Environmental Engineering Intern (Spring 2025)

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

Job Title: Environmental Engineering Intern (Spring 2025) 

Job Location: Painesville, OH 

Job Type: Temporary, full-time 

Type of role: On-site 

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as an Environmental Engineering Intern 

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the Additives and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team. The Lubrizol Corporation is looking for highly motivated students to complete an Environmental Internship/Co-op at our Painesville, OH facility this upcoming Spring 2025 term.

What Will Be Your Environment: 

The Painesville facility is located in an eastern suburb of Cleveland, OH. We produce specialty additives for lubricating oils used in gasoline and diesel engines, automatic transmissions, gear drives, marine engines, tractors, and metalworking, with 450 employees.  

What will you do in this opportunity?

• Assist with strategic and tactical leadership in the development and implementation of the facility’s environmental management programs and initiatives
• Assure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and Lubrizol standards and policies
• Assist with the development and implementation of environmental programs and initiatives for various environmental media
• Gather data, perform calculations, and complete reports to be submitted to regulatory agencies
• Prepare permits, reports, forms, and other routine and non-routine submittals for various environmental media in an accurate and timely manner
• Conduct data reviews, create documentation, and complete environmental systems updates
• Assist with coordinating required testing events
• Collaborate with personnel throughout the facility to implement and maintain environmental compliance initiatives

What will you gain from this opportunity?

Lubrizol believes in providing you with a wide variety of experiences and increasing your responsibilities as you progress through the program. Assignments will challenge you in an effort to promote professional growth while being an integral part of the company’s business. Lubrizol’s commitment to providing a rewarding experience for you is guaranteed to pay dividends in your career development. Lubrizol’s co-op programs have been around for over five decades. Many of our senior leaders began their own careers as Lubrizol co-ops; this list includes former Lubrizol Presidents and CEOs. Each Lubrizol HSES Co-op is regarded as a potential future leader.

Benefits of Lubrizol’s Intern Program:

• Rewarding your hard work!
  • Competitive pay
  • Holiday pay for holidays that fall within your work period
  • Tuition reimbursement assistance during work sessions
  • Housing assistance/relocation assistance is offered to students with a permanent residence that is 35 miles or more from their assigned work location(s)
• Diverse experiences with the stability of one employer. We ask co-ops to visit one of our many locations across the country for one of their work sessions; this provides a deeper understanding of different businesses, products, processes, and people.
• FUN! We a variety of events and activities for our students. Past events include attending sports events, paid volunteering days, and even a picnic hosted by our CEO!
• Grow professionally. All co-ops present their work at the end of each work session. This is an excellent opportunity to improve your public speaking skills and hear what other co-ops are doing.
• Full-time opportunities after graduation. Our engineering co-op program is an important vehicle for hiring full-time engineers at Lubrizol. In fact, more than 70% of co-ops come to Lubrizol after graduation.

Who are we looking for?

• Students who are interested in working in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• Students currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Environmental Studies from an accredited university, with a graduation date up to 2027.
• Students with GPA > 3.0 will be given priority consideration.

How do you learn more to apply?

Lubrizol partners with universities across the country to recruit for the Chemical Engineering Operations Co-op Program. Talk to your university career services department to find out when we will be on your campus. Then, visit us at our information session and at your university career fair. You will also need to submit an online application - click "Apply Now."

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Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities. 

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.