Engineering (Multiple Roles and Locations) Industrial Placement, 2027

Choose Wisely, Apply Confidently
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 Location: Montrose, Worthing, Stevenage, Barnard Castle
Education required: See individual roles for degree requirements
Please 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.
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.
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: 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 22/10/2026, 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 (5 available)
This advert contains multiple roles. Please read each role carefully before proceeding, as you will be asked to provide a preference as part of the application process. Some roles have now closed for applications; please refer to the individual role information below for current availability.
Role 1 – Closed for applications
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.
Working closely with cross-functional teams, the position helps optimise manufacturing processes, improve throughput, and enhance process control to deliver reliable and efficient production outcomes. The role also provides opportunities for professional engineering development while strengthening collaboration, communication, problem-solving, and risk assessment capabilities.
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 - Closed for applications
Role 4 - Closed for applications
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 (establish, update, review)
Perform failure investigations
Develop technical specification of maintenance contracts
Technical input and approvals under the Plant Modification Procedure
Make recommendations on technically complex issues through evaluating engineering problems that have a potential business impact.
Take account of legal, regulatory and financial implications of engineering standards and changes.
Ensure that asset care activities are performed in a compliant manner.
Understand appropriate commitments/requirements of the Quality Management System.
Follow the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice.
Role 6 – Mechanical Engineering – Worthing
Degree requirements: Any Engineering discipline
Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required
Overview of the Department
There are several Mechanical Engineering opportunities available at the Worthing site.
Within the Manufacturing area, you will be working with highly competent engineers within a highly regulated environment, on equipment which produced numerous APIs.
Within the packaging department, you will experience high speed packaging lines and the importance of a strong reliability programme to maintain successful Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
In our production and technical teams, you will support day to operations by conducting root cause analysis to meet our high specifications in quality and Environmental Health and Sustainability (EHS).
The util