Receiving Chemist Internship
Clean Harbors is North Americas largest environmental company. We are seeking a summer intern. As a Receiving Chemist Intern at our San Jose, CA incinerator, you will shadow a Receiving Chemist to learn about receiving, sampling, and analyzing waste from 55-gallon drum shipments and updating documents within our industrial warehouse facility. You will obtain a broader understanding of the chemical/environmental industry in general as well and learn about the various processes and what it takes to keep our environment clean!
Wage: $20hr
Housing: Not provided. Prefer candidates to live in a commutable distance from San Jose, CA
Responsibilities
- Ensure Health & Safety is the number one goal by following all policies, procedures, and always acting in a safe manner
- Learn the use of proper personal protective equipment to sample waste in shipping containers throughout the warehouse and properly track and label the materials as needed
- Shadow other chemists to learn about receiving, sampling and waste analysis.
- Updating documentation
- Other duties as assigned
What does it take to work for Clean Harbors?
- Enrolled in a degree program in Chemistry or Environmental Sciences
- General chemical knowledge is a plus
- Proficiency with MS Office – Excel, Work and PowerPoint
- Computer proficiency within a Windows based system
Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of the Fortune 500 companies, thousands of smaller private entities and numerous federal, state, provincial and local governmental agencies. Through its Safety-Kleen subsidiary, Clean Harbors also is a premier provider of used oil recycling and re-refining, parts washers and environmental services for the small quantity generator market. Headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, Clean Harbors has waste disposal facilities and service locations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as Mexico and Puerto Rico.
We appreciate all those interested in joining the Clean Harbors team; only those that complete the online application and meet the minimum job qualifications will be considered for this role.
Clean Harbors is a Military & Veteran friendly company.