Pharmaceutical Science Industrial Placement

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Pharmaceutical Science Industrial Placement

What does a Pharmaceutical science industrial placement have to offer?

Our manufacturing sites pharmaceutical science placements will give first-hand experience of the development, planning and manufacture of either respiratory or oral solid dose medicines.

You will work directly with and learn from an experienced team of who will coach and mentor you during your year to help you achieve your potential. Your time with GSK will be spent primarily focussed on:

• Supporting New Product Introduction (NPI);
• Responsible for the manufacturing processes and equipment for existing products;
• Continuous Improvement (CI) activities;
• Co-ordination and implementation of planned change;
• Supporting troubleshooting of processes and investigations.

In the role you will utilise the skills you already have, and develop new skills such as; team working, problem solving and building relationships. The successful candidate will require a high degree of report writing; presentations skills; strong interpersonal and communication skills.

You’ll be contributing to ensuring our pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products are manufactured to stringent quality and safety standards. Opportunities will be available on a daily basis to work closely with other GSK departments which will provide a deep understanding to the way our GMS (Global Manufacturing & Supply) sites work.

Degree Requirements: Must be on track for a 2.1 or above in an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacology, or related Chemistry. Bio-science related degrees are not accepted.

You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree, but will not have graduated at the start of your placement.

Whichever role you go into you will be applying the skills you already have and developing new skills such as; team working, effective communication and time management.

You will work with and learn from an experienced team of technicians, operators and engineers from multiple disciplines; they will coach and mentor you during your year to help you achieve your potential.

We’re looking for well-organised, patient-focused students who are passionate about problem solving with others to manufacture our products.

Locations available: Ware (Hertfordshire)

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 Maxinutrition, 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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