Sustainability Summer Internship Programme – Materials

Rhian_Convatec is offering a full-time Sustainability Summer Internship in Materials, based in Lexington, NC. The program aims to engage interns in sustainability projects, particularly in materials science, to reduce the carbon footprint of medical device materials. Responsibilities include conducting research, evaluating sterilization methods, and performing physical testing. Candidates should be pursuing a degree in chemistry, materials science, or related fields, with laboratory experience preferred.
Achieving net zero by 2045 is an integral part of Convatec’s commitment to protecting the planet and supporting communities through Convatec Cares, our approach to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). Last year, Convatec took an important step on this journey, by setting near term science-based carbon reduction targets.

To help drive progress in 2025, Convatec is launching it's second version of the global sustainability internship programme across a range of sustainability disciplines, from materials scientists to mechanical engineers – to focus on specific opportunities and help prepare the workforce of the future to drive sustainability. Interns will be placed across our Global Quality & Operations, Technology & Innovation, and Global Corporate Affairs teams.

Sustainability internship programme

Convatec’s sustainability internship programme will offer emerging leaders the opportunity to engage in a variety of focused topics during Q3. The aim of the programme is to give interns a learning experience that allows the application of skills and development in a professional setting, whilst supporting our subject matter experts to advance key priority projects.

Convatec is seeking a materials science intern (full time) to join our Materials Science team based at Convatec Technology Center – Boston to support us on our journey to embed sustainability practices across the company.
This intern will conduct research on the medical device materials to help Convatec identify opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint associated with our materials. In addition, the intern will evaluate different sterilization methods and their interactions with these materials.
Length of assignment: 3 months

Key Responsibilities:
• Literature review of different sterilization methods for medical devices, and their effect on key materials in our portfolio
• Identification of new & emerging sterilization methods and test facilities or potential collaborators to trial these methods.
• Physical testing of medical device materials, including techniques such as tensile testing, TGA, DSC, DMA, Electron and Optical microscopy, contact angle and FTIR.
• Conducting experiments, including preparing samples, executing experiments, troubleshooting if necessary, recording all data, and conducting limited data analysis
• Communication of results in written technical reports and presentations.

Skills & Experience:
• Excellent written skills and ability to communicate clearly and concisely
• Strong computer skills including MS office suite
• Ability to track and execute project priorities
• Ability to experiment, troubleshoot, and “learn by doing.”
• Laboratory experience including a demonstrated understanding of general laboratory safety
• Good organization and record-keeping
• Experience with thermal and/or mechanical testing of polymers is desired

Qualifications/Education:
• Student pursuing a degree in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related field with an emphasis on polymers. Student is ideally a MS or PhD student, though a rising senior BS student would also be considered.

Supporting the next generation

Convatec is committed to increasing the number of young adults who have relevant technical and vocational skills as part of building core capabilities and training the next generation.

We’ll give you clear opportunities to drive progress – for Convatec and your future career. Seek out new challenges, and you’ll find them. Stretch your thinking, and you’ll find new ways to make an impact. And if you embrace the opportunity to drive your own growth, you could go further, and achieve more, than ever before.

This is a big step forward.

This is work that’ll move you.

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