Site Name: UK - West Sussex - Worthing
Posted Date: Dec 5 2024
Join GSK’s Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprentice Programme – UK, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together and earn while you learn
GSK Apprenticeships are full-time, early starter jobs that offer Year 13 secondary school and post-16 students the opportunity to begin their career while studying towards a qualification. This qualification is fully funded by GSK so that you can avoid having any debt.
The Worthing site manufactures more than 34 million packs of antibiotics each year, and our 60-year legacy has seen generations of talented people proudly producing our high-quality medicines for patients around the globe.
As an Engineering Manufacturing Technician Apprentice, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of people and in a variety of roles across our various engineering departments, covering Tablets Manufacturing, Tablets Packaging, Utilities, Automation, Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering, enabling you to develop into a multi-skilled engineer.
This Apprenticeship opportunity on the Worthing site is particularly suited to those who would like to work across multi-skilled and multi-disciplined teams to build on their engineering knowledge across numerous sectors within the business.
Education required:
* Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and have one of the following:
* Two A-levels (or equivalent) in Maths and another technical subject. Or
* Level 3 Diploma in Engineering with at least a merit.
Other requirements:
* Must be able to commute to the GSK Worthing site and Chichester College group colleges in Worthing.
* Worthing is a penicillin manufacturing site. Please consider this if you are allergic to beta-lactam penicillin.
Expected Start Date: September 2025
Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible. This vacancy will close when we have received enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.
Assessment centre date: Assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February and April 2025.
We want you to feel truly motivated and passionate about the Apprenticeship you choose. Take the time to research thoroughly before applying, as you’ll need to show us why this role is the role for you. Wishing you the best of luck with your application!
Are you looking to gain a head start in your career where you can help positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for the Worthing Apprenticeship programme at GSK today!
You will be working at the GSK Worthing manufacturing facility where you’ll be learning how to maintain and improve our pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and facilities, helping to ensure we can make the medicines and vaccines that we supply to patients.
What will you be doing day-to-day?
* During the first year of your apprenticeship, you will attend college 1 day per week to support your workplace learning and gain an understanding of Engineering manufacturing principles and workshop safety.
* Following this you will work across multiple Engineering departments, with a mix of 6-month rotations initially and one 12-month option.
* You will collaborate with experienced Engineering Manufacturing Technicians providing Technical Support, Data analysis, Documentation, Process Improvement and Compliance.
What do we offer you?
* Starting salary of £20,300 per year, increasing to £25,900 after 1 year + annual bonus based on company performance.
* Kickstart a long-term and rewarding career with nationally recognized Engineering Technician qualifications. Lots of our current Engineers and Engineering leaders started their careers as Engineering Technician Apprentices so this is a great starting point!
* All costs of your apprenticeship will be paid for by GSK.
Top tips for your application
For hints, tips and guidance for getting onto a GSK apprenticeship click here: Apprenticeships | GSK.
Once you’ve completed our short online application form, you will be invited to an online video interview. During this, we will ask you to tell us why you think our programme is a good fit for you and how your skills and interests will help you to succeed at GSK.
To help you prepare, we wanted to share some top tips to bear in mind while you’re answering the interview questions! Our Apprentices need:
* An interest in, and motivation for becoming a multi-skilled Engineering Manufacturing Technician – you don’t need to have had any prior work experience, but you’ll need to tell us why you think this practical apprenticeship is for you.
* Communication skills – you’ll meet and work with lots of different people across the site, so you’ll need to be able to listen to others as well as be open and honest and respectful in your communication.
* An ability to work within a team – you will have lots of your own tasks and/or projects to work on through the apprenticeship.
* Ability to follow instructions / Personal responsibility – it is critical that you can follow work instructions and health & safety guidelines at all times to keep you and your colleagues safe whilst ensuring the highest quality of the products that reach our patients.
* A focus on quality (right first time) and problem solving – we’ll teach you how to safely work with manufacturing machinery and documentation tools.
* Ability to balance your work and study time – you’ll have the best of both worlds – a great start to your working career in a great industry and gain a nationally recognized Engineering Manufacturing Technician qualification.
Apply now
Please note we will update you regarding your application by the end of February 2025, if you have any questions please contact: UK.EarlyCareers@gsk.com
Need help with your application?
Please email us at UK.EarlyCareers@gsk.com and let us know how we can help.
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