Health and Safety Intern

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Start Date: June 8, 2026

End Date: August 14, 2026

Location: Roanoke, TX

We are looking for a dedicated Summer Health and Safety Intern to support our Corporate Health and Safety Manager in advancing key safety initiatives. This role will focus on a specific health and safety project while providing critical support to our distribution centers. The intern will gain hands-on experience in implementing safety practices, ensuring compliance, and promoting a culture of well-being across our operations.

At Cencora, we believe that Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) is more than compliance, it's about protecting our people, our operations, and our mission of improving lives. A strong EHS culture reduces risks, enhances productivity, and creates a safer, more sustainable workplace. This internship will offer a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful safety improvements while building foundational skills for a career in EHS.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about health and safety and eager to make a tangible difference.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in project execution, including data collection, analysis, and reporting, while also collaborating with distribution centers to evaluate and enhance safety practices.
• Participating in audits and inspections, developing training materials, and supporting initiatives that engage employees in proactive safety behaviors.

Experience and Educational Requirements:

Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree

Must not require sponsorship to work in the US now or in the future

Minimum Skills:

• Highly motivated self-starter
• Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus)
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to give/receive constructive feedback
• Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Good project management skills

• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions
• Must be eager to learn, self-motivated, flexible, accountable and can effectively handle multiple tasks at one time
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Microsoft Outlook

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned