Summer Intern - Chemical Engineering

Overview

Work at ROCKET PHARMA and help cure rare diseases!

Rocket Pharma is a fully integrated, clinical-stage company advancing gene therapies with curative potential for multiple rare childhood diseases. Rocket places enormous value on people and considers team member progress and well-being to be as important as the progress of its pipeline. We are looking for hands-on team players who enjoy collaborating with colleagues. We share a passion for seeking gene therapy cures for devastating diseases and making a difference for patients. This is an opportunity to become an integral part of a small, highly productive team and to help grow an entrepreneurial, scientifically driven organization that is increasingly recognized as a leading biotechnology innovator.

Position Summary

The Rocket Pharmaceuticals Internship Program is a paid 10-week summer program for university students. Interns will gain hands-on experience working alongside a diverse group of professionals with a mission to develop curative gene therapies for patients with devastating diseases.

This intern position will be responsible for developing a financial report for Facility operational spend, organizing Rockets spare parts inventory to support critical GMP manufacturing equipment and labeling laboratory chemicals with RFID tags and entering data into a chemical inventory system. The intern will gain experience creating budgets, generating a unique numbering system to maintain inventory in an organized way. In addition, this position will gain valuable facilities experience by supporting other engineering projects on-site. site.

Responsibilities

• Pulling data from Rockets financial system to create a detailed Spend Report for the Facilities department

• Lead the evaluation of current inventory of spare parts and identify items used on specific equipment or multiple equipment

• Design the organization of spare parts in a sensible manner while assigning unique part numbers for the specific parts

• Design and implement the spare parts layout, creating / labeling locations for parts inventory

• Support weekly construction walk-through to verify completed work against design drawings

• Label containers of chemicals in the labs and enter the data into a software program

• Escorting external Vendors as necessary

• Support other facilities projects, as assigned

• End-of-summer presentation to Rocket team members on key learnings from internship experience

Qualifications

• Rising junior or senior bachelors degree student in chemical or biochemical engineering

• Great organizational and time management skills, with strong attention to detail

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Efficient with Microsoft Office applications

• Ability to follow instructions and work independently

• Able to lift at least 50 lbs.

• Ability to climb ladders

EEO Statement

A diverse workforce fosters innovation and strengthens Rocket's business. We ensure equal opportunity without discrimination or harassment in the workplace on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, citizenship, status as a protected veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws.