Quality & Continuous Improvement Intern

Sanofi; Waterford; Hybrid; EUR 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi Waterford offers a Quality Excellence Intern position at the Waterford site. You will gain hands-on experience supporting quality culture and continuous improvement across the site.

You'll work with experienced colleagues on quality-focused activities, from improvement projects and quality systems to training and audit readiness, developing your project, communication and problem-solving skills in a healthcare manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Be a current university student who will return to university after completing the internship.
• An interest in quality, continuous improvement and project work; broad field of study acceptable.
• Proactive attitude and willingness to take initiative, get involved and contribute.
• Good communication skills and confidence working with different people across a team or organisation.
• Good organisation skills and ability to manage tasks and follow up on actions.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and willing to learn new systems.
• Collaborative mindset, curiosity and willingness to ask questions, learn and seek support when needed.

Responsibilities

• Support quality and continuous improvement projects, coordinating activities, tracking actions and moving projects forward.
• Contribute to quality issue investigations by supporting root cause analysis and identifying improvements and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with production and other teams across the site to support process improvements and quality initiatives.
• Assist in the introduction and use of new quality systems, tools and ways of working.
• Monitor the effectiveness of improvement initiatives, maintain project records and prepare progress updates for stakeholders.
• Support quality culture, training and audit-readiness activities, coordinating sessions and follow-up actions.
• Prepare presentations, trackers, reports and other project materials, seeking opportunities to support the wider team.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Initiative

Teamwork

Education

University student

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Sanofi Waterford offers a Quality Excellence Intern position at the Waterford site. You will gain hands-on experience supporting quality culture and continuous improvement across the site.

You'll work with experienced colleagues on quality-focused activities, from improvement projects and quality systems to training and audit readiness, developing your project, communication and problem-solving skills in a healthcare manufacturing environment.