Welcome to the City of Charlotte
Charlotte is Americas Queen City opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety health and quality of life for all residents.
Our guiding principles include:
Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
Valuing teamwork openness accountability productivity and employee development
Providing all customers with courteous responsive accessible and seamless quality services
Taking initiative to identify analyze and solve problems
Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions
SUMMARY
We are seeking a proactive and motivated Risk Safety and Health Intern to support the ongoing development and improvement of our organizations safety this role you will assist in promoting a safe healthy and compliant work environment across all operations. The ideal candidate has a strong interest in safety protocols regulatory compliance and health standards and is committed to helping foster a positive safety culture at every level of the organization. This internship requires strong analytical skills effective communication and a collaborative mindset to help ensure our operations meet or exceed applicable health safety and environmental requirements.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assist with maintaining internal safety and health programs documentation and records.
Support data collection and analysis efforts to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Help prepare training materials and assist in delivering training sessions to aviation employees.
Contribute to monitoring and updating approximately 30 safety and health programs in alignment with regulatory changes.
Provide support to internal safety and health committees by assisting with incident data collection and preparing monthly review slide decks.
Participate in safety audits and inspections to help assess compliance and identify corrective actions.
Develop working knowledge of applicable regulatory and local safety standards.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
This position will assist with program and records maintenance. A strong emphasis on data collection and analysis as well as auditing and assisting with training modules and programs. There are over 30 safety and health plans that shall be updated yearly to ensure compliance this position assist with updating the programs. Additionally provides support for the internal safety and health committee by assisting with the incident collection and preparing the monthly slide pack for review. This may range from 50 100 records analyzed and tracked monthly. This position will also assist with auditing and safety and health work order generation and tracking.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
None
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Currently pursuing a degree in Aviation Public Health or a related field; relevant experience is a plus.
Required Licenses or Certifications
None or state if required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
(ex. Coursework in )
Aviation or Public health related courses
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of:
Knowledge of OSHA CDC SMS and other relevant safety and public health regulatory standards.
Skill in:
Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Word Excel PowerPoint).
Tableau
Ability to:
Ability to manage and complete projects on schedule.
Skill in identifying and analyzing problems and proposing effective solutions aligned with organizational goals.
Ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to prepare and present reports in a professional manner.
Demonstrated initiative in pursuing and developing new ideas and improvements.
WORKING ENVIORNMENT AND 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.
This position is relative free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards and is generally sedentary. Incumbents may be required to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally a negligible amount of force frequently and/or constantly having to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
ADA and Other Requirements
Positions in this class typically require grasping stooping squatting kneeling crouching reaching pushing talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions.
Physical Requirements:
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting standing climbing or walking extended periods of time
Light to moderate lifting and carrying; some crouching stooping squatting crawling reaching pushing and pulling when performing tasks
Adequate vision hearing and speech required
Sensory Requirements:
Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual audio and other sensory modalities) for proof reading data entry tabulating data
Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises which in return could result in some level of stress fatigue or strain
Comprehensive of written information in work related documents
Ability to hear understand and distinguish speech
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an inclusive list of all the responsibilities skills or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements management reserves the right to
modify add or remove duties and assign other duties at any time. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.
Our culture is to serve the community honorably.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.
You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.
For questions about your application or the hiring process please email .
The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request auxiliary aids written materials in alternate formats language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.
BENEFITS
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.
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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
Required Experience:
Intern