Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering Industrial Placement

Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering Industrial Placement

Inclusion

We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel valued, supported and seen. Being a inclusive organisation at all levels also brings greater opportunity to create better health outcomes for the patients who rely on us.

Roles Available in Location:

Barnard Castle, Stevenage

Education required:

To apply for this placement, you must be:Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Building Services EngineeringPlease read the degree requirements for each role carefully before applying.

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:

June 2026

Duration:

1 year (approximately)

Salary:

A salary of £25,400 plus a bonus.

Workplace Arrangements :Full time onsite required

Application Closing:

Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point.

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.

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
• Access to our cutting-edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
• Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24-hour access to an online GP.
• Optional Support: Includes identity protection, long-term care insurance, home, auto, and pet insurance
• Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and develop personally and professionally.
• Access to IPUnite which is a community of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme. You will also be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students.
• 2 volunteering days per year

Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
• Communication (written & verbal)
• Time management
• Problem-solving
• Networking
• Data analysis and management
• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

The Roles (2 Available)

This advert contains multiple roles. Please read each role carefully before proceeding as you will be asked to provide a preference later in the application process.

Role 1 - Facilities Engineering - Barnard Castle

Degree requirements: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering

Overview of the Department

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.This role will provide you with an opportunity to work alongside an experienced automation engineering team and digital technology teams to deliver capital projects within a highly regulated environment.

Key Placement Learnings

• Help the site team with automation capital project delivery for new equipment and digital systems.
• Provide business system support to front line teams for new systems.
• Upgrade existing platforms and help deliver cyber security upgrades.
• Work with digital technology teams to deliver machine integration to cloud data analytics platforms, which support machine learning and AI projects.
• Develop skills with automation systems such as PLCs, HMIs, Distributed Control System (DCS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) based equipment; as well as OPC communication systems and manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Role 2 - Facilities Engineering – Stevenage

Degree requirements: Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Automation Engineering, Electrical Engineering.

Overview of the Department

R&D Engineering Services provides facilities management, engineering and capital project services tailored to the needs of Research & Development. We collaborate with our suppliers to ensure our environments are safe, reliable, compliant and sustainable. As a global function we support over 13,000 people across 14 sites in 6 countries, covering 4.7 million sq ft with a budget in excess of £400m per annum.The industrial placement role will sit within R&D Engineering Services Global and Europe engineering teams which oversees engineering standards & compliance; lifecycle asset management; energy & sustainability; capital planning & processes; and a range of other cross-departmental projects.You will work with and learn from an experienced team of multi-disciplinary engineers. Throughout the year, they will coach and mentor you to help you reach your full potential. On every project and from every person you encounter, there is something to learn and build new or pre-existing talentsYou will collaborate closely with everyone in the team on a number of projects taking place on site, ranging from installation projects, calibration, cyber security and environmental projects to meet GSK's 2030 Environmental and Sustainability Targets.

Key Placement Learnings

• An Engineering placement in one of our sites will give you hands-on practical application of the theory from university. Our sites are key cutting-edge Research & Development facilities within GSK.
• Developing a thorough understanding of the equipment, plant and processes used at the site including design of systems and the ability to problem solve
• Utilise Specialist Engineering Software
• Replacing and innovating existing systems and processes on site
• Supporting delivery of the Engineering, 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 engineering practice
• Developing skills for leading and managing groups of peers or contractors to achieve the above
• Developing skills in project management and planning

Apply now!

These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages – you must successfully pass each stage to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2026:

• Eligibility Form
• GSK Digital Assessment
• Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview

You can find hints and tips on our recruitment process and get guidance from real GSK mentors on our Early Careers Hub here.We’re 100% open to all talent. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the inclusion of our patients and because it’s the right thing to do. You can learn more about Inclusion at GSK here. For more information about GSK and our careers please visit our website.

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.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to our process which might help you demonstrate your strengths and capabilities.

For UK Intern roles (including Industrial Placements) you can either call us on 01582 692870, or send an email uk.InternRecruitment@gsk.comFor UK Apprentice and Graduate Programme roles you can either call us on 0203 862 2277, or send an email uk.EarlyCareers@gsk.com

How to apply

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