C-ESG-100 Sustainability intern

About This Role

This position is exclusively open to students pursuing a university degree.

Internship dates: January 5th to April 24th 2026

Are you looking for a work environment where you can innovate, reach greater heights and collaborate with experts from a wide range of sectors? You want to join a world-class company and industry leader with projects to which you would be proud to contribute? Come share your passion with us!

The role we are offering you:

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to join the corporate sustainability, ESG strategy and reporting team as a sustainability intern. Are you ready to contribute to the following mandates:

Reporting and compliance:

• Contribute to the final development of FY26 sustainability report (to be published in June)
• Ensure accurate reporting on environmental, social and governance factors for the upcoming regulations associated to sustainability
• Assessment of applicability to the company and/or its subsidiaries
• Collection of reporting metrics and narrative
• Content review
• Data points verification
• Gap assessment on reporting and recommendations for improvement
• Cross-functional project coordination
• Identify reporting requirements as per the European directive on sustainability reporting (CSRD), based on the outputs of the double materiality assessment (to be completed by Q1 FY26)
• Support the preparation and the development of the FY26 compliant consolidated report
• Gap assessment on reporting requirements
• Project management to get additional narrative and data points
• Development of appropriate data collection processes and controls to secure the obtaining of limited assurance of FY26 report

Communications:

• Contribute to the company’s sustainability annual communication campaign:
• Internal communications on intranet (Sustainability insights campaign)
• LinkedIn posts (ad hoc)
• Development of specific ad hoc guides and materials (e.g. Responsible AI guide based on Policy of the same name)
• Improve the company’s website and CAE360
• External page revamp (sustainability section)
• Intranet page revamp
• Handle CAE Volunteer program communications and project management
• Yearly comms plan and campaign to promote the 3-pronged program
• CAE volunteer of the year program.

Our ideal candidate has:

• Verbal and written communication skills (EN/FR)
• Analytical skills, rigor and attention to detail
• Competence in using tools like Excel, Word and PowerPoint for reporting and presentations
• Understanding of corporate sustainability reporting frameworks (e.g., GRI, TCFD, UNGC, CSRD)
• Awareness on challenges linked to reporting and/or sustainability mandates

Preferred Education

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in environmental studies/sustainable development/communications specialization or related field with 0-2 years/internships completed

*All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada and must meet the requirements of the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP). All hires will be required to complete, sign and return the Controlled Goods Program form within a week of its transmittal. They must also provide a copy of their passport or birth certificate. All students with a work permit must provide a copy of it and a police clearance certificate from the country or countries where they have resided in the past five years.*

\*Please take note that if you are on a student, work or international student permit, the delays for the security background check take minimum 16 weeks.

Benefits offered:

• Salary determined according to the number of years and / or cumulative credits
• Flexible schedules and work from home policy
• Open concept workspace
• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team
• Possibility of permanent employment/extension
• STM access on campus
• Free parking on site for cars and bikes
• Running club and sports activities
• Changing rooms and showers
• Panoramic terrace open during Summer and Fall
• *For all interns hired, we will reimburse the internship costs for up to $250 per intern upon presentation of supporting documents.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This company is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At this company, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com