2025 Summer Intern: Health, Safety & Environmental - Undergrad

Overview

2025 Summer Intern - Health, Safety & Environmental - Undergrad

Nationwide Opportunities

Just because this role looks like it's located at HQ doesn't mean it is! At PepsiCo we place Campus hires in roles nationwide across both field and headquarter locations. Field based roles will only be placed in the field.

PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to leaders on the frontline, we're excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place.

Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. Think about your last group celebration: Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At PepsiCo, you're invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these products-which are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day.

A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where everyone's invited. Here, you can dare to be yourself. No matter who you are or where you're from, you can influence the people around you and the world at large. By showing up, you'll have the opportunity learn, develop, and grow our unique skill sets at work. Our supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact.

Join us. Dare for Better.

Responsibilities

Functional Description:

This position contributes to the success of PepsiCo by ensuring regulatory compliance and implementing risk or prevention-focused Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) initiatives in a location or across multiple locations. As an intern you will gain exposure at either the regional and plant/distribution center level or Headquarters level. You will work on a project that will be site, region or headquarters specific that will support the PepsiCo HSE agenda. These projects will be actionable plans that will drive improvements across the business.

What you can expect:

• Support execution, implementation, and tracking of a location's annual HSE plan
• Interface with regulatory bodies (DOT, State/Local Regulators) as needed
• Develop, implement, execute, and manage strategies to prevent workplace injuries, environmental incidents, and vehicle accidents
• Establish process to ensure driver capability using Defensive Driving techniques found in Best in Class systems
• Perform risk assessments and assist in the implementation of effective physical and/or behavioral control measures; Recognize and verify the effectiveness of in-place control measures
• Complete root cause analyses and develop corrective action plans to address root basic causes and management system weak-spots through the use of industry-recognized cause analysis techniques (5-Why, 8-D, etc.

Compensation & Benefits:

• • The expected compensation hourly pay ranges for hires into our 2025 campus intern openings is $21.50 - $40.19/hour
  • Role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are part of the process when determining actual starting salary for positions.
  • Hourly pay for our campus hires is pre-determined and non-negotiable.
  • We love to convert our interns to full time opportunities! Our full-time positions have a comprehensive benefits package that include:
  • Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement. In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
  
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Qualifications

What we're looking for:

• Currently pursuing a degree in: Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Safety (other Health/Safety related majors will be considered)
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus)
• Previous experience in an operations environment (on- or off- campus; either through employment or academic clubs)
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation and team building skills
• Ability to give/receive constructive feedback
• Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities

Minimum Qualifications - Each candidate is expected to:

• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.
• Graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Safety or any Health/Safety related major within one (1) year of internship completion
• Hold a GPA of 2.75 or higher

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

Please view our Pay Transparency Statement