Sustainability Trainee - Corporate Environmental Health & Safety

Full Time Job
Sustainability Trainee, Corporate Environmental Health & Safety - Summer/Fall 2019

The Sony Pictures Entertainment Professional Trainee program offers a unique opportunity to work alongside the teams that come together to create movies, TV shows, and other great experiences. These paid assignments provide meaningful and productive work that allow you to build your resume, experience and develop your skills further. You will be provided with challenging tasks, real-world experience, valuable networking opportunities, and many educational and social opportunities while on the lot. This Spring Professional Trainee position is from May/June through mid-December. All candidates must be able to work 40 hours a week.

Sustainability is responsible for tracking SPE's carbon footprint and setting and reaching SPE sustainability goals. Current goals include carbon reduction targets, promoting sustainable business models i.e. digital, employee empowerment at work and at home, raising awareness externally to inspire action from over 500 million people and to enable productions to achieve an environmentally friendly status. To accomplish these goals Sustainability works closely with business units, facilities, productions, employees, supply chains, and more. Further, Sustainability works side-by-side with Environmental Affairs, which manages facility compliance and global management systems and under the larger umbrella of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), which includes production safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Trainee will be responsible for assisting staff with our regular activities which typically involves working with motion picture TV and theatrical productions, studio operations, facilities and corporate departments. This person will primarily support the sustainable production program with a variety of tasks such as:
• Checking sustainable production deliverables & tracking efforts in database
• Verification of program effectiveness through data analysis (e.g. Production Sustainability benchmarking)
• Reading scripts and visiting productions
• Run-of-program project(s), to be determined e.g. Cost benefit analysis i.e. new product feasibility or new market research
• Assisting with creating departmental PowerPoint(s)

Additionally, the trainee will gain a broad exposure to the daily challenges facing the broader Sustainability and Environmental Affairs department. These issues require a logical mind that uses creativity in finding solutions for the productions and departments with which we interact. The trainee will be taught to focus their diplomatic skills to help find solutions that meet SPE's business needs while ensuring we remain compliant with the law and protect our employees. These activities might require participation in the employee volunteer group, organizing internal events, auditing production and corporate facilities, analyzing data, reading permits, discussing regulatory issues, updating ISO14001 documents, and working with EHS staff to ensure tasks have been completed. The trainee will learn about our sustainability programs and assist in the development and implementation of these programs.

EHS trainees cover a lot of material. We may not get to all the things we set out to accomplish, but the 60-70% that is covered is exciting work that touches almost every part of SPE. This is an excellent opportunity which provides an overall view of SPE with a bent towards the safety and environmental side of the business.

The trainee has a weekly 1-on-1 with their Manager. We review the work accomplished and strategize the upcoming week's tasks and opportunities for new learning experiences. The trainee will get the opportunity to work on projects that are of short and longer duration, thus maintaining interest in the position while being able to develop a sense of accomplishment by the end of the traineeship.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook; skilled in PowerPoint
• Environmental management, environmental studies or a sustainability background is preferred, but not required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical and research skills
• Reliably produce a cost benefit analysis
• Interest in film and television production
• Passion and focus on sustainability
• Interest in marketing/communications

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

* Sony Pictures - CA - Culver City Area & Studios