Paint Shop Safety Intern (Spring 2025)
A good student experience is never hands-off. We believe in creating an environment where students really can learn by doing during their time with us and where they are given their own areas of responsibilities from the start. That’s why you are treated as part of the team from day one and are encouraged to bring your own ideas to the table.
Description
Occupational Safety positions are a mixture of engineering and regulatory compliance functions, with a heavy focus on problem solving and engagement across the organization. The Occupational Safety Intern will work alongside our Paint’s Safety team to support and direct safety initiatives at Plant 10. This position offers hands-on exposure in a dynamic fast paced manufacturing environment. Interns will gain experience using safety management systems to keep and sustain a safe work environment for all BMW Associates, as well as, experience using lean manufacturing principles, management of change, and risk management principles while navigating daily production, future projects, and innovation topics.
This role provides exposure to multiple areas of the automotive business including equipment design, controls, robots, programming, vehicle design, regulations, occupational health, workers comp, and a wide range of innovation topics (including 3D printing/additive manufacturing).
- Utilize existing safety management system to sustain a safe working environment for BMW Associates.
- Maintain and perform SERA evaluations to help reduce ergonomic concerns for Paint Shop Associates.
- Collaborate with TX-8 & TP-30 to ensure the functionality of SERA is optimized for TX-3 processes.
- Collaborate with Production, Planning, Maintenance to review submission to internal Change Management Process.
- Maintain accident investigation reports and communicate any overdue reports with appropriate section leaders and section managers.
- Maintain electronic library for all TX-3 Safety Change Management Forms.
- Assists in assigning counter actions for all open safety concerns reported through the SafetyNet phone application.
- Researches and prepares relevant topics for the TX-3 Daily Safety Update communication.
- Perform noise mapping throughout TX-3 processes to ensure TX-3 is achieving dB levels that meet OSHA compliance standards. Assists in other industrial hygiene projects as needed.
- Conducts safety audits on the production floor to ensure TX-3 is meeting Safety standards.
- Supports the Safety Group by attending meeting free time at process supporter boards.
- Provides extra safety presence by walking the production floor, visiting with associates to answer questions, and give attention to their safety concerns.
- Supports safety onboarding training for newly hired TX-3 associates. Supports audit prep initiatives.
- Maintains the TX-3 Safety intern pass down training guide.
Qualifications
- Majoring in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Risk Management, or other engineering-based degrees.
- MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
- Problem Solving skills.
- Ability to train others.
- Project leadership skills
- Possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (not just in major).
- Have enrolled status at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.
- Completed at least 30 credit hours at time of application.
- Ability to work full-time on-site (40 hours / week).
- Transfer students must have a GPA from current university.
- MUST ATTACH A COPY OF UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT.
- Complete and pass a substance abuse test before the work term.
- THE WORK TERM DATES ARE (January 13th – May 16th, 2025)
