Job Description
Global Security Group - Internship 2024 Forensic Services Lab Intern
Our company continues to increase its global footprint to improve access to medicines and vaccines for customers and patients, the Global Security Group (GSG) continues to take prudent measures to protect and secure our company and our people, products, trade secrets, intellectual property, reputation, and operations on a global scale. In doing so, GSG protects the Company from a variety of hazards with the goal of providing a competitive advantage by minimizing the impact of security risks and maximizing the opportunity for the Company to do business in a safe and effective manner.
The intern work is within the Forensic Services Lab in West Point, PA which supports the Global Security Group in its mission to protect our company, our patients, and our people. The forensic services lab provides an expert level of forensic analysis in the testing of suspected counterfeit, diverted, tampered, or other illicit of our company products. The intern may be asked to assist in projects that will help the lab long term, providing the incumbent with experience working in a professional laboratory environment and executing various analytical techniques in a unique forensic chemistry application.
Although this position will be supervised, the incumbent will be required to follow sound scientific principles, when necessary, as well as a demonstrate core competency in working safely within manufacturing, research, and office environments.
The incumbent is expected to collect information and develop solutions to specific projects of a limited scope. Assignments may be designed to develop professional knowledge and to provide broad experience and familiarization with our company methods, standards, procedures, and practices.
Position Qualifications:
Education Minimum Requirement:
Students entering Junior or Senior year or a recent graduate (within three months) or students enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited College or University in: Forensic Chemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Forensic Science, or other related coursework.
Required Experience and Skills:
Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, sound analytical and problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills that include flexibility and the ability to work in a team environment.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Lab Experience; Flexibility; Motivation; Functional Excellence; Teamwork/Collaboration; Results-Oriented; Problem-Solving; Communication and familiarity with Windows applications.
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Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.
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Employee Status:
Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)
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