Trainee ESG Advisory

• Remuneration: will depend on the student's level of training and the number of hours established.

At Arup, we offer a rewarding career with a global company committed to a better future. Our unique trust ownership structure allows us to prioritize meaningful work and invest in our people. We also offer a unique profit share program, allowing our members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

• Professional Growth & Development: Benefit from continuous learning opportunities, training programs, and mentorship to enhance your skills and advance your career at Arup.

• Global Opportunities: Collaborate with colleagues worldwide and explore potential short-term or long-term assignments at other Arup offices and project locations.

Arup is recognized as one of the best companies to work for in Spain in 2025 by Actualidad Económica and Forbes magazine, thanks to our flexibility policies. We also adhere to the Code of Principles of Generational Diversity, committing to equal opportunities regardless of age.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective where individuality is encouraged. Our strength comes from how we respect, share, and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas. You'll have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning-to Arup, to your career, and to the clients and communities we serve.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of the world around us. We actively promote a culture of inclusion where everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued.

We welcome applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, disability, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.

We are looking for am ESG Advisory trainee to join our Business and Investor Advisory (BIA) team in Madrid. You will work with the team on transactions and advisory projects for infrastructure, energy and real estate investors.

We are looking for someone proactive that wants to develop their career in the Advisory ESG area. Ideally, you'll bring:

• ESG due diligence: Support ESG due diligence for companies and asset portfolios. This covers health & safety, environment, labour conditions, human rights, supply chain, business ethics and risk management.
• EU regulatory analysis: Assess assets and companies against EU sustainable finance regulation, including EU Taxonomy alignment and Minimum Safeguards (human rights, anti-corruption, fair competition and taxation).
• ESG reporting: Support double materiality assessments and reporting exercises in line with CSRD/ESRS or other relevant frameworks, and investor reporting.
• ESG strategy: Contribute to ESG strategies and sustainability plans for investors and asset managers, including gap analyses, peer benchmarking, stakeholder workshops, roadmaps, KPIs.
• ESG benchmarks and assessments: Support assessments and improvement plans for frameworks such as GRESB.
• Climate-related assessments: Contribute to Climate Risk Analysis, physical and transitional risks analysis, and related adaptation exercises to support asset resilience.
• ESG and business plan: Help assess how sustainability KPIs and corporate ESG maturity may affect corporate or asset value, financing, or operational performance. Understand how these variables can be evaluated in tandem with the a company's business plan and planned expenditures, and which costs may be considered as beneficial to sustainability-related objectives identified by the UN SDGs, the EU, OECD, etc.
• Turn large amounts of information into clear key messages for clients, using Excel and data analysis tools where useful.
• Work alongside technical and commercial due diligence colleagues and wider international Arup teams.

• Be enrolled in the university to be able to establish an agreement with the University
• Immediate incorporation
• Duration: 6 months of extendable internship (possibility of joining after completing the internship)
• Schedule: From 20 to 40 hours per week to be defined with the student

We value the ability to synthesise information and clearly explain findings to third parties, the ability to community clearly in English and Spanish, organisation and management of multiple workstreams or projects at one time, ability to think creatively and generate novel solutions that respond to client requests. We also value analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive, curious attitude.