Environmental, Health & Safety Co-Op

Job Title: Environmental, Health & Safety Co-Op

Division: L’Oreal Operations

Location: North Little Rock, AR

Reports To: Sr Manager, Environmental

Who We Are:

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

Job Summary:

An Environmental, Health, and Safety Internship/Co-Op IN L’OREAL OPERATIONS GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN L'OREAL'S FAST PACED AND EXCITING PRODUCTION WORLD, DAY IN AND DAY OUT AS YOUR STEER YOUR OWN PROJECT AND DELIVERABLES.

What is manufacturing at L’Oréal?

• HIGH DEGREE OF AUTOMATION
• FAST PACED HIGH PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT
• OBJECTIVE: TO BE LEADING EDGE IN THE INDUSTRIAL FIELD
• TEAMS WITH DIVERSE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND DRIVE
• INNOVATION WITH SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT
• RAPID GROWTH ON SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITY
• 85% IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION

What you will do:

Aid with environmental compliance and sustainability programs as needed, including data collection and analysis, recordkeeping, project management assistance, waste, water, and energy reduction ideas, area inspections, etc. Duties may include updating documentation, collecting, and analyzing waste and wastewater data, converting programs to electronic solution, researching potential sustainability projects such as food composting, or others as assigned.

What We Are Looking For:

• Major in one of the following or related field: Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry or Engineering such as Environmental engineering or Civil engineering.
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing, permanent basis
• Experience in or at least Interest in sustainability or environmental regulations
• Self-starter / ambitious
• Strong Microsoft skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Forms, PowerBI, Power Automate, if possible)

Environmental Factors

• Machinery may produce noise levels that exceed OSHA’s action level: Employees are provided with and are required to wear personal hearing protection devices in these areas;
• Employees are required to wear steel-toed shoes when on the production floor.

Competencies Required:

• Innovator
  • Share best practices throughout local area and L’Oréal Global
  • Thrive within a changing organization and fast-paced work environment
• Strategist
  • Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Create and provide an environment in which employees can work safely and thrive
• Integrator
  • Self-motivated and work independently and as a team member
  • Influence team and work well in a cross-functional team
• Entrepreneur
  • Manage the plant’s assets to maximize our stockholders return
• People Developer
  • Selflessly develop others
  • Build positive work relationships with all levels of the company
• Implement and utilize the L’Oréal USA Manifesto, Behavior Charter and Competencies

Technical / Professional:

• Demonstrate strong analytical and organizational skills;
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills and an understanding of simplification/improvement methodologies;
• Demonstrate professional judgment and sound decision-making skills;
• Maintain a safe work environment and follow all safety procedures;
• Ability to communicate scientific information in a clear and concise manner;
• Demonstrate 100% responsibility with regard to actions and reactions;
• Act as a responsible citizen in our company and community;
• Must be able to interact effectively – both internally and externally;
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing,;
• Demonstrate willingness to learn;
• Ability to manage in complex situation often needing to deliver innovative results;
• Demonstrated success in persuasion, influence and negotiation skills;
• Results oriented;

This summary describes the general nature of work to be performed and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of an incumbent in this position.

To learn more about L’Oréal’s commitment to sustainability, please click HERE

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other.