INTERNSHIP: Health & Safety Intern (Brantford ON)

Job Description

Sika Canada Inc. Internship Program is looking for collaborative results-oriented candidates with strong critical thinking and communication skills. The internship is designed to give you an understanding of how safety is driven at a company who prioritizes safety first and has a strong safety culture.

During the internship, you will be exposed to various aspects of safety management. You will develop the skills and knowledge needed to provide a solid foundation to build a career in the safety field.

Duration: 4 Months Internship

Core Functions:

Support Sika’s safety culture and improvements by participating in projects or initiatives identified by the site. This could include:

• Developing training material using Office 365, PowerPoint
• Conduct new hire onboarding when required
• Updating procedures, safe work instructions, and/or JHAs
• Developing confined space hazard assessments, reviewing and updating LOTO procedures, and reviewing emergency response plans
• Gap Analysis pertaining to Sika min safety requirements
• Tracking and trending of proactive and reactive metrics
• Conduct procedural gap analysis on Sika Safe plans
• Conduct audits and develop reports with corrective actions
• Support new safety program such as OSG and Contractor Prequalification (Cognibox)
• Provide support to Plant Management in the Sphera incident reporting platform
• Provide administrative support and perform other tasks as required by the EHS team.
• Assist in training development. Participate in workplace inspections/JHSC meetings.

Qualifications

Minimum requirement

• Demonstrate your level of understanding by responding to verbal or written inquiries from supervisors, mentors, or program manager.
• Analyze data and develop reports.
• Theoretical knowledge of the principles of lockout and health and safety.
• Good computer knowledge (Microsoft Office suite)
• Ability to work in a team
• Ease of collaboration with different stakeholders
• Adaptability and flexibility
• To be rigorous
• Focused on effective communications and information sharing
• Open-mindedness and friendliness
• Bilingual French and English an asset

Preferred Education

• Pursuing a degree in Health and safety, industrial engineering or related field

Location of internship is Brantford, ON. Internship will be conducted in-person

Additional Information

• Join the family of Sika AG, with over 33,200 employees and companies set up in over 100 countries, which provide ample of opportunities to grow.
• Many of our employees describe their working relationships at Sika as friendly, personable and sincere. We call this the "Sika Spirit".
• For such a large company, we have a surprisingly flat hierarchy with direct decision-making processes and decentralized organizational units.
• We firmly believe that the diversity of our workforce is a key contributing factor to our success story.

Sika is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics. We offer competitive salaries, aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position, education and/or training. We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Sika Canada discloses that we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications. However, we want to emphasize that AI does not make final decisions or eliminate candidates from consideration. Our dedicated hiring managers and recruiters carefully review all applications to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation process. This approach combines the efficiency of AI with the expertise and judgment of our experienced hiring team, allowing us to identify the best candidates while maintaining a human-centered hiring process.