Intern

SSA Marine•Long Beach, CA

37d

About The Position

Under the direct supervision of a full-time salaried employee designated as his or her sponsor, the student intern performs work that is intentionally to provide the needed experience for a career substantially similar to that of the sponsor. This work should provide opportunities to gain experience and should bring value to the company. A student internship should not exceed one-year in length without written agreement of both senior management over the group sponsoring the intern, and the executive responsible for human resources. In no case should a student internship exceed two years in length.

Requirements

The student intern needs to be able to learn and repeat the tasks assigned by their sponsor.
The ability to articulate questions and otherwise communicate both verbally and in writing is necessary.
Full-time attendance at an accredited college or university, in pursuit of a degree consistent with the student internship role. The student must have a B or better cumulative grade average to qualify for a student internship and provide evidence of a B or better term grade average at the end of every term.
The student intern needs to have a level of knowledge consistent with the course work taken to date. The posting of a student internship opening may specify specific courses to be complete, prior to the internship start date

Responsibilities

Maintain punctuality arriving to and departing from work, according to the schedule agreed upon with the student intern sponsor for that school term.
Completing and submitting a timesheet at the end of every workweek.
Taking notes of instructions provided in order to complete the assigned work with little oversight.
Attending meeting when requested and taking notes when learning opportunities arise.
Manage work queue to avoid periods of having to wait on others for work to do.
Maintain a B or better grade average every term.
Staying busy means managing your time, which in turn requires looking beyond the immediate task and consulting your sponsor prior to having nothing to do.
Develop relationships with your sponsor's peers and manager that can lead to learning opportunities.
Take good notes so that the instructions provided by your sponsor do not need to be unreasonably repeated. Your sponsor will be busy, and although they may want to drop what they are working on to help you, they may simply not have that option.
Other duties as assigned