Fall 2026 Co-Op - Health, Safety & Environmental

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About Alcon: Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning over 75 years, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 25,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with Eye Care Professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care. If you’d like to help us change the way the world sees, this is your chance to Be Brilliant! Position Description: Alcon is seeking an intern to support on site health, safety, and environmental programs at the Fort Worth, TX location. This position provides hands-on experience in occupational health and safety, environmental compliance, incident prevention, risk management, and site HSE initiatives. The intern will assist with data collection and analysis, inspections, training, employee engagement activities, and continuous improvement projects. Alcon interns will have the opportunity to not only gain industry experience and network with other Alcon professionals. They will also have the chance to make a real-world impact by working on meaningful projects that will help patients and customers see brilliantly. Alcon also offer interns personal and professional development, high visibility and coaching and mentoring opportunities. Key Responsibilities: Analyze data sets to identify trends, insights, and opportunities for improvement within HSE Support HSE and project management activities including planning, tracking, and reporting progress Partner with cross functional teams to gather requirements and translate data into actionable insights Assist with process improvement initiatives using structured problem-solving approaches Prepare reports, dashboards, or presentations to communicate findings clearly Take ownership of assigned tasks and deliver results within timelines Minimum Qualifications: Must be enrolled in an accredited university or college for at least one semester prior to internship or co-op, and at least one additional semester following internship or co-op. Must be pursuing at least a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field. Academic performance: Minimum cumulative GPA 2.8/4.0 Demonstrated leadership skills (i.e. extracurricular activities or projects) Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship (students on an F1 visa with CPT can be accommodated) Ability to commit to work full time (40 hours per week) for the entirety of the fall semester Preferred Qualifications: Strong communication skills with an ability to efficiently and productively communicate both orally and in writing Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a team-based environment High attention to detail together with an ability to understand the big picture Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously Superior time management and prioritization skills Independent worker and self-starter High proficiency working with Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage Equal Employment Opportunity: Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site. Find Jobs for Employees Find Jobs for Contingent Worker ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.