MH Valve - Production Intern

Summary

Listed below are the preferred skills for the Safety Intern. While not all the skills are required to obtain the position they are areas that the Intern will gain valuable experience in as time progresses working in this role. It is important for the applicant to have a strong desire to learn to obtain this unique Intern opportunity. The intern will be assigned handson learning projects relating to daytoday activities of the department to ensure a safety healthy and incidentfree work environment. The intern must be a flexible and adaptable teamplayer as well as have good communication skills.

The intern must be a flexible and adaptable teamplayer as well as have good communication skills while proactively promoting The McWane Way principles.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• 1st Responsibility Ensuring personal safety and the safety of your team members
• Follow all processes and procedures associated with the Tyler Union Safety Program. Advise management of any deviations from this program.
• Assumes personal responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Culture & Facility
  • Develops an understanding of our facilitys safety functions and programs.
• • Lead safety improvement project(s) aimed at closing the risk gap and/or cultivating a positive safety culture.
• Training & Reporting
  • Assists with the preparation of safety and environmental reporting Safety Manual updates
  • Works with safety trainer to organize training and maintain associated paperwork.
  • Assist in the communication of safety to employees through group meetings conferences orientations newsletter etc.
  • Assist with clerical duties to include filing data entry making copies preparing training packets etc.
• Safety Audits and Incident Investigations
  • Participate in safety audits and investigations as directed by the Safety Director.
  • Implement action items as they relate to improvements identified in weekly safety audits.
  • Completes root cause analysis and assists with implementation of identified solutions for incident investigations. 

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The individual must be detailoriented thorough and precise in the completion of tasks assigned and project related paperwork. The individual must be a selfstarter with the ability to take limited input and direction and achieve the desired goal. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Must be actively pursuing a bachelors degree in environmental health and safety or related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel Word and Outlook required.
• Must be flexible and adaptable teamplayer as well as have good communication skills.
• Have a good understanding of OSHA standards.
• Strong verbal written analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Must have positive attitude and good work ethic.

• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail.

Language Skills

Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports business correspondence and procedure manuals. Should be able to speak effectively to customers management and/or other fellow employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written oral diagram or schedule form.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Physical activities that require lifting to 50 pounds balancing walking standing stooping and handling tools and materials. Must wear common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes glasses gloves hearing protection and hard hats while in plant gathering data.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions or foundry/machine shop conditions; this includes potentially loud hot dusty areas with moving mechanical machinery.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation disability veteran or service member status marital status citizenship status (In IL sex including same sex ancestry order of protection status physical or mental disability military status pregnancy unfavorable discharge status genetic information) (In IA gender identity) (In CA gender identity or expression and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Intern