2025 Georgia-Pacific Environmental Internship - Halsey, OR

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Environmental Intern to join our team in Summer 2025 at Halsey, Oregon! Georgia-Pacific, a Koch company, is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose, and related chemicals.

The company employs more than 30,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North and South America.

Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and economically sound.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific provides stability and opportunity, and we help bring out the best in all our people by offering long-term, competitive jobs supported by training and great benefits.

Our Environmental Intern will work in a safe, and team-oriented environment.

Our work environment is an industrial setting that can be hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy, and may require working around oil chemicals and other substances.

The Environmental Internship will perform professional work at multiple levels in support of the Environmental Department, the Plant, and Divisional/Corporate Environmental Programs.

The individual will have the opportunity to experience evaluation, development, implementation, troubleshooting, and management of the facility's environmental compliance programs and systems.

This role will assist in ensuring facility compliance with pertinent governmental regulations, such as state and federal air regulations, drinking water, storm water, wastewater, hazardous waste and to relative company policies and procedures such as Georgia Pacific's Environmental Compliance Standards.

This role is designed for individuals who are seeking training, professional development/mentorship, and exposure to manufacturing operations.

This role supports innovation, process efficiency, product and quality goals, with an emphasis on compliance, safety & health.

What You Will Do


* Assist in coordinating and facilitating clarifier inspection in the wastewater treatment facility


* Assist in administration of Federal, State and local environmental program requirements, including but not limited to air, wastewater, storm water, solid and hazardous waste


* Facilitate mill wide improvements in Sill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) program


* Improve systems to prevent chemical waste


* Evaluate wastewater treatment facility laboratory and ensure that gaps in equipment for WWT are closed


* Review air pollution control device maintenance plans


* Identify cost effective solutions for technical and regulatory environmental issues

At Koch, interns gain real-world, hands-on experience, with the opportunity to tackle significant projects, problem-solve, and take ownership of their work.Alongside your day-to-day role, the Koch Intern Program offers an opportunity to learn mo...