Environmental Compliance Internship Fall 2024 at Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio

Job Description:

Are you a dynamic creative thinker with a passion for food? Are you eager to gain hands-on experience in a fast paced innovative environment? Are you looking for an internship where you can utilize your newly acquired education, skills, and experience to help get your career started?

Kroger is looking for current college students who are interested in gaining on the job training, mentorship, and real-world experience in their field of choice.

Our program offers competitive pay, hands-on learning experiences, company exposure to senior leaders, and professional development opportunities. Spend your semester driving projects, refining your professional skills, working along industry leaders, and connecting with other students from across the country.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kroger Co (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status). Minimum
Pursuing a degree in environmental engineering or environmental management preferred, must be actively pursuing a degree at an accredited college or university with a preferred GPA of 3.0

Highly motivated student with the desire to take initiative on their own work

Desired

Strong leadership skills and the ability to work in groups or independently

Accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to preserve confidentiality of information

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to present information to various levels of the organization

Ability to analyze and interpret information and apply to business needs

Commitment to providing customer service

Prior experience in a construction environmentComplete a semester program in the company's headquarters by working with managers to gain an understanding of the Environmental Compliance group in the Ethics and Compliance department. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

• Apply theoretical concepts that have been learned in the classroom to hands-on work assignments
• Collaborate with all business sections of the Ethics and Compliance department and other corporate groups
• Assist the Environmental Compliance team with daily tasks and gain an understanding of the responsibilities and work done in the department
• Assist with the maintenance and improvement of business reporting functions
• Conduct store visits to audit retail hazardous waste programs
• Support the team's projects
• Participate in department meetings
• Complete specific assignments
• Complete a cumulative project (summary of accomplishments) and present it to the executive team and appropriate managers
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation