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Meijer Occupational Health and Safety Intern- Summer 2025 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
Weekly pay
Scheduling flexibility
Paid parental leave
Paid education assistance
Team member discount
Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
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Meijer offers an 11-week internship program that challenges interns to deliver innovative solutions to real projects that impact the business. Throughout the course of the internship experience, we deliver diverse personal and professional development opportunities that further develop skillsets that can be implemented both during and after the program. The internship program will allow for interaction with other interns and Meijer senior leaders.
The internship program includes:
Challenging and impactful projects
Final presentations delivered to senior executives
Executive speaker series
Professional development and training opportunities
Networking and community events to drive engagement
Events highlighting key areas of the business
What you will be doing as an Occupational Health & Safety Intern :
Gaining experience evaluating safety metrics to identify risk trends; conducting store and supply chain locations safety evaluations; collaborating with internal partners to support an overall holistic safety strategy; developing occupational safety training policies and procedures; and conducting investigations of regulatory citations.
The intern may also get exposure to other activities of the function, including:
Engagement with governmental agencies
Industrial best practices
Management of safety services providers
Various safety consultation services for internal partners
Broader understanding of Meijer’s Asset Protection organization
Qualifications :
Progress toward a Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, or related field
Prior internship/coursework experience with financial analytics and/or programming analysis
Ability to work flexible shifts (primarily days) to gain exposure to the full operation of the business
Drive for results - has focus on supporting a culture of safety
Customer focus - dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers
Relationship Skills - can create positive working relationships with customers, team members, leadership, and other internal and external constituencies
Communication Skills - conveys the right information in writing and verbally
Possible career path opportunities:
Corporate Safety Specialist
Manufacturing Environmental Health & Safety