Safety Intern (College 26-27 Season) - Tyson's, VA

M.C. Dean, Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

M.C. Dean, Inc. offers a Construction Safety intern program designed to immerse you in safety management systems, ORM processes, and site safety duties across multiple locations in Virginia and nearby states.

You will work under a mentor to support project safety, audits, and training, while gaining hands-on experience in OSHA/ANSI standards, incident investigations, and safety documentation control.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an EHS-related BS degree (sophomore to senior).
• Knowledge of OSHA, ANSI‑Z10, EM‑385, and ISO 31000 safety systems.
• Proficiency with MS Office and SharePoint.
• S&H training experience and regulatory compliance knowledge.
• Previous electrical/construction S&H experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with Construction Project Safety, Health (S&H), and ORM processes.
• Support Accident Prevention Plan implementation and audits.
• Coordinate orientations, investigations, and safety trainings.
• Administer document control for SOPs; assist monitoring and measurement.
• Support safety administrative tasks as needed.

Skills

S&H training experience

Regulatory knowledge (OSHA/ANSI Z10)

MS Office proficiency including ShareP

Education

EHS-related BS degree in progress

Tools

SharePoint

MS Office

Job description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most recognizable mission critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. The company’s capabilities include electrical power systems, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia and employs more than 9,000 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

The Construction Safety intern will be exposed to a wide variety of construction and electrical safety management system aspects, to include: assistance with the Construction Project Safety, Health (S&H), and Operational Risk Management process; assisting with implementing M.C. Dean’s site-specific Accident Prevention Plan, performing audit and inspections, and collaborating with Project Management, Safety Management, and Field Management in the implementation and leadership of the Operational Risk Management (ORM) process.

Other roles and responsibilities include: assisting with project specific orientations, assisting with accident and incident investigations, conducting training on various safety and health topics, administering the document control process for various standard operating procedures, providing assistance with the monitoring and measurement process and other safety administrative tasks.

Qualifications

Each intern will be assigned a mentor to ensure all specific safety projects to fulfill internship requirements are accomplished.

• Working towards and EHS related Bachelor of Science degree: Sophomore, Junior or Senior status of Bachelors degree program
• Knowledge of safety and health standards, rules, regulations, safety management system standards (ANSI Z10) - Working knowledge of safe work practices, accident investigation techniques, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), insurance audits, workers compensation, project health surveys, Hazard Analysis Techniques, site emergency evacuation and first aid plans,
• Proficiency in Microsoft (MS) Office suite, including Share Point
• Experience conducting S&H training, Regulatory compliance knowledge 1910, 1926, EM-385 - Safety Management Systems knowledge, skill and experience - ANSI-Z10, OHSAS 18001, ISO 31000 - Understanding of culture and culture building skills - OSHA 10 and 30 - Currently enrolled in a Safety and Health / Occupational Safety degree from an ABET accredited program - Previous electrical / construction / industrial /federal and commercial S&H experience preferred

Possible work locations:

• Ashburn, VA
• Boydton, VA
• Leesburg, VA
• Manassas, VA
• Richmond, VA
• Ruther Glen, VA
• South Hill, VA
• Atlanta, GA
• Fayetteville, GA
• Monroe, LA
• Rayville, LA
• Baltimore, MD
• Frederick, MD
• Rock Hill, SC
• Burlington, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• Temple, TX

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• Identify and understand the speech of another person
• Ability to reliably travel to and from assigned offices, project locations, etc. is required

Pay Range

USD $18.00 - USD $28.00 /Hr.