Health & Safety Internship Cork 2023

PepsiCo Internship Programme is 6 - 9 month program designed for high potential undergraduate students, just like you, into real life business impact roles – with the goal to best prepare you for a successful future. We are now looking to hire a Health & Safety Intern to join the team in our Carrigaline site.

We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo’s mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands.

We are a global organisation, situated in 16 locations across 9 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world.

As a manufacturing business, safety is our number one priority. Our aim is simple – no one gets hurt. We want our people to be able to arrive safely, work safely, and go home safely – regardless of whether they are working in an office or on the factory floor. If Health and Safety is your number one priority too, we could take your talents to a whole new level.

Role Purpose and Primary Accountabilities

• Supporting the day-to-day operations of the EHS Department by:
• Proactively championing EHS, and safe working practices across the company’s activities and operations.
• Working collaboratively and cross functionally with the various Departments by providing EHS updates, support and advice to colleagues.
• Assisting with reporting, investigating and recording of accident, incident, near-miss and good catch data promptly, ensuring corrective actions are identified and tracked to implementation.
• Conducting safety inspections and risk assessments as required, ensuring appropriate action plans in place
• Supporting the EHS training programme by delivering safety induction and other EHS training for new and existing employees and maintaining training records.
• Supporting the tracking and reporting of EHS KPI’s/ metrics
• Updating and maintaining EHS documentation
• Partnering with Departments to accomplish site EHS objectives
• Actively participating in site EHS committee meetings.
• Providing general support and assistance to the EHS Manager

Qualifications

• Undertaking a bachelor’s or master’s degree in an Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS) field or related discipline.
• Good communication & analytical skills.
• Team Player.
• Excellent people skills.
• Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter, self-sufficient and eager to learn.
• Strong IT Skills in Word & Excel.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

What happens after I apply?

• Application is submitted and reviewed by a Talent Acquisition representative.
• Suitable profiles are contacted to complete a screening call followed by a more formal interview.
• You will then be progressed to Pre-Employment compliance checks.
• Once these have all been successfully completed you will be given your formal offer.

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream.

PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.