Innovation & Sustainability Internship 2025

Roche is offering a 2025 Innovation & Sustainability Internship in Stirling, UK. This role involves hands-on experience in the medical device industry, focusing on sustainability initiatives and waste management. Interns will collaborate on impactful projects, engage with stakeholders, and support sustainability practices. Candidates should have a Master's degree in a relevant field and strong communication skills. The internship requires a minimum three-month commitment and is based at Roche's Scottish sites.
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The role

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

Our Global Internship Programme in Innovation & Sustainability (#IP2TIS) offers a unique opportunity for passionate individuals to gain hands-on experience in the medical device industry while making a positive impact on the world.

Are you ready to join a global network spanning 20+ countries, where bright minds collaborate to tackle real-world challenges in Innovation & Sustainability? Do you want to work on impactful projects, shape the future , and drive change from within?

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to work on our Scottish sites, with a recommended base in Glasgow and travel to our facilities in Stirling and Central Scotland. As a recent acquisition manufacturing an innovative new product for Roche, this role offers hands-on involvement with both cutting-edge technology and the integration of a newly acquired site.

Sustainability is at the core of this project. Lumira’s processes generate clinical, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste, requiring careful management of chemicals, reagents, blood samples, plastics, adhesives, paper, and foils. Additionally, significant packaging is used to ship products to customers. Your role will focus on mapping waste across our end-to-end processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and driving sustainability initiatives that align with Roche’s long-term environmental commitments.

Beyond waste mapping, you will also support sustainability projects, including integrating Material Safety Data Sheets into SAP. You’ll collaborate with another intern of the same program covering sustainability of Diagnostic sensors, leveraging Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) , providing valuable cross-border and cross-despartmental experience in sustainability practices.

Who you are

You are currently enrolled in or have completed a Master’s degree within the last 12 months in process engineering, environmental science, or a related sustainability-focused field. Students currently moving into their final year in 2025 will also be suitable. You are eager to apply your expertise in a modern work environment through a minimum three-month internship, gaining insight into the medical device industry.

In addition you
• Are a strong communicator and networker, comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
• Possess influencing skills to drive sustainability initiatives across multiple operational sites.
• Have project management experience to lead and coordinate sustainability efforts.
• Are confident in delivering presentations and sharing insights from your work.
• Have professional proficiency in English.
• Have some knowledge of manufacturing processes and process mapping.
• Bring expertise (or an interest) in Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs).
• Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Understand Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and their role in compliance.

If you meet most but not all of these qualifications, we still encourage you to apply!

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain real-world experience in sustainability within the medical device industry, contribute to impactful projects, and collaborate with an international team.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.