Safety Intern

The road to your future starts with Barrett Industries

Since 1854, Barrett Industries has been a leader in providing infrastructure solutions throughout the United States. Through our subsidiary companies, including Barrett Paving Materials Inc., we serve everyone from small contractors to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Barrett Industries Corporation is an infrastructure construction holding company with a vertically integrated value chain including quarries, sand and gravel operations, asphalt cement storage terminals, hot mix asphalt plants, trucking, asphalt emulsions, asphalt paving, and pavement preservation. 

Barrett Paving Materials Inc. upholds the highest standards of Safety, Environmental Stewardship, and Ethical Conduct. We provide advanced solutions for our customer’s needs while having a positive impact on our local communities, generating sustainable growth, and long-term value for our shareholders. Our mission is to strengthen and grow our infrastructure products and services by empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company’s value chain. We operate through various companies in the Northeast and the Midwest.  We are strong, stable, and growing.  

“We Build the Roads You Travel”

Responsibilities:

• Assist with managing the company health and safety programs at the project level, driving a safety-oriented approach to work
• Assist with compiling, analyzing, and interpreting occupational illness and accident statistical data at the project level, recomment process and product safety features that will reduce employee exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards
• Routunely monitor the workforce for unsafe behaviors and coach employees on the correct behaviors when observed
• Interpret safety regulations related to projects
• Assist with coordination and presentation of safety training to support comany programs including new hire orientation, fall protection, confined space, lockout/tag out
• Interface with OSHA/MSHA (state or federal) officials/inspectors in the event or a site visit

Qualifications:

• Actively prusuing a degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Safety or a related field of study
• Knowledge of construction safety, current Federal and of MSHA/OSHA regulations and hazard recognition, record keeping and injury management skills
• Working knowledge of computers and experience with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Strong organizational, time management, and written/verbal communication skills
• Good attention to detail, with the ability to recognize discrepancies
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and enviroment
• Familiar with air monitor calibrations, fit testing, etc
• OSHA 30 HR /10 HR valuable
• Valid Drivers License and acceptable MVP required

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:

• Wear and maintain personal protective equipment (PPE) as required by company safety guidelines
• Regularly required to lift and or move up to 50 pounds with or without assistance
• Regularly required to use hand to feel, handle and manipulate objects
• Regularly required to communicate (talk and hear)
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Frequently asked to stand/ work on feet for long periods of time, walking accross uneven terrain
• Frequently work in close proximity to heavy equipment and machinery, exposure to loud noise
• Frequent exposure to typical construciton site condiditons, including dust and loud noise, and all weather conditions

Work Place Values/Requirements:

• Support, promote and prectice Barrett core values, vision and mission
• Support, promote, and comply with Barrett Code of Ethics, Workplace Conduct, Safety and other established policies
• Embrase the Barrett safty culture, actively support all safety initiatives and adhere to defined accountabilites implemented by the Safety Steering and Continuous Improvement teams
• Align personal vision and golas with larger goals of the Comany
• Support continuous improvement to improve Barrett processes, performance, safety and overall sucess

The information contained herin is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilites of the internship, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to complete the internship.

Barrett Paving Materials Inc. is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer dedicated to promoting diversity and maintaining a drug-free workplace. It is our policy to ensure that applicants are considered for employment based on their qualifications without regard to their race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expressions, sexual orientation, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), immigration status, citizenship, genetic information, medical conditions, protected veteran status, uniform service member status, familial status, marital status, registered domestic partner status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants are treated on the basis of their job-related qualifications, ability and performance. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants and provide a workplace free of harassment and discrimination.  This Policy applies to aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, termination, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please click here and here.  For notification on E-Verify click here and for information on Right to Work, click here. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

If you need accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact Barrett Paving Materials Inc. at 973-533-1001 or send an e-mail to: careers@barrettindustries.com.

Barrett Paving Materials Inc. will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. For more information, please click here.