Safety Intern
interstates
National Travel
Scrum Master
Job Score
80 pts
On-site model (+70)
Scrum Master (+10)
Take Charge of Your Career at Interstates
At Interstates, we don’t just show up to work, we show up for each other. From our headquarters in Iowa to job sites across the country, we’re doing award-winning electrical, controls, automation, and OT work that powers industrial facilities for clients here in the U.S. and around the world. Whether you’re bending conduit, wiring panels, writing code, supporting projects, or helping things run behind the scenes, you’ll be part of a crew that works hard, shares laughs, and takes pride in doing quality work. We believe in building strong teams, doing the right thing, and making a difference in the communities where we live. If you want to grow and do meaningful work, you’ll feel at home here.
Help Build a Safer Future—Starting with Your Career
At Interstates, safety is more than a checklist—it is how we care for our people, serve our clients, and pursue a better way to work.
As a Safety Intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience in construction and manufacturing safety while working alongside experienced Safety Managers, Safety Technicians, supervisors, and craft professionals. You’ll spend most of your time in the field, applying what you’ve learned in the classroom, building your professional network, and helping ensure everyone returns home safely.
What You’ll Do
- Spend approximately 80–90% of your time supporting active construction sites or manufacturing locations.
- Conduct safety observations, inspections, site audits, and hazard assessments.
- Review pre-job assessments and equipment inspections.
- Assist with toolbox talks, foreman meetings, onboarding, and safety training.
- Identify hazards and reinforce PPE, safe work practices, and site requirements.
- Support incident and near-miss investigations and participate in root-cause analysis.
- Maintain accurate safety documentation, including JHAs, permits, inspections, and reports.
- Collaborate with field teams to strengthen Interstates’ safety culture.
- Assist with first-aid training and site first-aid activities, as appropriately trained and authorized.
- Complete a safety-related project or learning objective that adds value to the team.
What You’ll Learn
This internship will help you develop practical experience in:
- Construction and manufacturing safety processes
- Hazard recognition and risk assessment
- Job Hazard Analyses and pre-task planning
- Safety observations and site inspections
- Incident and near-miss documentation
- Root-cause analysis
- Safety training and employee engagement
- Communication with field leaders, crews, and clients
What We’re Looking For
- Currently pursuing a degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Safety, or a related field.
- Interest in construction, manufacturing, electrical, or industrial safety.
- Basic understanding of safety principles through coursework or previous experience.
- Strong communication, organization, and attention to detail.
- Willingness to learn, ask questions, accept feedback, and speak up about safety concerns.
- Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels.
- Willingness to work occasional weekends, as project schedules require.
- OSHA 10 certification preferred; it may be obtained during the internship.
Previous construction or manufacturing experience is helpful but not required. We’re looking for students who are curious, dependable, collaborative, and committed to helping others work safely.
Travel: Approximately 80–90%; interns are typically assigned to one U.S. location for the summer
Opportunities: National Construction and Manufacturing
Why Intern at Interstates?
At Interstates, you’ll be treated as a team member—not just an intern. You’ll receive:
- Mentorship from experienced safety professionals
- Career coaching and professional development
- Hands-on experience on real projects
- Opportunities in national construction and manufacturing
- Per diem and travel pay, as applicable
- Company discount program
- Team celebrations and community outreach opportunities
- Potential opportunities to continue your career with Interstates after graduation
A Safety Culture with Proven Results
Interstates is committed to a Zero Injury culture, where every employee plays a role in creating a safe workplace. Our safety performance has earned recognition including ABC National Safety Excellence Awards, ABC STEP Diamond Awards, CURT Construction Industry Safety Excellence Awards, and NSC Safest Companies with Distinction awards.
In 2024, Interstates reported an EMR of 0.54, TRIR of 0.79, and DART of 0.37—results made possible by the daily commitment of our field leaders, craft professionals, safety teams, and support staff.
Ready to turn your classroom knowledge into real-world experience and help build safer workplaces across the country? Apply for the Interstates Safety Internship today.
What You Should Know Before You Apply
Interstates may collect personal information as part of your job application, such as your contact details, work history, education, and any information you provide. This information is used only for recruitment, to evaluate your candidacy, and to meet legal requirements. For details about our privacy practices and your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), please see our Privacy Policy. By applying, you acknowledge that you have reviewed this notice.
Interstates is an EEO provider and offers a drug-free workplace. Employment at Interstates is at-will and may be terminated at any time with or without notice or cause, except as otherwise provided by law.
What did you think of this job?
Loading comments...
About Scrum Master
The Scrum Master is the professional responsible for facilitating the adoption of Scrum and agile practices within development teams. They act as servant leaders, removing impediments, promoting continuous improvement, and ensuring Scrum events and ceremonies happen in the best possible way.
Key skills include event facilitation (sprint planning, daily, review, retrospective), backlog management, team coaching, conflict resolution, and agile metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time). Knowledge of Jira, Trello, Azure DevOps, and frameworks like Kanban, XP, and SAFe is a differentiator.
Scrum Masters in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who can promote team autonomy, create psychologically safe environments, and lead agile transformations at scale. The field offers opportunities from junior scrum master to agile coach, head of agile, and director of agile transformation.
Discover Other Areas
Understand the scope of work, key skills, and tools used in different career areas.
About Systems Analyst
The Systems Analyst is the professional responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing technology solutions that meet business needs. They act as a bridge between business areas and the development team, ensuring that systems deliver real value to the organization.
Key skills include requirements gathering and analysis, process modeling (BPMN), data modeling, technical and functional documentation, system integration (APIs, microservices), and knowledge of ERPs and CRMs. Tools like Jira, Confluence, Visio, and project management platforms are essential.
Systems Analysts in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who master agile requirements analysis (user stories, backlog), system integration, and solution architecture. The field offers opportunities from junior analyst to solution architect, with a focus on efficiency, quality, and technological innovation.
About UX Design
The User Experience (UX) Design area focuses on optimizing the overall user experience when interacting with a product or service. UX professionals conduct user research (UX Research), map journeys, create wireframes, perform usability tests, and define navigation flows to ensure the product is intuitive, useful, and meets users' real needs.
About Product Management
Product Management is one of the most strategically relevant areas in technology organizations. The Product Manager is responsible for defining product vision, prioritizing features, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams to deliver value to users.
Essential skills include strategic thinking, data analysis, communication, leadership, and technical knowledge. Tools like Jira, Confluence, Miro, and analytics platforms are fundamental in daily work.
Salaries for PMs range from entry-level to senior positions at major tech companies, with growing opportunities for international remote work.
About Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence (BI) is the area responsible for transforming raw data into strategic information for decision-making. BI professionals build dashboards, reports, and analyses that help companies understand their performance and identify growth opportunities.
Key skills include data modeling (star schema, snowflake), ETL (extraction, transformation, loading), advanced SQL, BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker), data warehousing, KPIs, and business metrics analysis (MRR, churn, cohort). Knowledge of dbt, Airflow, and data pipelines is a differentiator.
BI professionals in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who master data visualization, analytics engineering, and can translate complex data into actionable insights for the business. The field offers opportunities from BI analyst to head of data, with a focus on data-driven decision making.
About Customer Success
Customer Success is the area responsible for ensuring clients achieve their goals when using the product or service. It is a strategic function for retention, expansion, and customer satisfaction.
Key skills include account management, churn analysis, NPS, onboarding, upsell, and cross-sell. Knowledge of CS tools like Gainsight, Totango, and ChurnZero is a differentiator.
CS is becoming increasingly strategic in SaaS companies, with professionals directly contributing to recurring revenue growth (MRR/ARR).
Comments 0