Environmental, Health, & Safety Data, Emerging Talent Intern (Fall)

Position at New York City Transit

Department: Safety, Security, & Environment

Location: 2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

Position Title: Environmental, Health, & Safety Data, Emerging Talent Intern

Hourly Rate: $19.00 (Undergraduate), $21.00 (Graduate)

All internship positions are onsite and require regular, in-person attendance at the designated work location.

OVERVIEW OF DEPARTMENT:

The Environmental Protection and Industrial Hygiene Department is part of the Office of System Safety, which provides oversight for all aspects of safety across New York City Transit. Our Environmental Protection unit is responsible for ensuring agency-wide compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. The team conducts field audits, reviews operations for environmental risks, issues recommendations, and works closely with operating departments to help them meet all applicable requirements.

The Industrial Hygiene unit focuses on evaluating potential workplace health hazards. This includes conducting noise and air monitoring, performing exposure assessments, and ensuring compliance with applicable OSHA standards. The team works directly with field personnel to identify risks, implement controls, and verify the effectiveness of protective measures.

Together, both units support the agency's mission to maintain safe and compliant operations by providing technical expertise, oversight, and guidance on environmental compliance and employee health and safety. An intern in this department will gain hands‑on exposure to regulatory compliance, field assessments, data analysis, and the practical application of safety principles within one of the largest transit systems in the world.

The intern will be responsible for refining existing data trackers in both SharePoint and Excel, creating new trackers as needed, and transferring data into Power BI. They will also help set up Power BI to generate automated reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Refine and standardize existing SharePoint and Excel data trackers.
• Develop new data trackers as needed to support environmental and industrial hygiene programs.
• Transfer and organize existing data into Power BI to support dashboard development.
• Build and configure Power BI dashboards to generate automated safety and compliance reports.
• Review current data workflows and recommend improvements to streamline reporting processes.
• Assist with compiling safety and environmental metrics requested by the President's Office.
• Support the Environmental Protection and Industrial Hygiene teams with data organization and documentation.
• Help ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of departmental data across all tracking systems.

PROJECTS:

• Refine and standardize existing data trackers in SharePoint and Excel, ensuring consistent formatting, accurate data fields, and improved usability.
• Build new Power BI datasets and dashboards by transferring and organizing existing data and configure them to generate automated reports.
• Review current environmental and industrial hygiene data workflows and recommend improvements to streamline tracking, reporting, and information sharing across the department.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is a must.
• The candidate should possess organizational, analytical and communication skills.
• The candidate should be able to work well under pressure and prioritize tasks effectively.
• The candidate should have a keen eye for detail and be able to work independently while being an active team player.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Matriculated in an undergraduate program in good standing with at least 2.5 GPA AND/OR matriculated in a graduate program in good standing with at least 2.8 GPA
• Major(s) Preferred: Environmental, Health, and Safety; Public Health; Data Analysis; Business Management; Information Technology; Computer Science, or related field.

All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Students' transcript must be submitted.

Equal Employment Opportunity

MTA and its subsidiary and affiliated agencies are Equal Opportunity Employers, including with respect to veteran status and individuals with disabilities. The MTA encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, including military service members, to apply.