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We’re 100% open to ALL people
We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality, learning difference or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients and also because it’s the right thing to do.
Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying an any Undergraduate Degree in Degree in Science or Engineering.
Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) university for the duration of your placement.
If you have already graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.
Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English
Expected Start date: September 2024
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £21,400 plus a bonus
Application Closing: Wednesday 29th November 2023 (this is the date we anticipate the job will be removed from the website and no longer taking new applications).
Please note these dates are subject to change as we may close this vacancy when we have enough applications. We recommend that you apply and complete all stages of your application as soon as you can, so we can consider your application.
Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?
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.
Our approach to R&D focuses on science related to the prevention and treatment of disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies to impact health at scale. Our pipeline currently comprises of more than 60 vaccines and medicines across four core therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology / respiratory and HIV. Find out more: Our approach to R&D
Process Engineering
The Process Engineer will apply knowledge on unit operations, process engineering and modelling to support the development, scale-up and manufacture of drug products in development and during product lifecycle management. Drive process understanding, capability and control improvement projects to support the site strategy, delivering safe, compliant and robust operations. Collaborative working for ensuring optimized and thoroughly understood drug product manufacturing platforms are in place across lab, pilot and commercial scale
Key Responsibilities:
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary development team, liaising efficiently with Formulators, Engineers and Scientists, to deliver the work packages required.
- To make innovative contributions to the department by providing experimental data, technical insight and modelling of data to solve complex process development problems
- The job holder may act as an expert in specific unit operations. As such, they may be expected to master a body of knowledge for that unit operation and use this to act as the functional expert in the department.
- To advance scientific understanding and improve current ways of working in field of expertise by actively participating to internal or external technical focus networks.
- To enable sound decisions by your influence in matrix teams, through depth of technical knowledge and effective communication.
- To deliver the above in a precise and timely manner, adhering to safety and quality expectations.
- Demonstrate innovative thinking and be able to drive the development of the Process Engineering discipline.
What do we offer you?
- Salary of £21,400, plus a bonus
- Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs.
- On-the-job experience, training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching and mentoring
- A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
- You will join IPUnite, GSK’s community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee
- Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students
Let’s do this!
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
Completion of your Full Application: Sunday 3rd December 2023 (this is the anticipated date you will need to complete stages 1 to 3 below).
Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: from January 2024
We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so we recommend that you apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.
This opportunity has the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:
- Eligibility Form
- World of GSK Online Assessment
- Written Assessment
- Virtual Interview
Need help with your application?
Please email us at UK.InternRecruitment@gsk.com or call us on 01582 692870 and let us know how we can help you.
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