Co-op Summer Intern positions at Urban Impact are more than just a work term. The position will provide you with meaningful and challenging work experiences. In the Safety Co-op Summer Intern Position, you will develop your professional skills and explore how Health and Safety functions within an organization.
You are eager to build your career and have a hands-on approach to safety and are interested to dive in with interest and enthusiasm. Ideally, you bring a friendly, authentic, and forward-thinking approach to your communications and staff interactions and a practical but thorough approach to safety. The Safety Co-op role requires a mature, friendly, and professional attitude. Someone who has the confidence to figure it out, even when you don’t have all the answers. You must be familiar with WorkSafe regulations.
Co-op Summer Intern for Safety will be assigned a variety and-wide ranging tasks and duties supporting Urban Impact’s Safety Program and our Goal of Zero Incidents, Zero Accidents.
Requirements:
- Support and build on UI safety objectives: Safety is our priority, always.
- A self-starter.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
- Good communication skills both verbal and written in a multi-cultural work environment.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse personalities in a tactful, decisive, and resourceful manner.
- Able to connect & interact with people of all experiences and cultures.
- High level of integrity with the ability to handle confidential information.
- Able to work as a team and independently.
- Teamwork: Must be able to work well with staff members in other departments.
- Safety: Work safely, always. Lead by example.
- Communication: Active, positive communication with teammates.
- Proactive: A proactive and interactive approach to training, inspections, on the ground learning and monitoring.
- Paperwork: Ensure that documentation and records are kept up to date and reflect the proactive approach we have to safety.
- Education: Enrolled in degree, certificate, diploma or post-secondary education in Occupational Health and Safety. Preferably some safety work experience.
Qualifications:
- Support updating and reviewing all Toolbox Talk Content to ensure it is up to date and current. Prepare content in advance of the scheduled delivery.
- Draft wording for updates to Safety Program as assigned.
- Support Return to work and Injured worker management to ensure all paperwork for injured works is complete and filed. Submit Incident Reports to Work Safe, etc.
- Participate in JOSH and all Inspections to promote a strong safety culture.
- Assist with transition to safety documentation and process onto Safety Software. Review software capabilities and recommend items to transition. Provide training to users to ensure full use of software.
- Other tasks as assigned
We offer a superior compensation package including:
- Competitive starting hourly rate
- Pay enhancer after probation and for air brake endorsement
- Performance bonus
- Profit Sharing
- RRSP matching
- Enhanced Health Benefits plan including Medical and Dental coverage
- New Health Savings Account
- Incentives for workplace wellness and health
- And even an incentive for getting to work in an environmentally friendly way
- All staff must be fully vaccinated
Please Note:
- All offers of employment are conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-hire background check.
- Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Urban Impact is a dynamic workplace with a culture that values and promotes learning opportunities. We promote within and have a referral bonus program.
We are a close-knit group, all motivated to work diligently to meet the high expectations of our customers. We strive to make the company a rewarding place to work, where employees feel that they are doing meaningful work and their contributions make a difference.
We offer an exciting, motivating and challenging team environment to fully develop your individual potential. To support continuing growth, we are looking for people with ideas, people who make a difference and are focused on being the best.
We would like to thank you for your interest in Urban Impact. Please note that only the short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Offers of employment are dependent upon the satisfactory results arising from the required security screening for this position:
- Review of the National Safety code Driver's Abstract (N Print)
- Reference Verification
- Criminal Records background check