Environmental, Health and Safety - Intern

Position Overview
The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Intern will assist the EHS team and cross-functional teams to improve safety culture and to meet/exceed regulatory and corporate policy requirements. The position is intended to be an opportunity for an Occupational Health and Safety or Industrial Engineering undergraduate to obtain hands-on EHS experience with a wide variety of tasks while contributing to the company's overall goals and objectives.
Essential Duties
Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assist in the development, maintenance, and implementation of EHS written and training programs.
• Create and review JSA (job safety analysis) with cross-functional groups.
• Perform ergonomic risk assessments and evaluations.
• Conduct new hire orientation training and other EHS training, as needed.
• Complete safety and hazardous waste storage area inspections.
• Participate in site level risk assessments.
• Co-lead a Safety Committee and work with Safety Committee team members.
• Perform annual chemical inventory and MAQ (Maximum Allowable Quantity) review.
• Identify, evaluate, and inventory confined spaces.
• Support daily EHS activities, such as audits, incident investigations, corrective action, and preventative action determination and implementation.
• Perform noise level monitoring and noise level mapping.
• Certify chemical fume hoods.
• Ability to communicate, work with cross-functional team members, organize daily and long-term work goals, time-management, and multitask.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company's Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed.
• Ability to work overtime, as needed.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability to work on a computer and phone simultaneously.
• Ability to use a telephone through a headset.
• Ability to work seated for approximately 50% of a typical working day. Ability to work standing for approximately 50% of a typical working day.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds for approximately 20% of a typical working day.
• Ability to grasp with both hands; pinch with thumb and forefinger; turn with hand/arm; reach above shoulder height.
• Ability to comply with any applicable personal protective equipment requirements.
• Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Enrollment in a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• Basic computer skills to include internet navigation and email usage.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Grade point average of 3.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale.
• Membership in the American Society of Safety Engineers or other recognized safety organization.
• Demonstrated history of volunteering in the community.
• Hold a leadership position in an on-campus student organization.
• Experience with industrial automation systems and components such as PLCs, sensors, drives, or HMI's.

Salary Range:
$33,000.00 - $53,000.00
The annual base salary shown is for this position located in US - WI - Madison on a full-time basis.
If you require a reasonable accommodation with the application process, please email hr@exactsciences.com.
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