectation, place of work)
- Curriculum vitae
- Certificates of higher education (PhD, Master or Bachelor) with overview of subjects
- References from important employers
- If available, one work example each (e.g. student research project, article, paper, etc.) in German and English
We do not always give feedback on unsolicited applications. Your documents will be stored by us, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
