Job Description

Organizational Overview

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with a comprehensive product offering, providing creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. ProAmpac’s approach to sustainability – ProActive Sustainability® – provides innovative sustainable flexible packaging products to help our customers achieve their sustainability goals. We are guided in our work by five core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement, and Impact.

Cincinnati-based ProAmpac is owned by Pritzker Private Capital along with management and other co-investors. ProAmpac has over 50 sites globally, with over 7,000 employees supplying over 5,000 customers in 90 countries. ProAmpac innovates, engineers and manufactures flexible and sustainable packaging and material science solutions for various consumer, healthcare, e-commerce, retail and industrial goods markets.

The Summer Intern will learn from and participate with our Corporate EHS Team’s ongoing efforts to reduce injury rates and improve environmental compliance, while working in one of our manufacturing sites in Hanover Park, IL. This internship will shadow and work with the local leadership teams to learn and assist with the implementation of the EHS programs with the front-line leaders and operators on our manufacturing shop floor as well as support the development of any new Corporate wide initiatives. The project objectives are to make a safer workplace, maintain compliance, and lead community stewardship in each of our sites. This internship will provide the incumbent the opportunity to learn about and participate in this type of implementation in a hands-on setting.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists with the implementation of safety and environmental policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations. This includes written programs, recordkeeping, reports, inspections, monitoring, testing, and training.
• Supports on-site and Corporate EHS initiatives, assignments, projects, and processes. A potential project that the intern will work on are assessing hazardous waste streams generated across the sites, assisting in the alignment to develop common waste profiles, and participating in a Request for Proposal to identify one or two key vendors to establish corporate contracts with for hazardous waste removal. Another potential project will be to be support the enhancement of our Lockout Tagout safety program specifically the development of alternative methods and training.
• Completes, as assigned, monthly environmental recordkeeping and inspections as needed to assure compliance with applicable permits, regulations, and requirements.
• Assists with EHS programs, including hazardous waste disposal, cost control/reduction and accident prevention/ reduction, safety behavior audit and risk assessment programs.
• Participates with site safety committee to inspect organization facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, determines corrective or preventative measures where indicated, and helps with follow up to ensure measures have been implemented.
• Learns to help analyze manufacturing processes, evaluating production machinery and or chemical exposures to determine safety hazards and alternative solutions.
• Conducts inspections and audits to ensure compliance to the ProAmpac EHS standards.

PREFERRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Interest in Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, or related field. Pursuit of BS degree or related Associate Degree is required.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), Visio, Teams and Outlook a plus.
• Time management and organization skills. Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously establishing priorities to meet deadlines.
• Maintains strict confidentiality and protects privacy of confidential/sensitive information.
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal, written, and presentations) with executive leadership, staff, and internal and external clients.
• Proactive; exercises sound judgment and decision making; able to identify problems and needs and develop solutions and/or options.
• Self-confident, self-motivated polished professional who thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment.