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Engineering (Multiple Roles and Locations) Industrial Placement, 2027
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To maximise your opportunities at securing an Industrial Placement with us this year, we strongly advise that you apply to no more than 3 adverts. (For clarity, multiple roles within a single advert are considered one application.)
We encourage you to concentrate your efforts on the roles that best align with your skills, interests and university experience, as this will strengthen your application and give you the best chance of success.
Roles Available in Locations:
- Ware
- Montrose
- Worthing
- Stevenage
- Barnard Castle
Education Required:
- See individual roles for degree requirements
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.
Pre-application Activity:
- Before applying, you'll need to obtain an application code by completing a short activity in Connectr, our candidate engagement platform.
- This activity is designed to encourage considered applications. Once completed, you'll receive your unique application code required to proceed with your application.
Language Requirement:
- Written and spoken fluency in English
Expected Start Date:
- July 2027
Duration:
- 1 year (approximately)
Salary:
- A salary of £26,400 plus a bonus.
Workplace Arrangements:
- See individual roles.
Application Closing:
- Roles are expected to close on 06/10/2026, however, candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point. Please ensure you review and complete the application stages below.
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 (8 available)
This advert contains multiple roles. Please read each role carefully before proceeding as you will be asked to provide a preference in the application process.
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Role 1 – Engineering – Ware
- Degree requirements: any Engineering discipline, including (but not limited to) Mechanical, Chemical, Automation, Electrical, Mechatronic, Robotics or related.
- Workplace arrangements: Full time onsite required
Overview of the Department This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience within a world-class pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. You will work alongside experienced engineers, supporting projects that improve equipment reliability, manufacturing performance, sustainability and digital innovation.
Key Placement Activities
- Support engineering projects from concept through to implementation and qualification.
- Assist with the installation, commissioning and improvement of manufacturing equipment and utilities.
- Contribute to equipment reliability and maintenance activities, helping to improve safety, performance and operational efficiency.
- Work with automation, control systems and digital technologies to support manufacturing improvements.
- Use data analysis and visualisation tools to identify trends and support data-driven decision making.
- Participate in continuous improvement projects, applying structured problem-solving techniques.
Role 2 - Chemical Engineering – Montrose
- Degree requirements: Related science/engineering degree
- Workplace arrangements: Full time onsite
Overview of the Department The Manufacturing Science and Technology Engineering Associate supports engineers in monitoring process performance, analysing manufacturing data, and driving continuous process improvements within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The role contributes to process mapping activities, evaluation and implementation of new or modified equipment and technologies, and supports deviation investigations to ensure operational excellence and compliance.
Key Placement Learnings
- Support MSAT engineers with process monitoring, performance analysis, and data-driven decision making to optimise manufacturing performance.
- Assist with process mapping, workflow evaluation, and identification of process improvement opportunities.
- Participate in the assessment, implementation, and validation of new or modified equipment and technologies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on process efficiency, quality, throughput optimisation, and process control.
- Support deviation investigations, root cause analysis, and risk assessment activities to ensure robust manufacturing processes.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, and technical teams while maintaining accurate documentation and supporting compliance requirements.
Role 3 - Process Engineering Automation & Modelling – Stevenage
- Degree requirements: Any computational degree, e.g., Computer Science, Data Science or a STEM degree with computational interests and experience with programming
- Workplace arrangements: Flexible working via performance with choice (office and home working available)
Overview of the Department Process Engineering & Analytics (PE&A) is a multidisciplinary, digital-first centre of excellence that transforms data, knowledge, and technology into a sustained competitive advantage for delivery across medicines and vaccines. By combining engineering, modelling, automation, analytics, and advanced digital capabilities, the department supports the broader business ambition to accelerate drug development with reduced risk and greater efficiency. Engineers and scientists work collaboratively to solve real-world challenges across multiple modalities, including vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and small molecules, and at all stages of development from laboratory and pilot-scale environments through to commercial manufacturing. PE&A enables medicine development teams to adopt and embed innovative digital solutions that support pipeline delivery, scalable impact, and long-term value creation.
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Key Placement Learnings
- Develop expertise in building and deploying control and orchestration systems that enable efficient, scalable, and automated process development workflows.
- Create and apply process models and simulation tools to support process understanding, virtual experimentation, and data-driven decision-making across pharmaceutical development.
- Contribute to the democratisation of modelling capabilities by developing accessible digital solutions that enable scientists and engineers to leverage advanced modelling approaches in their day-to-day work.
- Explore and implement AI-driven and agentic workflows to automate complex tasks, accelerate insight generation, and support in-silico experimentation and process optimisation.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, and digital specialists to deliver innovative modelling, automation, and digital transformation solutions to real-world development challenges.
- Strengthen technical communication, problem-solving, and project delivery skills through the development and presentation of technical outputs, while adhering to departmental safety, quality, and compliance standards.
Role 4 - Medicine Development and Industrialisation – Sustainability - Ware or Montrose
- Degree requirements: Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Data Science or other Science-related discipline
- Workplace arrangements: Flexible working via performance with choice (office and home working available)
Overview of the Department GSK has ambitious environmental sustainability goals to have a net zero impact on climate and a net positive impact on nature by 2030 across our entire end to end value chain. The Medicine Development and Industrialisation team is responsible for defining and delivering technical aspects of the sustainability strategy, namely Ecodesign (how we design and develop our products & processes to make them more sustainable) within legacy, next generation and new products within the GSK Global Supply Chain (GSC) product portfolio.
Key Placement Activities
- Support the development of a standard approach to LCA, managing data, documents, and outputs.
- Assist with streamlining and automation of product LCA.
- Develop your scientific/technical knowledge of GSK’s pharmaceutical products and processes.
- Learn how to drive positive change in sustainability, building relationships across multiple interfaces in a matrix environment.
- Build your teamworking and communication skills by working collaboratively both with co-workers and other functions.
- Enhance your written skills through technical report writing.
Role 5 – Mechanical Engineering – Montrose
- Degree requirements: Mechanical Engineering
- Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required
Overview of the Department GSK Montrose manufactures a range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for respiratory, dermatological and HIV conditions. The Production Engineering team provides support to five key manufacturing areas producing multiple APIs. The team consists of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Inspection, HVAC Engineering, Reliability Engineering and Engineering Maintenance. On a daily basis, the team reacts to resolve any plant breakdown situations. Longer term actions focus on improving efficiency, operability and maintenance of plant. The department also supports the utilities and infrastructure strategy and provides solutions to engineering problems throughout the business.
Key Placement Learnings
- Ownership of maintenance life cycle plans
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