Environmental Health & Safety Intern

Title: Environmental Health & Safety Intern

Location: Kennewick, WA

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Participate in a paid 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.

-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

Support the Lamb Weston Environmental, Health, and Safety department, focusing 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 it. Each assignment will require a written report from the intern as well as a documented assessment/review by the Environmental, Health, and Safety professional assigned as a mentor.

• 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

• Must be currently enrolled or a recent graduate of a Bachelor's or Master's degree program related to Occupational Safety & Health or a related technical field
• 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

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-256292

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 01/18/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable hourly estimate for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $22.00