Trainee Sustainability

Company:  Greiner AG
Location: 

Kremsmünster, AT, 4550 Wien, AT, 1100

Travel activity:  15%
Employment Type:  Trainee

Your Challenge

18 months – 3 assignments – 3 projects: The Greiner Professional Program targets graduates or young talents. The program is the perfect opportunity to shape your own future. By opening up the chance to take on responsibility, gain insights into our company, and participate in demanding projects you can develop the skills you need to grow your career. A series of modules together with selective, individual training supports your development. Are you ready?

Your Potential Assignment Fields

  • Sustainability Certifications: Support the business in gaining new certifications to widen our sustainable portfolio.
  • Strategic Projects: Plan projects regarding sustainability initiatives and set measures to achieve our sustainability targets. 
  • ESG Reporting: Drive sustainability strategy implementation by preparing and analyzing ESG data to find our biggest leverages for change.
  • Circular Products: Bridge Sustainability with Research & Development to drive the development of new circular solutions.
  • Sustainability Data: Build a reliable data foundation by implementing changes and new systems to allow us to leverage data for meaningful change.
     

Your Profile

  • You are a recent (or soon-to-be) Graduate with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Business or a related field.
  • You have a minimum of six months’ work experience during your studies, ideally in industry and/or an international context and you are now using this expertise to make a real impact at our company.
  • You have gained profound intercultural experience by working or studying in a foreign cultural environment – our ideal is a minimum of four months abroad.
  • You are fluent in English; German or any other language skills are an asset.
  • You are a forward-thinker and strategic visionary who is eager to shape our company and drive its growth.
  • You are highly motivated and adaptable, ready to tackle challenges with flexibility.
  • You are mobile within the program duration (for rotations or business trips abroad)
  • Passion for sustainability

Our Offer

  • The Greiner Professional Program kicks off in September 2025 with an onboarding and networking week together with your GPP peers.
  • The 18 months-program consists of three 6 months-assignments. During program, you will experience Greiner multidimensionally and hands-on in different projects – within one of our divisions or cross-divisional. However, your main work location will be either Vienna or Kremsmünster.
  • You will be paired with a mentor from Greiner management. Additionally, you gain support from a fellow GPP buddy who is one year ahead.
  • Between assignments you will get insights into Greiner through training modules and get-togethers with Greiner senior management and experts.
  • Additionally, your professional and personal development is supported with an individual training budget.

 

We offer a hybrid working model with flexible working hours according to our internal policy. Annual gross salary during the program is EUR 50.000 (fulltime, not all-in) together with other Greiner benefits.

As an employer, we stand for equal opportunities and all qualified applicants are considered without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability status. We have set ourselves the goal of increasing the proportion of women in management and expert positions and therefore encourage qualified women to apply.

Job ID:  2769

About Greiner AG

Greiner, headquartered in Kremsmünster (Austria), is a global leader in plastics and foam solutions. With its three operating divisions Greiner Packaging, NEVEON and Greiner Bio-One, the company is at home in a wide variety of industrial sectors. Founded in 1868, the company is now one of the leading foam producers and plastics processors for the packaging, furniture, automotive industries, for medical technology and the pharmaceutical sector. Greiner generated sales of 2.12 billion euros in fiscal 2023 and employed more than 10,500  people at 118 locations in 33 countries.

The board of directors consists of Saori Dubourg and Hannes Moser.