Safety Intern (12-Week Assignment)

Where you will work

This opportunity will be based onsite at our fully integrated pulp and paper mill in Augusta, GA.

The Augusta mill sits along the Savannah River, on the state border between Georgia and South Carolina and manufactures light, medium, and heavy weight coated paperboard.

What you will do

Kickstart Your Career as a Safety Intern at Clearwater Paper! 

As a leading independent supplier of paperboard packaging, Clearwater Paper offers a hands-on internship where you’ll tackle real-world environmental, regulatory, and production challenges at scale. Working directly alongside our Department Managers, you’ll help design, implement, and maintain the systems that drive our operational and sustainability goals. 

What You’ll Gain

• Real-World Impact: Dive into high-value strategic projects while mastering our manufacturing processes. 
• Dedicated Mentorship: Benefit from intentional coaching, professional guidance, and cross-departmental exposure. 
• Inclusive Culture: Join a collaborative team that values diverse perspectives and shared experiences. 
• Career-Boosting Skills: Walk away with technical expertise, invaluable industry knowledge to build out your resume.  

 Key Responsibilities

• Master the Process: Partner directly with Clearwater Paper engineers to learn the end-to-end papermaking cycle—from raw materials to final distribution. 
• Drive Operational Excellence: Identify operational efficiencies and recommend strategic improvement projects across the facility. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with team members, plant staff, and departmental leaders. 
• Lead Impactful Safety Projects: Take ownership of hands-on assignments in areas such as: 
  • Lockout procedure verification and auditing
  • Machine guarding assessments 
  • Industrial hygiene monitoring

What you will need

To be successful in this position, we are looking for candidates with the following:

• Majoring in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering or Industrial Hygiene with a 3.0+ overall GPA
• High attention to detail with strong organizational, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills, leadership experience, and self-motivation
• Industrial Environment – subject to extreme heat and cold
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn in the mill environment
• Noisy, dusty, and working around moving equipment

Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position.  Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

This role will be open for a minimum of 2 weeks or at the point a successful candidate is selected.