Permitting Inbound Intern

We are a small company of environmental consultants and engineers and technical, scientific, and business software application developers and engineers that provides environmental, health and safety services to large industrial companies.

Essential duties

• Assisting clients in complying with national and international regulations for various programs. 
• Assisting in coordinating shipping, packaging, and logistics for international imports, exports, and intrastate movements of hazardous waste and dangerous goods
• Database management.
• Information gathering and data entry.
• Document management including transcribing site notes or inventories, scanning files, and maintaining file folders and document repositories.

Position requirements

• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suites and Adobe.
• Ability to interact with many different types of individuals, including executives, scientists, engineers, and other business professionals. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate ideas and properly describe problems and solutions. 
• Critical thinking, reasoning, and problem solving ability are an essential part of this position. Excellent time management and organizational skills.

Other desirable skills

• Prior work experience or coursework in field of Environmental Science, business administration or project management.

Working conditions

The job is performed in an office environment with minimal exposure to safety hazards. The job requires some physical exertion, including sitting, standing, occasional light lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling. The job requires operation of standard office equipment, including computers, telephones, copiers, etc. The job requires following written and oral instructions, attention to detail, ability to multitask, ability to work with others and ability to meet deadlines.  The job requires following established policies and procedures, meeting quality and safety standards and regular attendance. The job requires making decisions based on experience and knowledge without supervision and requires responsibility for results.