Job Details

**Description**

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Summer Intern to join our Antigen Production Unit III department located at our St. Joseph, MO, Gene Field facility. As an Intern, you will get practical experience in bacterial fermentation operations in the manufacturing of high-quality biological products. Students will be exposed to real-life bacterial and cell production showing them the beginning of the vaccine production process for animals.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees

**Duties & Responsibilities**

Read and follow schedules, procedures, and documents in a GmP environment

Perform aseptic processes, fully gowned in a clean room environment

Assist in troubleshooting and maintaining production equipment

Complete aseptic gowning successfully and the ASTA program successfully

Perform calculations and conversions involving weights, volumes, and percentages

**Requirements**

Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing

Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship

Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred

Major or minor in related field of internship

Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university

Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)

Must be 18 years of age or older

**Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities**

Proficient reading, comprehension, and application skills toward a diverse set of complicated tasks

Ability to create useful spreadsheets for capturing and filtering large amounts of data

Readily adheres to deadlines and is well organized

Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems

Ability to perform calculations and read and follow procedures

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a persons actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.