Operational Excellence & Process Safety Intern

About the role

Chevron Venezuela is offering an internship focused on Operational Excellence (OE) and Process Safety. The role supports OE initiatives, incident investigation and reporting (IIR), and data analysis while providing hands‑on experience with Chevron’s OE Management System.

Key responsibilities

• Assist OE and Process Safety initiatives in line with the OE Management System.
• Develop and maintain Excel databases and Power BI dashboards for Process Safety and IIR KPIs.
• Prepare statistical reports, performance metrics and trend analyses for decision‑making.
• Support classification, registration, tracking and investigation of incidents per IIR requirements.
• Help create safety alerts and bulletins to share lessons learned.
• Maintain and validate Process Safety and IIR KPIs, including data collection and trend analysis.
• Contribute to loss‑of‑containment calculations and verification of system safeguards.
• Participate in Process Safety projects, follow‑up actions and continuous‑improvement activities.
• Prepare management‑level presentations summarising findings and recommendations.

Required profile

• Enrolled in the final semesters of an accredited university program in Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum, Industrial Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong interest in Process Safety fundamentals, data analysis and continuous improvement.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Working knowledge of Power BI for KPI dashboards and data visualisation.
• Ability to prepare statistical reports and performance indicators.
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint for presentations.