Title: Intern Safety
Date:
Feb 20, 2026
Location:
Petrolia, PA, US, 16050
BASIC FUNCTION:
Sonneborn, an HF Sinclair company, is seeking a motivated Safety Intern to join our Petrolia, Pennsylvania team. The Safety Intern supports the site’s Safety team by assisting with the organization, maintenance, and accuracy of safety documentation and digital resources. The position is designed for an early-career college student interested in learning how safety systems, document management, and communication workflows contribute to a strong and compliant safety culture.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: (functions considered essential as defined by ADA)
- Review and update safety procedures, SOPs, JHAs/JSAs, and work instructions for format, clarity, consistency, and compliance with established templates.
- Convert outdated or legacy documents to current approved formats, applying proper headings, numbering, required statement blocks, and accessibility features as needed.
- Maintain controlled document metadata: owners, approvers, effective dates, review cycles, and version numbers.
- Track periodic reviews and assist with routing procedures to their assigned owners for updates.
- Maintain a comprehensive master index of controlled safety documents, highlighting those past due or pending review.
- Archive superseded documents and ensure proper version-control practices are followed.
- Maintain the Safety SharePoint site structure, navigation, and content to ensure employees can easily find current safety information.
- Update document libraries, lists, metadata fields, and naming conventions to improve consistency and reduce duplicates or outdated materials.
- Post updated safety procedures, alerts, notifications, and safety‑related resources to relevant site locations.
- Conduct content hygiene tasks: remove obsolete files, correct broken links, and validate that controlled documents are accessible and properly stored.
- Assist with building and maintaining simple digital forms (near-miss forms, inspection checklists, action logs) using SharePoint lists, as directed by the Safety team.
- Assist with data cleanup and accuracy checks for safety records, such as incident logs, corrective action trackers, and inspection lists.
- Generate basic reports and summaries (Excel or SharePoint-based), such as overdue actions or upcoming procedure reviews.
- Assemble slide decks, spreadsheets, or data summaries for safety meetings or leadership briefings.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:
Currently pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health. Completion of junior level courses is preferred.
SKILLS:
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow document templates and formatting standards.
- Solid written communication and proofreading abilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, especially Word, Excel, and SharePoint.
- Organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple documents and deadlines simultaneously.
- Professional communication and willingness to collaborate with Safety leadership and procedure owners.
- Familiarity with OSHA terminology or basic safety concepts.
- Experience with controlled document systems, SharePoint metadata, or file taxonomy.
- Exposure to incident tracking systems or learning management systems (LMS).
WORK CONDITIONS:
Petroleum refinery and driver-based environment including but not limited to chemical, pressure vessels, tanks, rotating equipment, working in confined spaces, and exposure to risk of electrical shock. Subject to all weather and varying road conditions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, lifting or carrying up to 50 lbs, climbing up to 200 ft, perceive color differences, required to wear personal protective equipment as needed and a respirator in emergency situations (beards are not permitted), ability to operate and drive all assigned company vehicles at company standard insurance rates is essential (inability to maintain standard insurance rates is grounds for dismissal), valid State drivers license and proof of insurance required. Depending on location must satisfactorily complete a comprehensive medical physical examination. Job conditions may require twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted.
Our One HF Sinclair Culture:
At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization. We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.
About HF Sinclair Corporation
HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry.
Equal Opportunity Employer
HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.
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