Intern - Laboratory

Company Description

Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Water Tech brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Job Description

Veolia is seeking thoughtful, dedicated interns to join our 10,000-strong team as we provide leading water waste and water treatment solutions to clients across municipal and industrial sectors, spanning locations on six continents. With over a century of innovation, Veolia has remained at the forefront of progress, from the inception of the Suez Canal to our efforts in tackling water scarcity. Addressing the world's greatest challenges related to water and process treatment has never been more critical than it is today.

At Veolia, we recognize that diverse teams make more informed decisions, achieve superior results, and contribute to the formation of stronger communities. We are a staunch advocate of diversity and inclusion at every level of our organization, and we take pride in maintaining an environment of equal opportunity.

The Lab Chemist Intern will work as part of a lab team in Tomball, TX. The primary goal is to execute on a hydrocarbon or petrochemical process treatment project for our crude oil production, transportation, refinery and petrochemical process applications. This may involve using custom designed laboratory equipment to simulate customers' unit operations or processes to control separations, deposition, or corrosion.

Location: This role is based out of the Tomball, TX laboratory.

Qualifications

Essential 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

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 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
• Ability to work independently in a lab environment with other team members
• Self-motivated and a team player
• Demonstrated dedication to lab safety
• Effective problem-solving skills
• An accomplished communicator, able to produce quality technical reports and documents

Additional Information

Compensation:

The salary range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $21-24/hr.

Veolia values diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. This internship is a paid opportunity and offers students the chance to gain valuable industry experience while contributing to the mission of sustainable water management.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****

Veolia does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles will be deemed the property of Veolia, and no fee will be due.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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