Operations Unpaid Internship – Canary Islands

Fund Size: €90M USD

Location: Canary Islands, Spain (with global impact)

Focus: Sustainable technology operations and European market expansion

Start: ASAP

Important Note: This is an unpaid internship. We don't cover accommodation, food, visa, or flights. What we offer? The chance to build skills that don't exist in textbooks, work on projects that matter, and live like the future leader you're meant to be.

What You'll Do: Optimize and scale operations for sustainable technology projects across the UK market from our Canary Islands headquarters, combining British operational excellence with Spanish innovation to create efficient, scalable business processes. You'll develop operational frameworks for waste-to-energy and biomass gasification projects targeting UK municipalities and industrial clients, create supply chain management systems for UK-based sustainable technology implementations, and establish quality assurance protocols that meet British standards and regulatory requirements. 

Your responsibilities include designing operational workflows for UK market entry and expansion, developing vendor management and procurement strategies for British suppliers and contractors, and creating performance measurement systems that track operational efficiency and client satisfaction across UK projects. You'll also establish project management methodologies for UK-based installations, develop risk management frameworks for British regulatory and market conditions, and create operational documentation and standard operating procedures for UK market operations. Additionally, you'll optimize resource allocation and scheduling for UK project implementations, develop cost management and budget optimization strategies for British market conditions, and collaborate with UK-based partners and stakeholders to ensure smooth operational execution of sustainable technology projects.

Required Skills:

• Operations Management: Experience with process optimization, supply chain management, and operational efficiency
• UK Market Knowledge: Understanding of British business culture, regulatory environment, and market dynamics
• Project Management: Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools (PMP, Agile, or similar)
• Data Analysis: Ability to analyze operational data and create performance improvement strategies
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for UK business environment

Why It's Cool: You're building the operational backbone that will scale sustainable technology across the UK market while learning from both British operational excellence and Spanish innovation culture. The operational systems you create will enable rapid deployment of waste-to-energy solutions across British municipalities, making clean technology more accessible and efficient throughout the UK. This is where operational strategy meets sustainability impact, where you'll be developing processes that could transform how the UK approaches waste management and clean energy production. Your work will contribute to the UK's net-zero goals while building expertise that makes you invaluable in the rapidly growing European clean technology sector.

Canary Islands Option: Scale UK operations from paradise, where British precision meets Atlantic island innovation to create breakthrough operational systems for sustainable technology deployment. Optimize supply chains with ocean views, develop operational strategies with your international team over beachside collaboration sessions, and find inspiration for your process improvements in the natural efficiency and sustainability you observe in Canary Islands communities. Debug operational workflows between volcanic hikes, celebrate efficiency breakthroughs with sunset dinners alongside fellow innovators from around the world, and experience how the right environment can enhance both strategic thinking and operational precision.