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.