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Job Description

Are you looking for a summer internship that offers collaborative and multidisciplinary experiences with a team of certified occupational health and safety professionals? Are you a problem-solver who is self-motivated, curious, intuitive, and organized? Are you excited about the possibility of influencing positive health and safety outcomes for thousands of businesses across Oregon?

If so, SAIF’s industrial hygiene (IH) and health internship provides all this and more. We’re a publicly-owned, not-for-profit workers’ compensation insurance company, driven by a vision to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work.

Internship overview

You’ll spend 12 weeks as part of our team of industrial hygienists, ergonomists, nurse consultants, safety consultants, and Total Worker Health® experts, visiting customers’ workplaces throughout Oregon. You will also assist the team with consultations, hazard evaluations, and report writing. Previous interns have found their way into safety management and other leadership roles at SAIF, as well as IH positions in insurance, government, pharmaceutical companies, and occupational health and safety consulting firms. 

Based out of our Salem office, you’ll have easy access to Portland, the Oregon Coast, mountain ranges, valleys, and other places to explore.

This is an excellent opportunity to (safely) get your foot in our door.

Responsibilities

• Consult on a variety of occupational health issues using an integrated Total Worker Health® approach
• Assist SAIF’s IH and health team with consultations and analyses of policyholders’ worksites, including the evaluation of physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic hazards over a wide range of industries
• Draft reports to be submitted to internal and external customers at the request of and with the guidance of SAIF IH and health staff
• Research occupational health issues
• Complete special projects as assigned

Recommended qualifications

• Bachelor or master’s degree student in industrial hygiene/occupational/environmental health sciences and completion of industrial hygiene laboratory or instrumentation course work required by the degree program of the college or university
• Able to work both independently and cooperatively within a team doing complex, confidential work
• Superior problem-solving, research, and writing skills demonstrating an ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and persuasive way
• Basic personal computer and word processing skills
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record or ability to arrange transportation for occasional travel out of the office
• Other combinations of education and experience demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job also will be considered

Position information

Hours:         Full-time during summer break 2023 

Start Date:   Approximately May 2023 (flexible)

Duration:     Three months

Salary:        $23,25 per hour; benefits do not apply

Next steps

To receive consideration, please submit the following by the closing date of this recruitment:

• your resume
• a cover letter
• unofficial transcript(s), and
• a solely authored, college-level writing sample

This recruitment will close on January 6, 2023.

If we receive a sufficient number of qualified applicants, this recruitment may close early.

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Veterans

We provide preference to qualifying and disabled veterans. For more information please visit saif.com/veterans.

About us

Since 1914, SAIF has been taking care of injured workers, helping people get back to work, and keeping rates low by focusing on workplace safety. Together with our partners, we strive to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work.

SAIF is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in its workplace.

Location: Salem or Eugene, OR

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Here’s a summer internship for a college student who is excited about advancing safety and health outcomes for businesses across Oregon. This position offers collaborative experiences with a team of occupational safety and health professionals who have boots on the ground across multiple industries. If you are an adventurous person who can manage shifting priorities while flexing your creative muscles, this is the internship for you!

SAIF’s safety and health internship offers a great way to get real life experience in a safety and health career. We are a publicly owned workers’ compensation insurance company, driven by a vision to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work.

Internship overview

You’ll spend 12 weeks as part of our team of safety professionals, industrial hygienists, ergonomists, and Total Worker Health® experts, working with our customers throughout Oregon. You will also assist the team with data analysis, projects, and corporate initiatives. Previous interns have found their experience connects with a variety of industries and roles.

At the end of the internship, you’ll have an opportunity to present your experience to members of our safety and health staff.

This position is based out of our Salem or Eugene offices. There may be opportunities to work from home. You’ll have easy access to Portland, the Oregon Coast, mountain ranges, valleys, and other places to explore.

This is an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience in occupational safety and health.

Responsibilities

• Assist safety and health staff with customer consultations to gain exposure to the services, resources, and training that SAIF provides.
• Learn and apply a variety of occupational safety and health concepts using an integrated Total Worker Health® approach.
• Work with staff to review, update, or create safety and health resources, web content, or training for our customers.
• Participate in training opportunities to develop skills in all aspects of safety and health consultation, applicable rules and regulations, SAIF’s safety and health best practices and guidelines, and customer service.
• Attend and participate in team and committee meetings to gain experience with the collaborative work process.
• Learn about the connection between safety and health and workers’ compensation insurance in Oregon. Learn about stakeholders and business partners.
• Manage and complete assigned projects and tasks.

Recommended qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a program that will lead to a bachelor or master’s degree in occupational health and safety, environmental health sciences, or public health.
• Able to work well individually and as part of a group.
• Comfortable researching scientific journals as well as internet sources.
• Clear, persuasive writing skills; able to take complex ideas and make them accessible to multiple audiences.
• Basic computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft products such as MS Office, MS Outlook, Office 365.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record or ability to arrange transportation for travel out of the office.
• Other combinations of education and experience demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job will also be considered.

Position information

Hours:         Full-time during summer break 2023 

Start Date:   Negotiable between May and June

Duration:     12 weeks

Salary:        $19.25 per hour; benefits do not apply

Next steps

To receive consideration, please submit the following by the closing date of this recruitment:

• your resume
• a cover letter
• unofficial transcript(s), and
• a college writing sample authored solely by you

This recruitment will close January 6, 2023.  Apply Online!

If we receive enough qualified applicants, this recruitment may close early.

Veterans

We provide preference to qualifying and disabled veterans. For more information please visit saif.com/veterans.

About us

Since 1914, SAIF has been taking care of injured workers, helping people get back to work, and keeping rates low by focusing on workplace safety. Together with our partners, we strive to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work.

SAIF is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in its workplace.

Location: Hermiston, OR

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About Lamb Weston

Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, we’ve produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.

Job Description SummaryParticipate in a 11-week internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. As part of the Lamb Weston University Recruiting Internship Program, Interns work towards completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance.

Whether you are interested in Agricultural Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Food Science, Marketing, or Engineering, our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.

– 12-week paid internship, May – August (actual dates may vary)
– Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
– Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
– Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
– Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation

Job Description

Support the Lamb Weston Environmental, Health, and Safety department with a focus on safety in our manufacturing facilities. Interns will be responsible for several projects. For each project, the intern will be assigned a “mentor” to work with side-by-side to complete the project. Each assignment will require a written report from the intern as well as documented assessment/review by the Environmental, Health, and Safety professional assigned as a mentor.  

The aspects of the internship may include but at not limited to: 

• Conduct an ergonomic assessment, machine safety assessment, or walking working surface assessment using the Lamb Weston assessment tools in conjunction with the onsite leadership team  
• Utilize the hierarchy of controls to implement corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) as needed based on assessments. Track those CAPA’s to completion throughout your internship 
• Assist the onsite internal auditing committee in quarterly reviews of the EHS Framework elements 

• Actively participate in the audit including walk-through, interview of employees, and development of the report/recommendations 
• Interact with hourly plant employees within the facility while assisting the location’s Safety Manager with other projects and tasks  
• Shadow the onsite EHS team to learn what a career with Lamb Weston would look like  
• Participate in Continuous Improvement efforts in the facility as a member of the EHS Team 
• Lead and participate in various EHS special projects

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled or a recent graduate of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program related to Safety & Health or related technical field (ex. mechanical/industrial engineering) 
• Juniors, Seniors, or Master’s degree students preferred but also accepting recent grads 
• Minimum GPA 3.0 preferred 
• Demonstrated strengths in relationship building and problem-solving 
• Continuous improvement mindset and methodology  
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills  
• Strong analytical skills 
• Strong computer competency including experience with MS suite 

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.Job Requisition ID: Req-231211Time Type: Full time

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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