M&H Valve - Safety Intern

M&H Valve Company is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we’re working every day to make sure that M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc.

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Pay: $17 per hour

Type: Part-Time Internship, <30 hours per week

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 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.

The intern must be a flexible and adaptable team-player, 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 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, 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. 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The individual must be detail-oriented, thorough, and precise in the completion of tasks assigned and project related paperwork. The individual must be a self-starter 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 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.

• 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.

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.