Product Safety Communication Student Experience - Spring 2027

Location: Bismarck Acceleration Center

About the role

Bobcat’s student program empowers young professionals with on-the-job experience, real-world project work, and a pathway to full-time careers. Co-op positions are 8-month full-time immersions; internships are semester-long part-time experiences with the option to extend across multiple semesters. Both provide hands-on experience while completing an undergraduate degree.

Responsibilities

Safety Communication Systems

• Support product manuals, operator handbooks, user guides, installation instructions, decals, safety signs, safety videos, operator training resources, marketing materials, and other product communication forms to ensure consistent and effective safety communication.
• Perform first-pass quality checks and organize review comments for manuals, decals, installation instructions, training resources, and marketing materials against approved Product Safety direction.
• Assist with development and revision of warning and instruction signs, safety videos, operator training courses, quick-reference aids, checklists, and storyboard outlines.
• Review product development documentation and technical literature for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and readiness for Product Safety review.
• Assist with safety communication support for NPD projects, including collecting references, organizing decision history, and maintaining review status trackers.
• Support review of marketing and advertising materials such as social media posts, website pages, product brochures, photo/video shoot content, sales collateral, and trade-show materials.
• Help organize current communication channels such as technical service bulletins, recall notices, dealer letters, DealerNet content, Bobcat.com parts text, Product Value documents, engineering documents, product management documents, project documentation, emails, and chat messages when part of a safety communication review.

Collaboration & Training

• Interface closely with the Product Safety & Compliance team and collaborate with Marketing, Technical Publications, Product Engineering, Product Service, Legal, Product Management, and other functional departments as needed.
• Collaborate with global technical publication partners to support consistent safety communication in product manuals, field campaigns, and other technical communication assets.
• Assist with promotion, organization, and continuous improvement of Bobcat training resources and safety communication systems.

Compliance Documentation

• Assist with development and maintenance of design verification and testing (DVAT) templates and safety communication records.
• Support regional compliance documentation activities as directed, including EU Technical Construction File indexes, EU Declaration of Conformity support materials, and other safety certificate documentation.
• Collect relevant background from standards, internal templates, risk assessments, prior product safety examples, and approved references for SME review.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Technical Communication, Technical Writing, Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Business, Safety/Risk Management, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, formatting, and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate simple and complex technical material clearly.
• Strong analytical, organizational, time-management, and project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to organize technical references, comments, decision history, and document-review records.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, including Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a cross-functional environment.
• Interest in product safety, technical communication, manuals, decals/safety signs, training resources, equipment operation, and product lifecycle documentation.
• Preferred: familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, technical publications, product manuals, training media, engineering drawings, standards, or compliance documentation.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to support compliance initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Experience on real-life projects
• Work directly with skilled professionals at a global company
• Student-specific events tied to personal and professional development and full-time careers, plus networking opportunities
• Organized company-sponsored community service events
• First access to full-time career opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement for co-op/internship related courses up to $1,400 for a 3-credit course
• Safety boots and safety glasses reimbursements
• Relocation reimbursements, if applicable
• House-hunting or interview travel reimbursements
• Monthly $250 stipend

Pay

Salary range: $20.00 – $21.00 per hour depending on experience and other factors.

Schedule

• Co-op: 8-month full-time employment experience
• Internship: Semester-long part-time employment experience with opportunity to extend multiple semesters