Back to jobs
Job Description
Job Id:
355
# of Openings:
1
Nix Industrial:
Nix Industrial Skilled Trade Internship Program
Nix Industrial is a diversified metal solutions provider headquartered in Poseyville, Indiana. Specializing in industrial product sales, job shop manufacturing, and maintenance contracting, we help keep America’s industries running safe & efficient. As a fifth generation family business, made up of multiple locations and operating divisions, we combine the benefits of working with a trusted and responsive smaller firm, while providing ‘big business’ capabilities. We believe our competitive advantage is the quality of our people as well as our philosophy of “Be Big, Act Small”.
Nix Industrial offers internships to both high school and post-secondary students who are interested in welding, fabrication, industrial painting, and millwright & maintenance. While participating in our intern program you will find an advanced manufacturing environment that is full of opportunities and challenges. You will be given meaningful projects from day one, and you will get plenty of chances to network within our organization. While applying what you have learned in your studies and technical courses, you will gain exposure and knowledge of both Nix Companies and the advanced manufacturing sector. This opportunity will assist with developing the personal, professional, and technical skills you will need to stand out from the crowd. It all adds up to a great way to learn about Nix Companies and decide on the direction that is right for your future career.
Responsibilities
Student Intern:
Nix Industrial is a diversified metal solutions provider headquartered in Poseyville, Indiana. Specializing in industrial product sales, job shop manufacturing, and maintenance contracting, we help keep America’s industries running safe & efficient. As a fifth generation family business, made up of multiple locations and operating divisions, we combine the benefits of working with a trusted and responsive smaller firm, while providing ‘big business’ capabilities. We believe our competitive advantage is the quality of our people as well as our philosophy of “Be Big, Act Small”.
Nix Industrial offers internships to both high school and post-secondary students who are interested in welding, fabrication, industrial painting, and millwright & maintenance. While participating in our intern program you will find an advanced manufacturing environment that is full of opportunities and challenges. You will be given meaningful projects from day one, and you will get plenty of chances to network within our organization. While applying what you have learned in your studies and technical courses, you will gain exposure and knowledge of both Nix Companies and the advanced manufacturing sector. This opportunity will assist with developing the personal, professional, and technical skills you will need to stand out from the crowd. It all adds up to a great way to learn about Nix Companies and decide on the direction that is right for your future career.
Responsibilities
Student Intern:
As a student intern joins Nix Industrial, he/she is expected to assume, as much as possible, the role of a regular staff member. The responsibilities include:
- Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures, core values and rules governing professional behaviors.
- Adhere to company policies governing the observation of confidentiality and the handling of confidential information.
- Assume personal and professional responsibilities for his/her actions and activities.
- Maintain professional relationships with company employees, customers and so forth.
- Demonstrate Nix Industrial Core Values throughout the length of the program.
- Relate and apply knowledge acquired in the academic and technical learning setting to the company setting.
- Develop a self-awareness in regard to attitudes, values, behavior patterns, and so forth that influence work.
Nix Industrial:
It is the responsibility of Nix Industrial to provide direct, on-the-job supervision of the student intern which includes the following:
- Orient the student intern to the company’s structure and operations.
- Orient the student intern to the company’s policies and procedures regarding dress, office hours, safety regulations and other details pertaining to the program.
- Introduce the student intern to the leadership team and division specific team members.
- Provide the student intern with adequate resources necessary to accomplish job objectives.
- Assign and supervise the completion of tasks and responsibilities that are consistent with the student intern’s role in the company.
- Provide regularly scheduled supervisory conferences with the student intern.
- Submit an evaluation of the job performance at the end of the program to the student intern.
Want to know what it's like working at Nix Industrial? Hear what some of our current team members have to say: https://nixindustrial.com/nix-worklife/
Apply for this Position