Kickstart Your Career with a Winning Lab Chemist Internship at Clean Harbors – Summer 2025!
📍 Location: Buttonwillow, CA
💰Wage: $19.50/hr
🏡Housing: Not provided. Candidates should live within a commutable distance.
Are you ready to gain hands-on experience in an industry-leading environmental laboratory?
Clean Harbors, North America’s leader in environmental, energy, and industrial services, is looking for a highly motivated Lab Chemist Intern for our Summer 2025 Internship Program. This is your chance to work alongside top professionals, develop technical skills, and build a strong foundation for your future career.
What’s in it for you?
✔️ Real-World Experience – Work on live projects and gain exposure to the Environmental-Industrial Waste Management Industry.
✔️Hands-On Learning – Work with advanced laboratory instruments, including GC, IC, ICP, and wet chemistry testing methods.
✔️Career Development – Learn Process Safety Management (PSM) principles, document control, and data analysis.
✔️Mentorship & Networking – Shadow industry professionals and collaborate with experts.
Key Responsibilities:
🔹 50% Document Control & Data Analysis – Ensure accuracy and compliance in lab documentation.
🔹25% Hands-On Lab Work – Shadow lab supervisors and technicians to understand environmental analysis procedures.
🔹25% Quality Control & Validation – Review, update, and validate essential lab documents.
🔹Technical Learning – Analyze various metals (including mercury), perform wet chemistry testing (Chlorine & Fluoride analysis), and operate GC, IC, and ICP instrumentation.
🔹Safety First – Adhere to all OSHA regulations and workplace safety standards.
What You Bring to the Team:
✔️ Enrolled in or recently graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry or Biology.
✔️Technical, detail-oriented, and eager to learn.
✔️Previous lab experience preferred (academic or professional).
✔️Strong communication and organizational skills.
✔️Computer proficiency (data analysis & documentation).
✔️Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., climb stairs, bend, stoop, and stand for extended periods.
Bonus Skills:
✅ Experience with ICP instrumentation, flashpoint, calorimetry, or TOC (Total Organic Carbon) analysis.
✅ Familiarity with wastewater analysis and operating GC & IC instrumentation.
Why Join Clean Harbors?
As an industry leader, Clean Harbors serves Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and private entities across North America. We provide a dynamic, safety-first work environment that fosters growth, innovation, and leadership.
🚀 Take the next step toward a successful career! Apply online today: https://careers.cleanharbors.com/
🔹 Military & Veterans Encouraged to Apply – Clean Harbors is a proud Military & Veteran-friendly company.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain invaluable lab experience, develop essential technical skills, and kickstart your career in environmental science! 🌱🔬💡
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