R&D Intern

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. This may involve using custom designed laboratory equipment to simulate customers’ operations or processes to control corrosion and deposition, minimize microbiological growth in industrial water systems, investigate water influent/effluent treatments, and or evaluate approaches to optimize industrial processes. Key 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

Our Ideal Candidate

• 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
• 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 to produce 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.