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R&D Laboratory Intern

Veolia North America

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Compensation
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Location
Tomball, TX
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The R&D Laboratory Intern will work with a laboratory team at Veolia’s Tomball Technology Centre on a hydrocarbon or petrochemical process treatment project. The work may use custom laboratory equipment to simulate customer processes and address separations, deposition, or corrosion. In consultation with a researcher, the intern will investigate a customer or technology challenge, generate and review experimental data, plan follow-up experiments, and present project results.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Wet ChemistryAnalytical TechniquesIndependent Lab WorkDigital TransformationArtificial IntelligenceTeamworkLab SafetyProblem SolvingOrganizationCommunicationTechnical ReportingGoogle Workspace

Qualifications

Chemistry or Chemical Engineering2+ Years College Chemistry Lab Experience

Full job description

Company Description

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

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

Veolia is seeking thoughtful, dedicated professionals to join our ever growing team as we deliver leading water treatment solutions for clients across municipal and industrial markets, in locations on six continents. Finding solutions to the world's biggest water use and reuse problems has never been more important

than it is right now.

Working at Veolia means helping people. Our careers have purpose and are vital to everyday quality of life. Veolia's mission is to resource the world and we hope you will join us!

Job Description

What your day might look like:

You will work as part of a laboratory team at our Tomball Technology Centre 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.

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 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

  • Interest in digital transformation and artificial intelligence

  • 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

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.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,431 open Research and Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$122–172K/yr21 salary ranges
  • US median$25–34/hr174 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 57 open Research and Development jobs in Texas and 1,431 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Research and Development postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (948 postings).
Education
755 of the 1,431 open Research and Development jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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