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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.
A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
Inspired to help us get ahead together? Apply for a Mechanical Engineering Industrial Placement at GSK today!
About the role
A Mechanical Engineering placement in one of our manufacturing sites will give you a hands-on practical application of the theory from university. Our sites produce a range of products, (e.g., tablets, inhalers, creams and vaccines) to positively impact health in such areas as skin and infectious diseases, asthma and HIV.
During your placement with us, you’ll gain experience in areas such as:
- Developing a thorough understanding of the equipment, plant and processes used at the site including mechanical design of systems and the ability to problem solve
- Supporting delivery of the Mechanical, Inspection and Reliability programmes
- Investigating new engineering technologies to improve plant and maintenance techniques
- Development and implementation of maintenance best practice
- Specifying new equipment and components
- Performing root cause analysis investigations
- Contributing to safety and quality risk assessments
- Carrying out continuous improvement activities to ensure good manufacturing practice
- Developing skills for leading and managing groups of peers or contractors to achieve the above
- Developing skills in project management and planning
- Experience a range of manufacturing processes, such as: dry blending, milling, enzyme extraction, solids separation, evaporation, powder mixing and transfer, granulation, coring, tablet compression, film coating of tablets, roller compaction, milling, tablet or bottle filling
Whichever role you go into you will be applying the skills you already have and developing new skills such as team working, effective communication and time management. You will work with and learn from an experienced team of multi-disciplined engineers. They will coach and mentor you during your year to help you achieve your potential.
Ahead together with tailored training and career development
The Barnard Castle site is located in the North East of England and is sited within the County Durham countryside. Barnard Castle is a key secondary site for GSK with a large number of New Products coming through development at site. We manufacture and supply a huge range of different pharmaceutical products from Sterile Products (Syringes and Vials) to Liquid Inhalations and Dermatologicals. We have recently opened a new state of the art aseptic digital facility producing biopharmaceuticals.
We have a variety of roles for mechanical engineers focusing on improving equipment, reliability and production performance and/or delivering a range of new manufacturing, packaging and utilities equipment. As a placement student you could be based in one of a number of teams - the Capital Projects, equipment engineering or reliability.
Working in the Process Engineering division within our Capital Projects team puts your university knowledge into practical applications. This role may include identifying and working on process improvement work and new product or process projects as well as investigating deviations, writing technical reports and assisting in delivery of capital projects to ensure key milestones are met.
In the Equipment Engineering you will support the team to ensure that new and existing pieces of equipment are correctly installed/commissioned, and validation is completed on time and in budget. This will involve developing skills with mechanical and automation systems to control pharmaceutical equipment including filling and packaging as well as ancillary equipment.
As a placement student in Reliability Engineering you will be responsible for driving improvements in equipment reliability through use and analysis of Condition Based Monitoring techniques and best-practice maintenance. You will identify and correct repetitive failures through analysis of equipment history and application of technical skills, ingenuity, and use of the most effective and appropriate tools and techniques.
You will work with other departments to advise on the Site Maintenance Strategy. Support and mentoring will be provided from the Reliability and Operational Engineering Teams. Further mentoring and guidance can be provided from various functions such as Operational Excellence Practitioners, Process, Electrical, Control Engineers as well as many other functions.
Who are we looking for?
- A passion for engineering in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
- Attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills
- To be organised with a drive to get things done
- To be a team player
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Excel / Data skills
- An interest in digital solutions will be required for some roles
- Able to demonstrate qualities aligned with GSK’s culture
What do we offer you?
- A salary of £21,000, plus a bonus
- Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs and pension plan membership
- On-the-job experience and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and training programs
- A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
- You will join a GSK Industrial Placement community of over 250 students across the UK and business areas
- Access to LinkedIn groups to enable the new Industrial Placement community to network and connect before start date
Let’s do this!
