What You Can Expect
As a Health & Safety Intern, you'll support the team responsible for utility operations serving the University of Iowa campus and healthcare facilities. These operations provide essential services including steam, electricity, chilled water, and water. Working alongside the Site Safety Specialist and experienced utility professionals, you'll gain hands-on exposure to health and safety practices across power generation, electrical systems, water treatment, maintenance, and capital projects. Through meaningful projects and real-world experience, you'll help support a culture of safety while developing skills that can prepare you for a career in health and safety, engineering, utilities, or related fields.
What You’ll Do
- Support implementation of ENGIE's Health & Safety Program across campus utility operations serving the University of Iowa
- Participate in safety inspections, audits, hazard assessments, leadership safety walks, and corrective action activities
- Assist with incident investigations, Good Catch reporting, follow-up actions, and lessons learned to support continuous improvement
- Support employee safety training, meeting preparation, program documentation, and maintenance of health and safety records
- Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering, capital project, and corporate safety teams to identify and mitigate risks
- Gain experience using ENGIE systems and business tools, including GPI, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and safety reporting platforms
- Conduct health and safety risk assessments and provide support for capital improvement and operational projects
- Demonstrate proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safe work practices while working in plant and utility environments
- Complete a safety improvement project focused on reducing risk, enhancing compliance, or strengthening ENGIE's positive safety culture
What You’ll Bring
- Currently enrolled at the University of Iowa and pursuing a bachelor's degree in occupational and environmental health, safety, engineering, environmental science, public health, business administration, or a related field
- Interest in health and safety, utility operations, engineering, power generation, water treatment, or other technical and operational environments
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other business productivity tools
- Strong communication skills with the ability to interact professionally across multiple functions and organizational levels
- Demonstrated organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to maintain accurate records and documentation
- Ability to learn new systems, processes, and technical concepts while adapting to a dynamic work environment
- Self-motivated with the ability to manage assignments independently while contributing effectively as part of a team
- Commitment to safety and willingness to work in industrial and utility environments while utilizing required PPE
- Ability to participate in site walks and field activities that may require standing, walking, climbing stairs, and navigating active operational areas
Additional Details
- This internship is based onsite at ENGIE's University of Iowa campus utility operations in Iowa City, IA. The internship will begin September 8, 2026, and conclude December 31, 2026. Interns may work up to 20 hours per week while classes are in session and up to 40 hours per week during academic breaks
- Applicants must be enrolled at the University of Iowa and in good academic standing at the start of the internship
- Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies
- This role includes both office and field-based work and may require exposure to varying industrial environments, and elevated noise levels
- Must be able to recognize and respond to audible alarms, equipment operating conditions, and portable radio communications
- Ability to frequently stand, walk, sit, balance, kneel, climb stairs and ladders, navigate catwalks and ramps, and perform repetitive motions as required
- Ability to push, pull, and lift materials or equipment consistent with job responsibilities
- Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety glasses, hard hat, safety footwear, fall protection equipment, and respiratory protection as necessary
Compensation
Hourly Range: $23.00 USD hourly
This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.
Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.
ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.
Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location.
Why ENGIE?
ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it! Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.
At ENGIE, every talent has a role to play in the adventure of the century. Make a difference and enjoy a fulfilling professional experience. Take on exciting challenges and build a career path that reflects who you are.
Join us and be part of the adventure!
In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50-year, trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC), a joint venture between ENGIE, Meridiam, and Hannon Armstrong, to operate, maintain and enhance the university’s Utility System. As the founding member of this joint venture, ENGIE designs, builds, operates, and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam, electricity, chilled water, and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City, Iowa and a nearby satellite campus.
ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
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We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.
The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.
