Health and Safety Intern

Hayward Industries • N. Kingstown, RI

23d • Onsite

About The Position

The Health & Safety Intern will partner with Hayward’s Site Safety Coordinator, engineering, department leads, site maintenance, and facilities in updating and communicating a more refined LOTO procedure and SOP. Incorporating industry best practices and established Hayward procedures. Throughout this internship, the candidate will be immersed in a professional manufacturing organization, experiencing every phase of production, warehousing, product testing, safety, and engineering.

Requirements

• Junior or senior pursuing bachelor’s degree in industrial health & safety, industrial hygiene, environmental science, or related programs
• Working knowledge of MS Office programs
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing setting with all employee levels, from hourly production to management
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, written and verbally.
• You must have transportation to and from facility.
• This is a Monday – Friday on-site position.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly sit, talk, hear, stand, and walk.
• The employee will often have to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds using proper lifting techniques.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• LOTO Collaborate with stakeholders to assess current state of HRI LOTO program.
• Work with the Site Safety Coordinator in developing improved LOTO standard here at HRI, in a simple, visual format.
• Assist the Site Safety Coordinator in training affected employees on the new LOTO.
• LOTO Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Assessments Working with the Site Safety Coordinator and department leads in updating PPE Requirements associated with LOTO.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to incorporate PPE requirements and other safety cautions in LOTO instructions.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern