Full-Time Health and Safety Specialist - Summer 2025 - Koch

Kickstart your career in health and safety with hands-on experience across multiple industries. Koch Capabilities invites dynamic and contribution-motivated upcoming or recent college graduates to become part of our Entry Level Safety Professional team.

Make a tangible impact at your first assignment while exploring diverse environments and building towards a long-term rewarding career in health and safety.

Our Team

You'll be an essential part of our dynamic safety team, creating real value while rapidly gaining hands-on experience in crucial areas like general safety, industrial hygiene, emergency response, and construction safety. As part of our Entry Level Safety Professional team, you'll not only see the day-to-day operations of your host facility, you'll also have the unique opportunity to network, collaborate, and travel to various sites across Koch Industries.

What You Will Do

Your experiences will be customized based on your personal interests, strengths, and the unique needs of your role. Whether you're passionate about industrial hygiene, emergency response, or construction safety, this role offers limitless opportunities to dive deep into areas that excite you while challenging you to move outside of your comfort zone. You'll be given the opportunity to gain unparalleled experience, be a part of a dynamic work environment, and experience opportunities to collaborate and innovate.

• Assist with frontline safety operations by dividing into safe work practices like work permitting, energy control, hot work, and confined space entry
• Proactive problem-solving by spotting and fixing issues in the field or being a part of project planning
• Conducting industrial hygiene surveys and exposure monitoring
• Supporting day-to-day safety initiatives at your host site and traveling to other locations to support larger projects, turnarounds, key initiatives, and audits
• Participating in incident investigations and emergency response drills.
• Forming relationships with not only the safety team, but also operations, maintenance, contractors, and site and corporate leadership.
• Benefiting from a site-based Safety Mentor and Corporate Supervisor who will guide you every step of the way.
• Approximately 10-20% company-sponsored travel to various Koch locations.

A choice of host locations of Rosemount, MN; Corpus Christi, TX; Beatrice, NE; Dodge City, KS; and Enid, OK.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Enrolled in a degree or alternative program. (e.g., 2-year technical college program, certificate program, upskilling program, etc.)
• Eligible for full time employment on or before Summer 2024.
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Enrolled in an Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health - Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Health or Industrial Engineering related degree program.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.