At Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., we are dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As a Project Assistant Intern, you will be a key player in our mission, providing essential support to our project teams. This role is perfect for ambitious individuals who thrive in a dynamic environment and are ready to contribute to world-class projects!
A day in the life:
- Completes review, coordination, and compilation of files and other materials, ensuring flawless distribution of project documents and supplies.
- Processes and tracks local regulatory, study-specific, or department documents with meticulous attention to detail.
- Performs file reviews, maintains correspondence files, and coordinates departmental records, ensuring timely analysis and reconciliation of project documents, metrics, and findings reports.
- Provides clarification and resolution of findings related to documentation, strictly adhering to regulatory requirements.
- Assists with translation materials and translation quality control upon request.
- Composes, copies, and distributes communications, reports, documents, and forms, and performs mass mailings and communications.
- Maintains vendor trackers and provides access to company, client, and vendor systems.
- Processes local payments for translations, EC/IEC, and other local vendors.
- Assists with ad-hoc project management activities, including producing reports and editing study plans.
- Coordinates team conference calls and completes and distributes meeting minutes from internal, client, and vendor meetings.
- Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), organizational and client Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and protocol-related specifics through continuous professional development.
- Serves as a resource to the project team, ensuring audit-ready files and contributing to regulatory requirements and audit responses.
- Acts as a mentor for research and project teams, demonstrating the role of an experienced senior project assistant and assisting in training junior staff.
- Supports departmental leadership in determining training needs to ensure the successful implementation of project plans.
Start Date:
This internship is set to begin on either May 11th or June 15th, 2026 for a duration of 10-12 weeks – dependent upon student availability per academic calendars.
Compensation & Relocation:
Our graduate internships offer an hourly rate between $21 - $28.75 dependent upon the location you are supporting (aligned to respective cost-of-living guidelines). Additionally, a relocation stipend is offered in the amount of $5,000 if necessary. Student must be located 50+ miles away from the physical location of the internship to be eligible for the relocation stipend.
How will you get here?
Graduate student completing a business degree between December 2026 and June 2027.
