What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Intern position at Tyler Union?
| Category | Safety | Shift | Day shift (and as needed) | Position Type | Intern | Company | Tyler Union | Salary Range | $17 per hour |
Paid Safety Internship
$17.00 per hour, up to 29 hours per week.
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 hands-on learning projects relating to day-to-day activities of the department to ensure a safety, healthy, and incident-free work environment. The intern must be a flexible and adaptable team-player, as well as have good communication skills.
Tyler Union, a division of McWane, Inc. located in Anniston, Alabama has a century of success in manufacturing and selling ductile iron fittings, joint restraints, and valve boxes for the waterworks industry.
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All candidates offered employment must submit to a drug screen, physical, and background check.
- Assumes personal responsibility to insure 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 facility's 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.
- Works with safety trainer to organize training and maintain associated paperwork.
- Assist with Safety Manual updates.
- 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.
- Must be actively pursuing a bachelor's degree in environmental, health and safety or related field.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook required.
- Must be flexible and adaptable team-player, 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.
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.
Salary : $17
