Environmental Health & Safety Paid Summer Intern – Summer 2016

ApplyJob ID 1500032217Date posted 09/18/2015

An internship at Boeing will provide you with an opportunity to gain industry knowledge through productive work experience in a field related to your academic or career goals. You will receive hands-on experience and understanding that is difficult to obtain through a textbook or classroom discussion.  The internship opportunities are within the following areas:  Ergonomics, Workplace Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Radiation Health Protection.

Ergonomics at Boeing involves investigation of ergonomic risks present in factory and office environments, then partnering with employees and managers to reduce or eliminate those risks to prevent injuries.  Working with experienced Boeing Ergonomists, Ergonomics Interns will conduct ergonomics evaluations, document assessment results, prioritize risks and generate solutions.  Interns will also work with manufacturing operations to develop and document a sustaining ergonomics program and strategy.

Radiation Health Protection is the science and practice of protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation (radioactive material and x-rays) and non-ionizing radiation (radar fields, lasers, strong magnetic fields and high intensity light sources). Our intern program is a hands-on opportunity to work with health physicists, scientists, engineers and other workers handling and using radiation sources. Typical job assignments involve performing surveys, hazard analysis, counting samples, performing monitoring at radiography sites, monitoring exposures, etc.

Workplace Safety at Boeing involves design, implementation and support of safety programs and processes. Interns will work on and document internal safety assessments, assist with investigations, assess compliance, participate in workplace audits, draft corrective action plans.   They will also identify potential areas of risk, perform risk mitigation, and perform field surveys.

Industrial Hygiene is the development, implementation and monitoring occupational health and safety programs and processes to maintain a safe and healthy work environment. Interns will be involved in the industrial hygiene sampling planning and strategy and assist in development of hazard communications to employees.

Preferred Majors and disciplines of study: Human Factors, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science,  Radiological Health Protection, Geology, Toxicology, Occupational Health & Safety, Kinesiology or related Science field.     

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

APPLICATION GUIDANCE: Clearly state your cumulative GPA, degree type with major, and graduation date (month & year) on your resume. Candidates are encouraged to apply early as hiring is conducted on a rolling basis.

-INTERN PROGRAM: Boeing’s top ranked intern program offers exciting learning, networking, and social activities in the city in which you work. Start and end dates will be determined based on the selected candidate’s school schedule. Interns work full-time for 10-12 weeks during the summer.

-BENEFITS: Boeing offers a competitive internship compensation package (including relocation benefits for those who qualify) and early consideration to interns for full-time opportunities.

 

Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

Division

Environment, Health and Safety

Relocation Authorized?

Yes

Qualifications

To qualify, candidates must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program (or a consolidated Bachelor’s/Master’s degree program). A minimum overall GPA of 3.0 is preferred. 

 

Preferred majors include:  Occupational Health & Safety, Ergonomics, Kinesiology, Radiological Health Protection, Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, Toxicology, Geology, Human Factors or related Science field.

Location

RentonWashingtonUnited States

Other Locations

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Experience Level

Individual Contributor

Job Type

Internship

Travel

No

Contingent Upon Program Award?

No

Union

No

Job Code

UAMRNA

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