Intern (Fall 2024) - Corporate Responsibility
Thornton Tomasetti

Job Info

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Thornton Tomasetti applies engineering and scientific principles to solve the world's challenges. An independent organization of creative thinkers and innovative doers collaborating from offices worldwide, our mission is to bring our clients' ideas to life and, in the process, lay the groundwork for a better, more resilient future. We provide support and opportunities to our employees to achieve their full potential and cultivate a rewarding career.

Our Corporate Responsibility Department facilitates firm-wide policies and goal setting for environmental and social impact, measures the progress and publicly reports on what we are doing. The Department also manages the firm's climate commitments and emissions reporting. See our Corporate Responsibility Report for more details.

The Role

We have an opportunity for a part-time intern to conduct market research and prepare a report investigating where colleges and universities lie on the road to decarbonization. If time permits, the intern may also assist with benchmarking research on corporate responsibility approaches at other engineering and architecture firms. The intern will work with staff in our Corporate Responsibility Department in collaboration with our Sustainability & Resilience Practice.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying colleges and universities with clear decarbonization goals and researching on-line their plans for achieving their goals.
  
• Building an understanding and familiarity with our decarbonization services, within our Climate Action strategy
  
• Development of a final presentation or report identifying where our Climate Action work can support individual institutions on their road to decarbonization
  

Requirements:

• Students should be pursuing a degree in sustainability, engineering or related fields; have a good understanding of decarbonization solutions for organizations; and have demonstrated strong research and communication skills. Students who have worked with their college or university's sustainability program and are familiar with sustainability action planning will be strongly considered.
  

Benefits

Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical & Childcare
  
• Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time
  
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
• Commuter Transit (where available)
  
• 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments
  
• Fitness Reimbursement
  
• And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives
  

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