Safety Intern

Sargento Foods • Plymouth, WI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This internship is for an occupational safety student passionate about reducing workplace hazards and creating a healthier environment in a modern food manufacturing setting. The Sargento Cheese Safety, Security and Risk Internship offers hands-on experience applying safety, security, and health principles, including industrial hygiene, ergonomics, incident investigation, safety program management, lockout/tagout, confined space, and other key safety programs. The role is ideal for someone enthusiastic, creative, analytical, collaborative, and goal-driven, seeking to strengthen communication skills, think creatively, and build real-world safety knowledge in a collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health, security and risk or other related field, having completed junior year prior to the start of internship.
• Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions from applicable safety standards is required.
• Must also be able to converse with other employees in a manner befitting company standards and cultural norms.
• Proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Maintain confidentiality with respect to Sargento Cheese proprietary information.
• Valid driver’s license, vehicle insurance, and vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Participate and lead Incident Root Cause Analysis Events.
• Develop new Safety Observations and Audits templates.
• Conduct trending analysis of incidents, near-misses and good catch events.
• Present findings to management while providing guidance on methods to reduce or eliminate risk.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests for new equipment / assess for hazards.
• Aid in the development of Lock Out Tag Out procedures, provide insight to streamline training processes.
• Assist in overall monitoring with health and safety regulations (OSHA).
• Help coordinate and track EHS training programs.
• Assist with projects that enhance workplace safety culture and reduce risk.
• Support safety committee initiatives and activities.
• Assist with site audits, Food Defense audits and security tasks.
• Create standard operating procedures and visual indicators to make implementation of changes successful.
• Gain familiarity with production processes and periodically participate in production activities.
• Assist with completion of Job Safety Analysis and other standard work.
• Conduct noise assessments or other industrial hygiene activities as needed.
• Participate in Process Safety Management Activities such as Compliance Audits, Process Hazard Analysis or incident investigations as applicable.

Benefits

• Lead and own real and relevant projects aligned with business objectives
• Gain valuable skills and experiences to be prepared for entry level opportunities
• Mentorship and career development to learn and grow personally and professionally
• Volunteer in community service activities
• Social professional networking experiences
• Flexible work week onsite Mondays through Thursdays and optional remote Fridays; plus, half day Fridays
• Nationally competitive compensation
• Paid relocation and housing
• 5 unpaid days off for interns and 10 unpaid days off for co-ops
• 401(k) employer contribution top 1% in the nation
• Discounts at the company cheese store and local attractions/events

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern