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Safety Intern (Summer 2025)

​​​​​​A good student experience is never hands-off. We are dedicated to fostering a dynamic learning environment where students actively engage in practical experiences throughout their time with us. From the beginning, students are entrusted with specific responsibilities, ensuring they play a significant role in their learning journey. As valued team members, students are also encouraged to share and implement their own ideas, enhancing both their personal growth and the collective success of the team.

Description:

This position will support the areas of Occupational Health and Safety in the development and continuous improvement of our management programs. The role provides project support for occupational health and safety projects, programs, pilots, processes, and initiatives. Duties include administrative support, project management, continuous improvement/efficiencies, research/analysis, process mapping, and evaluation/reporting. The role will interface with a variety of health and safety core responsibilities (including auditing, occupational medical management, safety compliance, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, management systems, and specification/program development).

 

The qualified intern/Co-op should expect to contribute & improve in the following functions:

  • Duties will include a mixture of support tasks and small projects management including, but not limited to, the following:
    • Assisting with the sustainability of existing programs and making efficiencies and modifications to existing procedures.
    • Leading a small project with team and report results to a steering circle.
    • Assist with program administration such as documentation tracking and filing, collecting and analyzing satisfaction survey data, monitoring action items, and key performance indicators.
    • Assist in audits, ergonomic evaluations, inspections, and investigations.
    • Conduct research on potential vendors and innovative technology.
    • Develop communication plans and training programs for new programs.
    • Provide support for interactions with internal and external customers.
    • Maintain project plan and task lists various individual and team projects
    • Attend project meetings and compile notes and action items
    • Create presentations and communication documents using Corporate Identity standards
    • Daily use of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint) and SharePoint
  • Development of a structure/building safety buy-off procedure
  • Refinement of Industrial Hygiene Program (JHHA and Operational Technical Manual Documents)
  • Create a standardized Risk Assessment Template for new equipment
  • Revise contractor and construction orientation
  • Implement a mobile application for behavior-based safety observations
  • Development of key performance indicator dashboards to the drill down within the production technologies.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by management.

 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in occupational safety, Industrial Hygiene, or Ergonomics.  
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and preferred to have database skills. 
  • Possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (not just in major).
  • Have enrolled student status at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.
  • Completed at least 30 credit hours at time of application.
  • Ability to work full-time on-site (40 hours / week).
  • Transfer students must have a GPA from current university.
  • MUST ATTACH A COPY OF UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT.
  • Complete and pass a substance abuse test before the work term.
  • THE WORK TERM DATES ARE May 19th – August 8th, 2025.

​​​​​BMW Manufacturing Company is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of BMW MC to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified persons regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Employment with BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (BMW MC) is at-will and may be terminated at any time, with or without notice, at the option of BMW MC or the employees.

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