Engineering Industrial Placements (Mechanical and Chemical)

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Deadline: 6th January 2019
Salary: Approx. £19,000
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
Location: East Midlands, East of England, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside

Engineering Industrial Placements (Mechanical and Chemical)

What Engineering Industrial placements are on offer?

An Engineering placement at one of our GSK manufacturing sites will give you hands on practical application of the theory from university. Our sites produce are either pharmaceutical or consumer focussed producing a range of products, from tablets and inhalers to toothpaste and mouthwash.

During your 12 months with us, you will gain experience in areas such as:

  • Project management and planning
  • Plant design, installation and commissioning
  • Problem solving, root cause analysis and resolution
  • Continuous improvement activities including plant reliability improvements
  • Safety and/or quality risk assessments

And, depending on your engineering discipline, experience of:

  • Mechanical: a range of consumer and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and packaging equipment depending on the site
  • Chemical: A range of manufacturing processes, such as: dry blending, milling, enzyme extraction, solids separation, evaporation, powder mixing and transfer, granulation, coring, tablet compression, film, coating of tablets, roller compaction, milling, tablet or bottle filling.

Degree Requirements for GMS:

Must be on track for a 2.1 or above in an accredited engineering undergraduate degree. You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree, but will not have graduated at the start of your placement.

Locations: Barnard Castle (N Yorkshire), Ware (Hertfordshire), Worthing (Sussex).

What’s in it for me?

In GMS we are leading the way in the rapid commercialisation of new pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products from research and development pilot scale, through to full scale manufacturing. We’re also continuously improving our existing processes - introducing innovative technologies that are transforming the way we manufacture our healthcare products. Whether that’s continuous tablet manufacturing or developing flat-packed factories in a box – we’re changing the healthcare landscape.

During your placement you’ll have a line manager who will support and challenge you to succeed, you’ll have set projects that require you to work in multi-discipline teams and you’ll learn what it’s like working in an operating factory.

If you want to be at the fore-front of precision engineering or leading the way in healthcare manufacturing techniques, our summer placements or industrial placements could be for you.

What do I need to be studying?

Visit our website to find out if you’ve got the skills we’re looking for.

About GSK

One of the world’s leading healthcare companies, GSK discovers, develops, manufactures and distributes life-saving vaccines, prescription medicines and consumer health products such as Sensodyne, Aquafresh and Panadol.

The size and scope of our organisation allows our people to answer some of the biggest questions facing everyone on the planet – questions about future healthcare needs and questions about building a responsive, innovative, global business to meet them – as well as questions about their own personal and professional growth.

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