2020 - Downstream - Health, Safety & Environmental Summer Intern (Whiting, IN)

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The safety of our sites, the well-being of our people and our impact on the environment are absolutely fundamental to our business. That is why HSSE is a global discipline that crosses so many areas of our business. Our responsibility is to communicate key policies and requirements to BP teams working on operational sites or projects, and keeping HSSE issues at the forefront just like other business drivers like cost and schedule.

The Occupational Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Intern will report directly to a member of the Safety and Environmental Teams. The HSE Intern will be assigned various tasks during their term include:

1. Developing site wide safety communications

2. Developing safety training programs

3. Delivering training sessions to small and large groups that could include operations, maintenance, management, and contractors

4. Completing site gap assessments for company policies and regulatory compliance

5. Assisting with planning efforts for Turnarounds and maintenance activities

6. Completing field assessments of operational and maintenance tasks

7. Conducting gas monitoring using direct reading gas detection equipment

8. Providing support to the safety team, health team, and contractor safety council, when requested

9. Determining applicability of regulations to equipment and processes onsite

10. Improving or developing (where needed) compliance programs

11. Collaborating with operations to educate

12. Collecting measurements from equipment in refinery to meet recordkeeping and reporting requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Must have cumulative and major GPA of 3.2 or higher

• BP will not support US Immigration sponsorship for full-time or long-term employment

• Seeking a Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Requirements

• Must be available for a continuous 12 week period for duration of internship

• Majoring in Safety and/or Occupational Health or related field

As a first step, nothing prepares you better for a career with us than an internship. Our internship program provides hands-on, career-specific experience working full-time, usually during summer breaks. You’ll work on real projects that deliver tangible benefits and measurable results. At the same time, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about and help to solve some of the most important issues we face.  You will experience genuine teamwork, and work alongside highly qualified and experienced colleagues, while you work on live projects and operations, using the latest equipment and technology. Every year, we employee several interns studying a range of disciplines into our summer internship program, many of whom go on to join us full-time when they graduate. Opportunities exist in all major areas of BP to explore your career aspirations and develop the technical and professional skills you will need for a successful career, while earning a competitive salary and learning about the world of business. Summer internships last 12 weeks, usually taking place in the summer before your final academic year.

The Downstream segment has global manufacturing and marketing operations. It is the product and service-led arm of BP, made up of three businesses:

• Fuels – includes refineries, fuels marketing and convenience retail businesses, together with global oil supply and trading activities that make up our fuels value chains (FVCs). We sell refined petroleum products including gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel.

• Lubricants – manufactures and markets lubricants and related products and services globally, adding value through brand, technology and relationships, such as collaboration with original equipment manufacturing partners.

• Petrochemicals – manufactures, sells and distributes products, that are produced mainly using proprietary BP technology, and are then used by others to make essential consumer products such as paint, plastic bottles and textiles. We also license our technologies to third parties.

We aim to run safe and reliable operations across all our businesses, supported by leading brands and technologies, to deliver high-quality products and services that meet our customers’ needs.

BP is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer.