Unilever SHE Internship 2027: Safety, Environmental and Manufacturing Compliance Experience
Unilever is offering a Safety, Health and Environment Internship Programme for 2027 in Maydon Wharf, Durban, aimed at graduates who want practical workplace experience in manufacturing safety, environmental management and compliance.
The internship will support SHE initiatives, training, reporting, risk assessments, audits, incident investigations and administrative processes while helping the intern build technical and professional capability under the supervision of an experienced SHE professional.
What will you do as a SHE Intern?
You will work under the direct supervision of a SHE Coordinator, SHE Lead or SHE Manager.
Your responsibilities will include supporting day-to-day safety, health and environmental activities across the site.
You can expect to assist with:
- Updating SHE procedures
- Reviewing risk assessments
- Reviewing environmental aspects and impacts
- Incident investigations
- Safety communication
- Training coordination
- SHE reporting
- Audit plans
- Corrective actions
- Action tracking
- Contractor inductions
The role combines practical compliance work with structured professional development.
How will you work with risk assessments?
You will assist with reviewing and conducting risk assessments as well as environmental aspects and impacts.
Risk assessments help identify hazards before they cause harm, while aspects and impacts help identify how operations may affect the environment.
This work is important in manufacturing because safety and environmental risks need to be identified, recorded and controlled.
Will you help with incident investigations?
Yes. You will assist with incident investigations when required.
This can help you understand how SHE teams:
- Gather information
- Identify contributing factors
- Record findings
- Recommend corrective actions
- Reduce the risk of similar incidents happening again
Incident investigation is an important part of improving workplace safety.
How does training fit into the role?
You will help training facilitators arrange and plan safety training.
You may also conduct contractor SHE inductions.
This means you will gain experience in communicating safety expectations to employees, contractors and other stakeholders who work on site.
Will you support audits and inspections?
Yes. You will work with SHE Coordinators to support audit plans and corrective action activities.
This can include areas such as:
- Hygiene
- First aid boxes
- Housekeeping
- Area inspections
- Corrective action follow-up
You will also maintain action trackers so that SHE activities can be followed through to completion.
What kind of reporting will you do?
You will help collate SHE statistics and results when required.
You may also communicate changes to procedures and quality information through meetings, noticeboards and onsite communication screens.
Accurate reporting is important because SHE teams use this information to monitor performance and identify areas that need attention.
Will you work on your own SHE projects?
Yes. You will select two key projects designed to develop your own SHE skills while improving SHE performance within Unilever.
These projects can help you build experience in managing a defined improvement initiative from planning through to implementation.
What qualifications do you need?
You need a Degree, Advanced Diploma or BTech in one of the following fields:
- Safety or Occupational Health
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Science
These qualifications align directly with the technical work involved in the internship.
What skills can the internship help you build?
The programme can help strengthen your experience in:
- Occupational health and safety
- Environmental management
- Manufacturing compliance
- Risk assessment
- Incident investigation
- Audit support
- Corrective action tracking
- Safety training
- Contractor management
- SHE reporting
- Workplace inspections
These skills can support future careers in safety, environmental management, compliance and manufacturing operations.
Who is this internship best suited to?
The opportunity is especially relevant if you want to build a career in:
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Environmental Management
- SHE Management
- Manufacturing Compliance
- Risk Management
- Environmental Compliance
- Safety Auditing
- Incident Management
It is a strong fit for graduates who want practical experience rather than purely theoretical exposure.
Where is the internship based?
The internship is based at Maydon Wharf in Durban, South Africa.
Organisation: Unilever
Programme: SHE Internship Programme 2027
Location: Maydon Wharf, Durban
Field: Safety, Health and Environment
How do you apply?
Applications must be submitted online through the Unilever careers platform.
Apply for the Unilever SHE Internship Programme 2027
