Branch Intern

Job Description

Job Title: Branch Intern
Location: Brighton, CO

Application Deadline: Posted until filled. Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.

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About Border States:
Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry, boasting approximately 130 locations across 31 states. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States, providing products and services to the construction, industrial, and utility industries.

Why Join Border States?
Become part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions, and receive rewards for your hard work. Our culture emphasizes open-book management, innovation, decisiveness, and a deep commitment to customer needs, driven by dedicated employee-owners.

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Our Mission & Values:
As a Border States employee-owner, you will embody our core principles:

• Purpose: We believe unstoppable businesses shouldn’t go it alone. We are owners – of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.
• Service Philosophy: We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.
• Service Standards: Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.

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Job Summary:
The Branch Intern will develop a solid understanding of the specific branch location and the overall business. This internship aims to provide interns with challenging, real-world projects specific to their career path. You will gain a solid understanding of your department and the overall business, seeing value in your actions in accordance with the company mission, culture, service philosophy, and meeting the goals and objectives set forth by leadership. Interns will work within the department on day-to-day projects, including activities related to process improvement, project management, data support, warehousing, sales, and operations.

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Key Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

• Works within the department on day-to-day projects, which include but are not limited to activities related to process improvement, project management, data support, reporting, documentation, and other assigned responsibilities.
• Builds relationships through meetings, events, and one-on-ones with various employee-owners and leaders.
• Focuses on real-world projects within the department.
• Collaborates with various departments throughout the company.

Department Responsibilities:

• Assists warehouse operations in receiving, shipping, stock put-away, and other operational activities.
• Collaborates with various departments throughout the company and region, including warehouse, quotations, branch operations, purchasing, inventory, and finance.
• Shadows Customer Service Representatives and Branch Operations to gain insight into all aspects of the branch.
• Shadows and assists Delivery Drivers with the delivery of products to and from accounts and interacts directly with customers on job sites.

Nonessential Functions:

• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

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Qualifications & Skills:

• Current student or new graduate (within the last year) in a 2 or 4-year degree program.
• Strong knowledge of business office procedures, office equipment operation, data entry/keyboarding skills, and communication systems (helpful).
• Prefer strong knowledge of PC for Windows and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint).

Skills And Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, reading, and customer service skills.
• Ability to effectively plan and organize.
• Excellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.

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Physical Requirements:

Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:

• Occasionally 0 – 33%
• Frequently 34 – 66%
• Continuously: 67 – 100%

• Lift from Waist:
• < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally • 51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all • 100+ lbs. - Not at all • Lift from Floor:
• < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally • 51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally • 75 to 100 lbs. - Occasionally • 100+ lbs. - Not at all • Carried for Distance:
• < than 10 lbs. - Not at all • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all • 100+ lbs. - Not at all Physical Activity:

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:

• Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) – Occasionally
• Standing (for sustained periods of time) – Frequently
• Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) – Continuously
• Bending/stooping (downward and forward) – Not at all
• Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) – Not at all
• Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) – Occasionally
• Reaching (extending arms in any direction) – Occasionally
• Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) – Occasionally
• Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) – Occasionally
• Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) – Frequently
• Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) – Occasionally
• Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) – Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) – Occasionally
• Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) – Frequently
• Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) – Occasionally
• Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) – Continuously
• Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) – Occasionally
• Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) – Continuously
• Use of a computer – Occasionally
• Use of a telephone – Occasionally
• Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) – Continuously
• Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) – Frequently
• Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) – Not at all

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Compensation & Benefits:

• The hourly range for this position is $16.00-$20.00/hour, based on experience.
• Border States provides a competitive benefits package for its employee-owners, which includes but is not limited to:
• Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
• FSA & HSA
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Disability Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Personal Leave time and more!
• Employee-owners also receive bonuses upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

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Equal Opportunity & Pre-employment Screenings:

• This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Equal Opportunity For All: It’s not just the law. It’s something we’ve believed in since our founding. We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.
• Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace:
• Employment may be contingent on the offered candidate successfully passing one or more of the following pre-employment screenings:
• Criminal background check (required for all positions)
• Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check (required for positions involving driving)
• Drug testing
• The MVR check and drug testing vary by role and will be communicated to the offered candidate during the onboarding process and as applicable.