Environmental, Health, and Safety Intern

Emerson•Reno, NV

About The Position

The Environmental, Health, and Safety Intern supports facility safety, environmental compliance, employee engagement, risk reduction, training, incident investigations, emergency preparedness, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement. The role works with supervisors and employees to identify safety improvement opportunities and contributes to EHS projects, audits, and operational excellence initiatives.

Requirements

Currently pursuing an Associate's or Bachelor's degree.
Interest in safety.
Commitment to a full-time, 40-hour-per-week intern/co-op experience in Reno, Nevada.

Nice To Haves

Interest in both EHS compliance and manufacturing engineering.
Excellent computer skills and technical proficiency, including strong data gathering, expertise, interpretation, and reporting skills.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Leadership experience.
Previous related experience, including internships or co-ops.

Responsibilities

Support facility safety initiatives, participate in safety observations and inspections, and assist with awareness campaigns and safety culture activities.
Assist with OSHA, EPA, state, local, and corporate EHS compliance, including regulatory recordkeeping and document management.
Support environmental programs covering air emissions, hazardous waste, wastewater, stormwater, and chemical management, and help prepare required compliance reports.
Participate in workplace inspections and hazard identification; assist with Job Safety Analyses, risk assessments, corrective action tracking, ergonomics evaluations, and industrial hygiene activities.
Help develop and update EHS training materials, toolbox talks, and safety communications; support employee orientation, training records, presentations, and engagement activities.
Assist with injury, incident, and near-miss reporting, documentation, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action development.
Support emergency response planning, evacuation drills, safety preparedness, and tracking corrective actions to completion.
Conduct routine safety, environmental, and housekeeping inspections; collect, organize, and analyze EHS performance metrics.
Maintain records related to training, inspections, incidents, audits, and regulatory compliance, and support management reporting and continuous improvement tracking.
Participate in EHS improvement projects, operational excellence initiatives, 5S, Lean Manufacturing, sustainability projects, audits, and assessments.
Contribute ideas and recommendations to improve safety, compliance, and environmental performance.