Health Safety & Environmental Intern

 

Health Safety & Environmental Intern 

         

The Health, Safety, and Environmental Intern supports the HSE team in promoting a safe, healthy, compliant, and environmentally responsible workplace; this role provides hands-on experience with occupational safety, industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, emergency preparedness, employee engagement, data tracking, and continuous improvement initiatives.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with HSE program implementation, documentation, inspections, audits, and follow-up activities;
• Support hazard identification, risk assessments, job safety analyses, and corrective action tracking;
• Help review and improve emergency preparedness materials, including evacuation procedures, take-cover information, maps, drills, and visitor guidance;
• Participate in safety inspections, lab or facility walkthroughs, and compliance verification activities;
• Support high-risk work programs such as confined space, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, hot work, elevated work, mobile equipment, and contractor safety;
• Assist with environmental programs such as waste management, spill prevention, sustainability initiatives, environmental inspections, and regulatory documentation;
• Compile, organize, and analyze HSE data to support metrics, dashboards, reports, and continuous improvement efforts;
• Help develop or update training materials, communications, standard work documents, procedures, and employee engagement resources;
• Participate in incident prevention activities, employee awareness campaigns, and HSE events;
• Work collaboratively with HSE professionals, site personnel, operations teams, contractors, and subject matter experts to support a strong safety and environmental culture.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Management, Public Health, Engineering, or a related field;
• Completion of sophomore or junior year preferred, but not required;
• Coursework or interest in occupational safety, environmental compliance, industrial hygiene, emergency preparedness, risk management, or sustainability is beneficial;
• Strong interest in health, safety, environmental protection, and continuous improvement;
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team after receiving direction;
• Good organization, time management, attention to detail, and follow-through;
• Effective written and verbal communication skills;
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and the ability to learn new systems or software tools;
• Comfortable collecting information, organizing data, identifying trends, and summarizing findings;
• Willingness to learn, ask questions, take initiative, and support practical solutions;
• Ability to maintain professionalism.

    YOUR APPLICATION      

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer. 
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Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans
 
Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below. 

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