Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Intern

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The HSE Intern will gain a foundational understanding of safety, health and environmental (HSE) federal regulatory compliance requirements for a light/medium manufacturing company. The intern will have the opportunity to collaborate with other company HSE professionals to gain insight of the profession as a career option. This internship will be a combination of field work in the Mentor, Ohio area as well as computer based work supporting STERIS global systems.

Key Program Info:

• Duration: Summer 2026 (May-August)
• Location: Mentor, OH
• Work Environment: Onsite
• Hours: Full-time for the duration of your internship

What You'll Do as a Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Intern

Compliance and Training

• Assists Mentor locations with updating site policies and procedures.
• Assisting Corporate HSE in updating STERIS Corporate policies and procedures.
• Building/updating HSE e-learning training content; training matrices.
• Supports the completion of Risk assessments, Management of Change processes, and Contractor Safety reviews

Industrial Hygiene

• Assists with industrial hygiene studies (Dust, Flume, Chemical, Noise etc.)
• Support the development of the industrial hygiene system, Cority. This work involves creation of Similar Exposure Groups (SEGs) and indexing workplace occupational exposure results by STERIS location within the US.
• Import historical Industrial Hygiene data into HSE Systems (Cority)

HSE Systems

• Supports Business units with the conversion of third-party systems into Navigator.
• Supports managing the Document Control process, including cleansing the HSE Navigator database of obsolete, redundant records.
• Assists with the review of HSE data analytics.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

Required:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in a technical major - occupational health and safety, engineering, or life sciences preferred
• Junior year requirements must be completed by program start (May 2026)
• Interest in health and safety or industrial hygene

Preferred:

• Previous internship or co-op experience in a technical field

Other:

• Strong organizational skills with a high attention to detail
• Exceptional communication, verbal and written

Pay range for this opportunity is $20-25/hr.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.