Intern, Health Safety and Enviornmental

Since 1890, New York Air Brake has been an innovative leader in the heavy-haul railroad industry. As a member company of Knorr-Bremse Group–the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles-New York Air Brake is recognized worldwide as a Center of Competence for heavy-haul freight railroad control systems serving customers around the globe. Our talented, diverse, and dedicated teams develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing our customers. New York Air Brake is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Essential Duties: Participate in the development and implementation of beneficial programs/projects aimed at improving environmental efficiency, employee safety, and equipment ergonomics.Monitoring, analyzing, and reporting of operational safety, environmental and sustainability metrics.Participate on new equipment launch teams to complete requirements for HSE, including job hazard analysis, personal protective equipment assessments, machine guarding assessments, waste evaluations and HSE regulatory permitting.Investigate and contribute to the resolution of employee occupational injuries, environmental incidents and property loss events.Assist with process safety improvement projects, including use of six sigma tools, lean, and project management skills as required.Contribute and participate in implementation and auditing teams to ensure OSHA, EPA, and ISO14001 / OHSAS18001 requirements are being met.Development of safety and environmental awareness training, communications material and employee events.Liaison work with HSE, Facilities, Engineering, and other functional disciplines. Required Skills: Enthusiastic approach to workResourceful – not intimidated by large assignmentsAbility to multi-task and work in a fast- paced, team- focused environmentSelf-motivation and the ability to learn new assignments quicklyStrong communication, organization and collaboration skillsKnowledge of statistical tools preferred Education: Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Sciences, or Industrial Hygiene majors with a minimum of 3.0 GPAMinimum Year: Entering Junior year