Environmental & Sustainability Intern

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Environmental Affairs Intern to join our Corporate Environmental Affairs department. This role will provide valuable hands-on experience in sustainability initiatives, regulatory reporting, and database management. The intern will work closely with our team to support various environmental and sustainability projects.

Sustainability

• Assist Corporate Environmental Affairs department with sustainability data collection and validation, carbon footprint calculation, and waste data analysis.

Regulatory Reporting

• Assist Corporate Environmental Affairs department with reporting including:
• Update of air and waste database values
• Completion of SARA 312 reports
• Completion of SARA 313 forms and database
• Preparation of air emission and waste reports
• Review and report out on trends in environmental audit findings
• Develop key training materials for environmental and sustainability related topics

Support Sherwin-Williams database systems

• Develop a general knowledge of Company-wide EHS, Sustainability and Business systems at both corporate and business unit levels
• Develop technical knowledge and assist with data management in company systems:
• Develop technical knowledge and assist with data management:
• S-W CARES (Airlog, Waste Tracking or Sustainability Reporting)
  

Minimum Requirements

• Be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Enrolled in bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical, Industrial or Safety Engineering or Environmental, Biology or Geology
• Minimum of 1 year of combined comprehensive professional or technical experience in chemical process safety, safety engineering and environmental and/or sustainability
• Familiarity with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Health and Safety Administration resources and regulations
• Experience with environmental, health and safety standards development
• Ability to liaise effectively with representatives of other organizations (i.e. Federal agencies);
• Ability to manage records from a variety of sources, including regulatory, internal and audit records.
• Proficient with business software including Microsoft Word and Excel and conducting internet research. Familiar with Microsoft Access or other database software

Preferred Requirements

• Risk analysis, risk assessment and risk decision-making tools, processes and systems
• Operational, business and EHS management systems
• Experience with implementing and training on enterprise database systems
• Public speaking and team meetings

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.