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Are you passionate about reducing the climate impacts caused by various industry sectors involved in transport, freight, and logistics? The Senior Technical Manager at Smart Freight Centre India is looking for a Technical Intern to support the SFC India team.
Would you like to work alongside some of the largest companies and NGOs in the world, helping drive their initiatives toward a decarbonized planet? To achieve our mission, we're looking for highly skilled and motivated people to strengthen our international efforts.
About Smart Freight Centre
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is a globally active non-profit organization for climate action in the freight sector. We are enablers for those who believe in united action to reduce logistics greenhouse gas emissions.
Through creating a single, international methodology for tracking freight emissions we drive transparency to enable emission reductions. SFC brings together multi-nationals, forwarders & carriers, NGOs, and governments in our collaborative initiatives, trainings, and programs.
Together, we help solve the business challenges behind reducing freight emissions and impact the industry standards. Our goal is to guide the industry to track and reduce its GHG emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050 or earlier.
About the position
SFC is currently establishing the Green Freight Program in India with partners across the ecosystem, based on industry-wide alliances between shippers, LSPs, the public sector, and carriers to promote fuel efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions from logistics operations.
SFC has secured partners and is running a host of freight decarbonization initiatives, built upon two pillars: ‘Freight Emissions Accounting’ and ‘Road Freight Electrification’.
SFC continues to expand these initiatives, involving research, technical analysis, business modelling, and implementation planning in collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
Your work will involve contributing to data collection, evidence gathering, basic technical analysis, and supporting strategy and project planning efforts.
You’ll collaborate closely with stakeholders from the Indian freight sector, work alongside SFC’s global technical team, and engage with local partners and suppliers.
The emissions accounting part of your work will follow the GLEC Framework, developed by SFC, while the electrification work will be based on SFC’s Zero Emission Trucks (ZET) pilot and scale-up methodology.
This internship offers a unique opportunity to explore the connections between vehicle technology, economics, and public policy. It’s ideal for someone who is curious, motivated to learn, and comfortable working across different teams and geographies. We’re looking for someone who brings creativity, attention to detail, and good time management to their work.
The role is especially suited to candidates pursuing or holding a degree in a technical or sustainability-related field, and who have a genuine interest in transportation, climate, or energy.
Key responsibilities
1. Field research & analysis
- FTE: 40 hours/week
- Starting date: as soon as possible
- Location: Delhi
- 400 EUR ≈ ₹40,379.11
- 6-month internship
- 1 day of holiday per month
Are you passionate about reducing the climate impacts caused by various industry sectors involved in transport, freight, and logistics? The Senior Technical Manager at Smart Freight Centre India is looking for a Technical Intern to support the SFC India team.
Would you like to work alongside some of the largest companies and NGOs in the world, helping drive their initiatives toward a decarbonized planet? To achieve our mission, we're looking for highly skilled and motivated people to strengthen our international efforts.
About Smart Freight Centre
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is a globally active non-profit organization for climate action in the freight sector. We are enablers for those who believe in united action to reduce logistics greenhouse gas emissions.
Through creating a single, international methodology for tracking freight emissions we drive transparency to enable emission reductions. SFC brings together multi-nationals, forwarders & carriers, NGOs, and governments in our collaborative initiatives, trainings, and programs.
Together, we help solve the business challenges behind reducing freight emissions and impact the industry standards. Our goal is to guide the industry to track and reduce its GHG emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050 or earlier.
About the position
SFC is currently establishing the Green Freight Program in India with partners across the ecosystem, based on industry-wide alliances between shippers, LSPs, the public sector, and carriers to promote fuel efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions from logistics operations.
SFC has secured partners and is running a host of freight decarbonization initiatives, built upon two pillars: ‘Freight Emissions Accounting’ and ‘Road Freight Electrification’.
SFC continues to expand these initiatives, involving research, technical analysis, business modelling, and implementation planning in collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
Your work will involve contributing to data collection, evidence gathering, basic technical analysis, and supporting strategy and project planning efforts.
You’ll collaborate closely with stakeholders from the Indian freight sector, work alongside SFC’s global technical team, and engage with local partners and suppliers.
The emissions accounting part of your work will follow the GLEC Framework, developed by SFC, while the electrification work will be based on SFC’s Zero Emission Trucks (ZET) pilot and scale-up methodology.
This internship offers a unique opportunity to explore the connections between vehicle technology, economics, and public policy. It’s ideal for someone who is curious, motivated to learn, and comfortable working across different teams and geographies. We’re looking for someone who brings creativity, attention to detail, and good time management to their work.
The role is especially suited to candidates pursuing or holding a degree in a technical or sustainability-related field, and who have a genuine interest in transportation, climate, or energy.
Key responsibilities
1. Field research & analysis
- Conduct primary and secondary research on freight decarbonization topics, including charging infrastructure, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and trucking ecosystem dynamics.
- Analyze freight corridors, renewable energy corridors, and identify high-potential regions for electric vehicle (EV) adoption.
- Conduct stakeholder visits or fieldwork (as needed) to gather real-world insights and operational data.
- Work closely with academic institutions (IIM Bangalore & IIM Mumbai) on the topic of emission accounting for technical framework creation.
- Compile and synthesize findings from stakeholder consultations, field visits, and partner data into structured reports.
- Study and compare different TCO and financing models for ZET adoption in India.
- Support the development and maintenance of the Sustainable Freight Corridor (SFC) inventory, covering:
- Charging infrastructure availability and density.
- Operational challenges and emerging opportunities.
- Key freight routes and flow patterns.
- Assist in activities to scale freight emissions accounting methodology, including data cleaning, gap analysis, and validation.
- Attend relevant industry technical events and webinars related to freight electrification and decarbonization.
- Prepare brief summaries of learnings and insights for internal use and team knowledge building.
- Support the development of technical papers on emissions accounting, LCA emissions, etc.