What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intern, EHS Environmental Health and Safety position at System One?
Internship opportunity for
Summer 2025 term.
General Summary:
This position will provide support to the EHS department with the aim of improved safety and environmental compliance and performance.
Essential Functions:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Education:
General Summary:
This position will provide support to the EHS department with the aim of improved safety and environmental compliance and performance.
Essential Functions:
- Responsible at all times for promoting a safety culture and safety awareness within their area of responsibility.
- Support all plant and department safety policies and procedures at all times.
- Implements, maintains and monitors the safety program campus wide and across all shifts.
- Assists in leading an effective safety committee.
- Identifies, assesses and corrects conditions which could produce accidents or financial loss.
- Conducts frequent plant safety inspections and observes workers for safe and unsafe behaviors.
- Assists in maintaining and updating existing accidents prevention and loss-control systems.
- Complete, maintain and update risk analyses as required.
- Must be able to store, analyze and retrieve statistical data using computer.
- Develop and recommend new procedures and approaches to safety.
- Support department heads and administrators in enforcing safety regulations and codes.
- Periodically inspects premises to ensure outgoing effectiveness of safety and security systems and applies the appropriate corrective action when necessary.
- Works with departmental supervisors to conduct incident investigations in a thorough and timely manner.
- Attend all relevant safety meetings.
- Ensures all safety equipment and PPE are kept in serviceable order and replacement equipment can be acquired without disruption to the workflow.
- Assists in compiling of reports and creating presentations as required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to build positive relationships at all levels both internal and external to the organization.
- Excellent communications skills – ability to communicate clearly and concisely in multiple media – verbal, written, etc.
- Excellent organizational/time management skills – ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced working environment.
- Ability to use independent judgment within established guidelines and written directions.
- Strong attention to detail, ability to review documents for completeness and accuracy.
- Strong computer skills (MS Office Suite).
- Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality at all times and in all situations.
- Clear understanding of OSHA guidelines.
Education:
- Pursuing a degree in Safety Management, Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, or similar.
