2027 Summer Intern: Health, Safety & Environmental (Undergrad)

Overview SMILE AT WHAT’S NEXT At PepsiCo, you'll find the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and help shape what's next. As one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, our beloved brands—including Gatorade, Lay's, and Quaker—help create smiles with every sip and bite. Behind our products is a connected system that starts with how we source and grow ingredients alongside farmers and extends to how we make, move, and deliver products while driving positive impact for our business and communities. At the heart of PepsiCo are our people: professionals who bring curiosity, drive, and fresh thinking, working together to turn ideas into action. Across functions, teams, and markets, we collaborate to solve challenges, unlock new opportunities, and create meaningful impact for our consumers, customers, and communities. No matter your role, you'll be part of a connected community where your contributions matter, your voice is heard, and your development is supported. With opportunities to grow, belong, and smile, PepsiCo offers more than a place to build your career—it offers the chance to help create what's next. Nationwide Opportunities- Please Read: Just because this role looks like it's located in Purchase, NY doesn't mean it is! At PepsiCo we place interns and full-time hires in roles nationwide across both field and headquarter locations with many of these roles working in our field locations. Responsibilities Functional Description: This position contributes to the success of PepsiCo by ensuring regulatory compliance and implementing risk or prevention-focused Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) initiatives in a location or across multiple locations. As an intern you will gain exposure at either the regional and plant/distribution center level or Headquarters level. You will work on a project that will be site, region or headquarters specific that will support the PepsiCo HSE agenda. These projects will be actionable plans that will drive improvements across the business. What you can expect: Support execution, implementation, and tracking of a location’s annual HSE plan Interface with regulatory bodies (DOT, State/Local Regulators) as needed Develop, implement, execute, and manage strategies to prevent workplace injuries, environmental incidents, and vehicle accidents Establish process to ensure driver capability using Defensive Driving techniques found in Best in Class systems Perform risk assessments and assist in the implementation of effective physical and/or behavioral control measures; Recognize and verify the effectiveness of in-place control measures Complete root cause analyses and develop corrective action plans to address root basic causes and management system weak-spots through the use of industry-recognized cause analysis techniques (5-Why, 8-D, etc.) Qualifications Whatwe’relooking for: Currently pursuing a degree in: Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Safety (other Health/Safety related majors will be considered) Highly motivated self-starter Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus) Previous experience in an operations environment (on- or off- campus; either through employment or academic clubs) Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation and team building skills Ability to give/receive constructive feedback Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities Minimum Qualifications - Each candidate is expected to: This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Safety or any Health/Safety related major within one (1) year of internship completion Hold a GPA of 2.75 or higher The expected compensation hourly pay ranges for hires into our 2027 campus intern openings is $21.09-$34.00 hourly. Role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are part of the process when determining actual starting salary for positions. Hourly pay for our campus hires is pre-determined and non-negotiable. We love to convert our interns to full time opportunities! Our full-time positions have a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. Original Posting Date : July 13, 2026 While subject to change based on business needs, PepsiCo reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 5 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 5 days after the original posting date as listed above. Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Age If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy. Please view our Pay Transparency Statement #J-18808-Ljbffr