WES Laboratory Intern - UNPAID

Who We Are:

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts' environmental resources and create a clean energy future for all residents. Through the stewardship of open spaces, the protection of environmental resources, and the advancement of clean energy, EEA works tirelessly to make Massachusetts a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family.

  Our commitment to environmental justice ensures that every resident, regardless of background or location, can live in a safe, clean environment and shares equally in the benefits of the clean energy transition.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is the state agency responsible for ensuring clean air, land, and water. Our work impacts every aspect of people's lives and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our residents and visitors. MassDEP is the lead agency for safe management of toxics and hazardous materials, promotion of waste reduction and recycling, preservation of the state's wetlands and coastal resources, air quality monitoring and pollution reduction, and so much more.

Who We Are as an

Employer:

At EEA, we create meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower our employees to make a real difference in shaping the environmental future of Massachusetts. We foster a workplace culture where diversity is valued, innovation is encouraged, and collaboration thrives. Our employees play a vital role in advancing sustainability, environmental justice, and clean energy solutions, ensuring a positive and lasting impact on Massachusetts and its residents.

Job Description:

The Division of Environmental Laboratory Sciences at the Wall Experiment Station (DELS/WES) establishes the internship, to support its key mission in protecting the health of the people, environment, and ecosystems of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The DELS/WES meets this mission by performing highly complex laboratory analyses of drinking water, watershed-surface waters, and other environmental samples for toxic organic and inorganic chemicals, including biological contaminants.

These laboratory-based results are used to inform public health protection action and policies, including regulatory enforcement.

WES/DELS provides a growth-oriented opportunity for intern(s) to develop analytical methods for the laboratory operations, receive invaluable real-world experience, and cultivate problem solving skills through assisting DELS/WES chemists with the development of analytical capacity to analyze both legacy and emerging chemical contaminants. In addition, the intern(s) will have opportunities to engage with DELS/WES scientists to investigate toxic chemicals and/or biological markers in the environment and implications of those chemicals on the health of populations across Massachusetts, especially environmental justice communities.

Job Duties:

* Assist in developing analytical methods using advanced analytical techniques (e.g., liquid/gas chromatography mass spectrometry) capable of measuring legacy and emerging chemical contaminants in environmental media such as drinking water, watershed-surface waters, fish/biological tissue, wastewater, biosolids, soil, sediment, and waste samples.

* Perform environmental sample analyses and generate laboratory data needed for site investigations, including regulatory compliance and enforcement activities.

* Develop documents and materials supporting quality control for the methods developed and/or Standard Operating Procedure(s).

* As time allows engage in research activities to investigate the presence of toxic chemicals in the environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

* The selected candidate(s) should have an educational background/course work in at least one of the areas of chemistry, biology, environmental science, and/or chemical or environmental engineering.

* Laboratory experience that focuses on analytical methods is recommended.

* The position will be on-site working in the Laboratory in Lawrence, MA.

This internship is unpaid and designed to support students or recent graduates seeking practical experience in the field. Interns may be…