5s Intern

ATS Corporation•Vineland, NJ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

SP Industries Inc. is hiring for our team in Vineland, NJ and has an immediate opening for a 5S Intern for Summer 2026. In this role, the right candidate will support the implementation of 5S principles—Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain—within selected areas of the glass manufacturing facility. The goal is to improve workplace organization, reduce waste, enhance visual management, and support a safer and more efficient production environment. Project 2: Facility Chemical Audit and SDS Database Update Objective: The intern will complete a full chemical audit of the glass manufacturing facility and support the verification and update of the company’s Safety Data Sheet (SDS) database. The goal is to ensure that chemicals on-site are accurately inventoried, properly identified, and matched to current SDS records to support hazard communication and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

Support the implementation of 5S principles—Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain—within selected areas of the glass manufacturing facility.
Improve workplace organization, reduce waste, enhance visual management, and support a safer and more efficient production environment.
Complete a full chemical audit of the glass manufacturing facility.
Support the verification and update of the company’s Safety Data Sheet (SDS) database.
Ensure that chemicals on-site are accurately inventoried, properly identified, and matched to current SDS records to support hazard communication and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

Evaluate designated production, maintenance, storage, and support areas to identify housekeeping, organization, labeling, storage, and floor-marking opportunities.
Document current conditions and take before-and-after photos.
Red-tag unnecessary items.
Assist with workstation organization.
Create visual controls.
Help establish simple standards for maintaining improvements.
Identify and support the proper marking of work areas, waste storage locations, fire extinguisher locations, workspaces, pedestrian walkways, and required clearance areas in front of electrical panel boxes.
Conduct a room-by-room and department-by-department review of chemicals used, stored, or staged throughout the facility.
Record product names, manufacturers, container sizes, use locations, and storage conditions.
Identify missing, outdated, or duplicate SDS records.
Coordinate with department leaders to verify active products.
Organize information for upload or correction in the company SDS system.
Work in compliance with divisional health, safety and environmental procedures.
Refrain from removing or altering safety devices or guarding unless hazardous energies are controlled through lockout-tagout methods.
Report any unsafe conditions or unsafe acts.
Report defects in any equipment or protective device.
Ensure that the required protective equipment is used for the assigned tasks.
Attend all required health, safety and environmental training.
Report any accidents/incidents to supervisor.
Assist in investigating accidents/incidents.
Refrain from engaging in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running or rough and boisterous conduct.