WJ Cairns & Associates has built its reputation and excellence of performance and hire and develop the best and brightest people in the business.

 

 

Objectives:

 

• Provide an opportunity for career enhancement and job placement through an intensive programme of office experience under conventional office conditions and to develop a basic approach to entrepreneurship; ​

• Provide interns with a basic understanding of professional practice within select fields encompassed by environmental management through task engagement on ongoing projects;

• Provide applied research experience;  

• Assist interns in the transitional process from an academic to a project and cost oriented environment;

• Develop skills awareness in report compilation, presentational graphics and Power point /web site design;

• Enhance software capability (as relevant to previous experience) in Illustrator, Corel Designer 12, AutoCAD and GIS.

• Familiarise with the current issues in natural resources industry with a special focus in the oil and gas business in North Sea and North East Atlantic.  

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Ideal Skills:

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• An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (background in geography is considered a plus)

• Strong IT skills and familiarity with GIS will be an advantage

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Excellent organisation skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and in a team

• Enthusiastic and highly motivated in familiarising with oil and gas and/or mining industry

• A masters degree might be an advantage but not a requirement

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The positions provide 8 to 12 weeks intensive professional experience. The work experience opportunity will expose successful candidates to the basics of project/client driven applied research and office practice – thus equipping them with the basics from which they may launch themselves into their chosen careers.

 

Please send/e-mail applications including CV and a Cover Letter to:

 

WJ Cairns & Associates

11 Maritime Street

Edinburgh EH6 6SB

44 (0) 131 624 8993

info@cairns-intersphere.com

www.cairnsicl.com

 

Appointments should be made immediately upon the availability of the successful applicants.