Environmental Health and Safety Intern

Internship summary:

The Environmental Health and Safety Intern will support an enterprise level OSHA compliance and risk analysis initiative. This role is designed for a highly analytical and motivated student interested in gaining hands on experience in regulatory compliance data analysis and safety strategy within a multi-site industrial organization.

The intern will work closely with EHS leadership to analyze historical OSHA complaints inspections and citations in order to identify trends systemic risks and opportunities for proactive risk reduction. The internship will culminate in the development of executive level deliverables including dashboards heat maps root cause themes and a strategic action plan.

Key Responsibilities

Data Collection and Analysis
Collect and consolidate OSHA complaints inspection records citations and reportable injury data across multiple facilities
Organize and maintain a centralized data repository for historical compliance data
Analyze trends related to inspection frequency citation types severity and geographic distribution

Compliance and Risk Evaluation
Review OSHA citations and inspection documentation to identify recurring compliance issues
Assist in categorizing findings by risk type severity and potential cost impact
Support identification of systemic root causes beyond single facility events

Field and Stakeholder Engagement
Participate in interviews or discussions with facility managers and EHS leaders to provide context to data findings
Assist in validating trends and assumptions through qualitative feedback

Reporting and Deliverables
Support development of an enterprise OSHA activity dashboard
Assist in creation of geographic heat maps highlighting high risk regions or facilities
Contribute to financial and operational impact analysis related to OSHA activity
Help draft a strategic action plan focused on reducing repeat violations and future exposure
Support preparation of an executive level presentation summarizing findings and recommendations

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

Ideal candidate would be a college junior or senior who is actively pursuing a bachelors degree in environmental health and safety Industrial Hygiene Safety Engineering Environmental Science or a related field
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with OSHA regulations or compliance concepts
Experience with data visualization tools or dashboards
Interest in industrial or hazardous waste operations

WORK HOURS BENEFITS PAY: 

• Full-time Hybrid Schedule: (Monday to Friday)
• Tues-Thurs in office 9-5
• 8 Weeks (June 1- July 31st)
• Hourly Rate: $23-24

Additional Information :

Additional Information

Clean Earth offers competitive benefits including health dental and vision insurance life insurance and disability plans as well as a 401k with company matching. 

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. 

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Military veterans encouraged to apply.  

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Intern