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Industrial Hygienist Intern - Summer
- WSP USA (Jacksonville, FL)
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This Opportunity
WSP USA hosts hundreds of internships across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.
Our Earth & Environment team is currently initiating a search for a part-time **Industrial Hygienist Intern – Summer 2026** for our **Jacksonville, FL** office. In this role you will provide technical support on a variety of industrial hygiene (IH) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) projects.
Your Impact
+ Support a variety of Industrial Hygiene tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
+ Learn basic principles of Industrial Hygiene.
+ Assist with field assignments, such as performing industrial hygiene monitoring, noise assessments, hazardous materials surveying and abatement monitoring, mold inspections and remediation monitoring, indoor air quality assessments, chemical inventory assessments, ergonomics assessments, job hazard assessments and similar assignments.
+ Assist senior staff in conducting EHS audits and EHS program development.
+ Assist in preparing technical reports, including documentation of field investigative procedures, data management and interpretation, and development of graphical and tabular presentation of data.
+ Assist in preparing and submitting periodic regulatory reports.
+ Ability to conduct assessments at industrial facilities, including climbing ladders, walking upstairs, and carrying field equipment.
+ Working closely with and support senior IH and EHS practitioners and project managers. Interacting with clients and regulators to meet task and budget requirements is a key to success in this position.
+ Complete training on assigned tasks.
+ Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
+ Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
+ Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
+ Actively enrolled in an accredited Public Health, Ecology, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Engineering, or related, Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2026 or later.
+ Must be 18 or older.
+ Demonstrated interest in Industrial Hygiene, or related field, and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.
+ Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
+ Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.
+ Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
+ Basic proficiency with business writing, office automation and communication software, technology, and tools.
+ Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
+ Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
+ Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Actively enrolled in an accredited Public Health, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Engineering, or related, Master’s or PhD program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2026 or later.
+ Experience with Microsoft Office products and web-based applications.
+ Experience with IH sampling techniques and equipment.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $20.87 - $27.50
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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