2025 Summer Intern - HSE

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Natrium, WV
Internship
Healthtech • Biotech
The Role
The internship provides engineering students with practical experience in plant manufacturing, involving project work, observation, assistance with daily tasks, participation in safety programs, and presenting to management.
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Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.​

The Internship is designed to provide the engineering student a real-life work experience and training in the day-to-day activities of plant manufacturing. We take great pride in the development and offerings included in our internship program. Our Internships are a part of our Company College Recruiting strategy to attract and retain qualified, high ­performing talent for our early career opportunities within our plant locations.

*All resumes must include available contact information: phone number; address, email address and one’s major; GPA, and projected graduation date.

Minimum Qualifications:

*Must have completed second year of college

*Must be majoring in Environmental, Health and Safety discipline

*Must have a 2.8 or higher GPA

*Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*Work on assigned projects with the close supervision of mentor/supervisor

*Observe activities of the assigned department/unit

*Assist mentor/supervisor in day-to-day tasks

*Actively participate in Complex safety/environmental programs

*Maintain intern work/activity journal

*Presentation to management team

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Additionally, this position must make general decisions requiring judgement and perform activities requiring sustained concentration.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is sometimes moderate when working in an office, however, some of the work may be required in the operating units which mandates usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.  May also result in exposure to outside elements and may require usage of stairs and elevators.  Travel including air travel or auto travel may occasionally be required.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.

The Company
HQ: Houston, TX
9,500 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

Westlake Chemical (NYSE: WLK) is a quality manufacturer and dependable global supplier of petrochemicals, plastics and building products. Our mission is to serve our clients by enhancing daily life through the products and services we provide, which in turn make life better for people every day.

Employing approximately 9,500 people, Westlake operates from 36 locations in North America, 11 in Europe and 6 in Asia.

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