R&D Intern

Veolia; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Veolia in Trevose, PA invites motivated undergraduates to join our lab team for a Water Services/Industrial Process internship. You will assist on WSIP projects, run experiments, and help simulate processes to optimize industrial water systems.

You will gain hands-on experience with analytical techniques, learn to document results, and collaborate with researchers to design next steps while upholding lab safety and quality reporting standards.

Qualifications

• Undergrad pursuing degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry or equivalent with 2-3 years of college chemistry lab experience.
• Familiarity with basic wet chemistry and analytical techniques.
• Basic mechanical aptitude with experience operating laboratory equipment and instruments.
• Ability to work independently in a lab environment with other team members and safety-conscious.

Responsibilities

• In consultation with a Veolia Researcher, execute on a program to investigate a specific customer or technology development challenge.
• Conduct experiments to generate data.
• Review data with the Researcher and design next step experiments.
• Document and present results of the project at the completion of the internship.

Skills

Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Biochemistry

Lab experience

Analytical techniques

Lab safety

Documentation

Google Workspace

Data science concepts

Education

Undergrad in Chemistry or related

Tools

Laboratory equipment

Job description

Company Description

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make an impact? Onewith advancement opportunities? Do you have a passion to help others?

If you answered YES to any of the above, then this may be the perfectopportunity for you! We want YOU to join our growing team and partner withother exceptional team members dedicated to providing a level of services
unique to the industry.

Veolia is seeking thoughtful, dedicated professionals to join our ever-growingteam as we deliver leading water treatment solutions for clients across municipaland industrial markets, in locations on six continents. Finding solutions to theworld's biggest water use and reuse problems as well as optimizing anddecarbonizing energy production and use has never been more important than itis right now.

Working at Veolia means helping people. Our careers have purpose and arevital to everyday quality of life. Veolia’s mission is to resource the world and wehope you will join us!

Job Description

What your day might look like:

You will work as part of a laboratory team at our Technology Centre in Trevose, PA

The primary goal is to execute on a Water Services/Industrial Process (WSIP)project for our Cooling, Boiler, Wastewater, or Industrial Process applications. Thismay involve using custom designed laboratory equipment to simulate customers’operations or processes to control corrosion and deposition, minimizemicrobiological growth in industrial water systems, investigate water influent/effluenttreatments, and or evaluate approaches to optimize industrial processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• In consultation with a Veolia Researcher, execute on a program to investigatea specific customer or technology development challenge
• Conduct experiments to generate data
• Review data with the Researcher and design next step experiments
• Document and present results of the project at the completion of theinternship

Qualifications

Our Ideal Candidate

• Undergrad pursuing degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,Biochemistry or equivalent with 2-3 years of college chemistry labexperience
• Familiarity with basic wet chemistry and analytical techniques
• Basic mechanical aptitude with experience operating laboratory equipmentand instruments.
• Ability to work independently in a lab environment with other team members
• Self-motivated and a team player
• Demonstrated dedication to lab safety, and general safety procedures
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skill, and an accomplished communicator, able toproduce quality technical reports and documents
• Basic in Google Suite / workspace.Familiarity with Data science concepts.

Additional Information

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build
stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and are proud to be
an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with
competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.