Summer Trainee, Sustainability

Are you ready to power the future with a summer job at the heart of the energy industry? Apply now and join us for an impactful summer 2025! 

About the role 

We are looking for two Sustainability Trainees to join our Corporate Sustainability team. The positions are a great way to gain practical experience in the sustainability area within the energy industry.  

• One of the positions focuses on the environmental sustainability, and will work for example on leading and coordinating Fortum’s CDP (Climate Disclosure Project) response for Climate, as well as on developing environmental criteria and reporting related to procurement.  
• The other position focuses on social sustainability and on developing sustainability criteria for specific products and raw materials, in collaboration with sustainability and procurement experts. 

Both trainees will research and analyze industry initiatives and best practices, prepare presentations, create background documents as well as recommendations for decision-making. You will also support other sustainability team tasks on a demand basis.  

About you 

We’re looking for committed students or recent graduates eager to learn more and contribute to our purpose: to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together.

To succeed in the position, we hope you have: 

• Minimum two years of studies in sustainability, supply chain management, business, data/technology, energy, social sciences or ecology.
• Understanding or interest either in supply chain sustainability, business and human rights, due diligence processes or environmental sustainability and climate change.  
• Development-oriented and hands-on attitude, eagerness to learn new things. You are able to work quite independently and to take initiative and responsibility.  
• Good communication and networking skills. You have fluent written and spoken skills in English.  

We offer you

We offer a meaningful job in our Corporate Sustainability function, in one of the leading energy companies in the Nordics.

During the summer you will: 

• Receive an introduction to your tasks and be supported by your team. 
• Work with interesting and diverse tasks and get responsibility. 
• We offer flexible ways of working; working remotely and at the office.  
• Learn about the company, the energy industry and sustainable solutions that we are working with.  
• We make it possible for you to network with other trainees. 

Read more about Summer Energy, our recruitment process and previous summer trainees’ experiences here.

Interested? 

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, send your CV through our recruitment tool by February 9th, 2025.

For further information about the roles, please contact:

• Social sustainability trainee: Sanni Martikainen, Senior Manager, Social Sustainability, sanni.martikainen@fortum.com, +358503726974.
• Environmental sustainability trainee, Karin Hallberg, Director, Environmental Sustainability, karin.hallberg@fortum.com, +46722029392.

Apply as soon as possible! We start reviewing applications and reaching out to suitable candidates already during the application period. The job ad will be closed as soon as the right candidate is found. 

Our process includes an assessment test and an interview with the hiring manager. It would be great if you could work from the beginning of May until end of August. Please indicate your availability in your application as well as which position you are most interested in.

We are Fortum
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com