Chemist Intern
About The Position
As a Chemist Intern at Veolia, you will lead and support projects from initiation through completion. Working with cross-functional teams in engineering, operations, and quality assurance, you will gain hands-on experience optimizing safety standards, refining manufacturing processes, updating laboratory standard operating procedures (SOPs), and supporting continuous quality improvement initiatives. The role provides practical experience translating academic chemistry knowledge into industrial manufacturing applications and troubleshooting in a chemical production environment. The internship may take place in the spring, summer, or fall. Specific projects may change based on facility needs. The intern reports to the Quality Manager and will deliver a capstone presentation to site leadership at the end of the internship term, covering project outcomes and key learnings.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in an accredited university degree program, preferably as a junior or senior, or hold a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
- Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day support for monitoring, optimizing, and maintaining the laboratory.
- Perform routine testing on raw materials, in-process materials, and finished materials using analytical instrumentation and wet chemistry methodologies.
- Perform non-routine testing to support process and chemistry troubleshooting.
- Perform instrument validations and calibrations.
- Calculate chemical adjustments for in-process material.
- Document observations, author technical reports, and present findings to key stakeholders.
- Prepare product and raw material samples for shipment to other Veolia laboratories.
- Participate in Laboratory Standard Operating Procedure reviews.
- Analyze and interpret analytical results.
- Help research chemical reactions.
- Assist with execution of Management of Change (MOC) projects relating to Quality and Laboratory.
- Conduct bench-scale chemistry experiments under the guidance of the Quality Manager.
- Learn and support QC testing.
- Formalize the site Laboratory Instrument Calibration Program.
- Deliver a capstone presentation to site leadership at the end of the internship term.
- Perform other duties as required by management.
- Adhere to Veolia policies and Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) guidelines.
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Career Level
Intern
