Workplace Real Estate and Facilities (WREF) Engineering Future Leaders Programme

Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Posted Date: Sep 27 2023

Join the GSK Workplace Real Estate and Facilities Future Leaders Graduate Programme – UK, 2024:  Help us get ahead of disease together
 

Education required: BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng degree (accredited) in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services Engineering, Automation or related field with core engineering modules.   Graduation by Summer 2024

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Other requirements: Stevenage, UK. Willingness to be geographically (domestically) mobile throughout rotations: Optional rotation overseas.
 

*You can apply to only one Future Leaders Graduate Programme in the UK
 

Start date: September 2024

Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible. We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.

Assessment Centre Date: November 2023
 

Are you looking for a career where you can help positively impact the health of billions of people?  Apply for the Workplace Real Estate and Facilities (WREF) Engineering Future Leaders Program at GSK today!

The aim of this programme is to develop the future Engineering leaders for our Research and Development Facilities.

We’re looking for highly motivated engineering graduates who are keen to develop into our next engineering leaders. You will be energised by the thought of being part of our engineering team, ensuring we have the latest, safe, efficient and reliable equipment to enable our scientists to discover the medicines that will change the world.

Ahead together with tailored training and career development

If you’re a graduate with the talent and ambition to lead others, we’ll help you develop the expertise to become one of our Future Leaders. You’ll have the skills to become a leader of the future, with responsibility for ensuring GSK can continue to carry out our world class research and development.

Our Future Leaders graduate programme will challenge and support you to grow professionally and personally. You will have three challenging rotations in business-critical roles where you will have the opportunity to meet senior leaders and network with other graduates. You will also improve your technical skills while gaining valuable leadership expertise.

You will have a generous development budget to accelerate your learning, whether it is technical, professional, personal or leadership skills.

What will you do?

The Workplace Real Estate and Facilities (WREF) organization oversees and operates 16 million square feet of space with over 65,000 facilities assets, including all R&D laboratory and pilot plant facilities, with an insured asset value of over £3billion. One day you could be working on a design project with a multi-disciplinary team for a state of the art lab, and the next you could be organising an engineering survey using one of our thermal imaging drones. Whatever you do, you will work with talented, dedicated people on projects that will “make a difference to our patients”. Some of your projects may include:

• Capital project delivery (help manage around £20M budget per annum)
• Continuous Improvement: Improving our maintenance, operations and ability to adapt to changes in science and technology
• Reliability engineering looking at equipment uptime and availability
• Own energy management initiatives and complete sustainability projects
• Implement smart Automation technologies on site and Cyber Security controls
• Work towards Chartered Engineer status

“I love my current job as an Automation Manager working for GSK Real Estate and Facilities team because I am empowered to use all the leadership and technical skills I developed through the graduate program to enable the scientists based on our sites to focus on the Research and Development of medicines which will change patients' lives!” WREF EMEA Lead for Operational Technology (FLP in 2016-2018)

You’ll need

• The ability to work with and build relationships with key stakeholders and willingness to learn to lead a team
• To be technically minded, with a passion for continual improvement
• To be analytical, organized and process driven with excellent attention to detail
• To be enthusiastic and driven to succeed
• The ability to adapt to change and stay focused under pressure
• Excellent communication skills and a gift for solving problems
• Proactivity - to be ready to acquire new knowledge and embrace new experiences

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary, £32,100
• An annual bonus based on company performance
• Relocation Allowance (eligibility will be confirmed once your first location is confirmed)
• Access to healthcare and well-being programmes, savings programmes, time off and childcare support
• An opportunity to learn commercial skills from experienced colleagues and access to senior leaders to help guide your career development
• Thriving Employee Resource Groups, with a focus on inclusion and diversity
• Employee recognition programmes, which reward exceptional achievements
• Long-term incentives through shared ownership link your rewards to our longer-term performance
• On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes

Let’s do this!

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website

Learn more about the application process

Once you've submitted your online application form, you'll need to complete two online assessments prior to the assessment center stage and as part of this, you'll be asked about your motivation for the role:

- We’d like to hear about why you applied to this role and your motivation for the business area you’ve applied to. You will be asked a 2nd question on what strengths, skills or interests you have that will enable you to be successful in this role.  Please be as targeted as you can!  

Top tip #1: Make sure you save this job description for reference throughout the process, it will really help you prepare for the different stages in your application.

Top tip #2: Don't forget to register on our GSK insight & engagement platform https://gsk.connectr.co.uk/getahead/ to learn more about working at GSK, our culture and application processes.

Apply now!