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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Union City, CA
Union City, California

About this job

Southland Industries is looking for a Safety Coordinator Intern to join our summer program from June 2018 - August 2018! This is a full-time, paid internship. We also offer company-paid intern housing. Check out our Southland Industries Internship Program YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/jP-bJahTSig

The Safety Coordinator internship is designed to introduce you to a career field of Occupational Health & Safety for the Design/ Build Mechanical Construction Industry. In this position, you'll be assisting the Safety Manager in enforcing and regulating all safety procedures to ensure that Southland Industries meets all safety requirements in the field and all facilities to better understand the management and coordination of all division safety activities and construction process. You will also participate in ongoing training programs and activities intended to enhance your knowledge of our systems, meet our people and understand our culture at Southland Industries.

What you’ll do:

  • Ensure all tasks and functions on project sites are performed safely in accordance with company safety policies, Cal OSHA, and Fed OSHA standards.
  • Implement the Corporate Safety Award Program.
  • Train field staff on various industrial equipment training and maintain record of industrial equipment training.
  • Report and manage all company vehicle claims.
  • Assist in reporting workers compensation claims.
  • Update and maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS) manual.
  • Assemble various safety manuals for distribution.
  • Assist in implementing and distributing safety tailgate meetings. Maintain record of signed safety tailgate meeting forms.


What you’ll need to be successful:

  • Ability to interface with Southland's field employees/customers in a professional manner.
  • Ability to understand, comply with and communicate state, federal and local safety and health OSHA regulations.
  • Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree. Course concentration in Safety, Health, Environmental Applied Sciences, or a related discipline is a plus, but not required
  • Certifications in CPR and First Aid is a plus
Southland Industries is an MEP building systems firm that provides innovative, yet practical engineering, construction, service, building automation, and energy solutions. For over 65 years, we have been optimizing each stage of the building lifecycle with our in-house expertise and improving how buildings are designed, built, and maintained.

If you’re someone with a true passion for our industry, we’re looking for you! At Southland, we seek people that don’t just follow a career path but blaze their own. People who want to apply innovation to their problem solving and embrace the concept of full collaboration between disciplines work at Southland. We appreciate the spirit of integrity and entrepreneurialism with which our people act and have learned that the more opportunity we allow our employees, the greater the results. Each part of our business is interconnected and requires input from others, which has led to the collaborative setting from which we thrive. Join our team and become a part of an organization that values work-life balance, community, and exceptional quality of work.