Internship - Health and Safety

Role PurposeAs an intern, you will be part of the QHSE team, working closely with Production Operations. Your role is to support safe, compliant, and reliable daily cleanroom operations by assisting with safety observations, learning how hazards are identified, and helping reinforce safe working methods. This internship helps build a strong safety mindset and a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.About Nearfield InstrumentsNearfield Instruments (NFI) is a fast-growing scale-up high-tech company. We design, develop, integrate, market and service advanced metrology machines. Our machines enables our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.Founded in 2016, we bring together the most creative minds (approx. 550 employees) in science and technology and develop a one-of-a-kind, revolutionary high throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy system.Key Responsibilities· Support daily safety inspections by joining the Safety Officer on the production floor to observe how hazards, deviations, and unsafe behaviours are identified.· Assist as on-floor safety support by reinforcing safe behaviour, correct equipment use, and cleanroom discipline under supervision.· Participate in risk assessments and help identify appropriate control measures for operational activities.· Support the tracking and follow-up of corrective and preventive actions resulting from inspections, incidents, and safety observations.· Contribute to incident investigations by collecting information, documenting findings, and supporting root cause analysis activities.· Support the organisation and delivery of toolbox talks, safety campaigns, and awareness initiatives.· Promote a proactive safety mindset through positive engagement with colleagues and by encouraging safe working behaviours.· Observe and assist with LOTO during interventions, learning how correct Lock-Out/Tag-Out execution is verified.· Assist in reviewing workplace procedures and work instructions to ensure safety requirements are adequately addressed.