Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Ware, UK - Angus - Montrose, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, UK - Hertfordshire - Ware RD, UK - West Sussex - Worthing
Posted Date: Sep 11 2025

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.

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.
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 2026
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £25,400 plus a bonus.
Workplace Arrangements: Full time on site required
Application Closing: Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point.

ROLE 1 - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING – MONTROSE

Degree requirements: Chemical Engineering
Overview of the Department
As a chemical engineering placement student at Montrose, you could be involved in the support to day-to-day manufacture of APIs, capital projects, sustainability initiatives or cleaning/process improvements.
Manufacturing Science and Technology involves Process Engineering, supporting day-to-day manufacturing operations and capital projects. They are involved in plant troubleshooting, large and small improvements to plant, HAZOPs, and design aspects, as well as chemical engineering challenges: safely handling large quantities of hazardous liquids and powders, heating/cooling, mixing; ensuring product quality. As many of the processes are automated, chemical engineers are heavily involved with the plant control software.
This placement will help you develop your technical, leadership, and communication skills, which are all fundamental to your performance. You will have the opportunity to work alongside, and learn from, other Process Engineers and other teams with vast experience in the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.

Key Placement Learnings

• Unit operations such as crystallisation, distillation, chemical reactions, drying, filtration.
• Plant design and automation
• Process safety and technical transfers
• Sustainability and quality
• Commercial manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

ROLE 2 - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - WARE

Degree requirements: Chemical Engineering
Overview of the Department
The Chemical Engineering teams at Ware support several initiatives, such as the manufacturing of Oral Solid Dose products for global supply and New Product Introduction. The Manufacturing Science and Technology department then monitor the performance of products and platforms within the Oral Solid Dose, Respiratory and Micronising value streams, overseeing all aspects of product lifecycle management.
You could be placed within either of these departments, supporting the transfer and development of manufacturing process from R&D to GSC, including preparation activities and set-up, troubleshooting/problem solving and process improvements. Additional duties may include introduction and scale up of newly developed R&D assets to ensuring robust and repeatable manufacture of commercialised pharmaceutical products, as well as ensuring that equipment is capable of handling product materials and that such platforms are optimised to allow for efficient performance.

Key Placement Learnings

• Lead problem solving and continuous improvement for product processing issues.
• Support platform team and product owners in delivery of Product Lifecyle Management.
• Identify and implement solutions to improve product quality, as well as safety and efficiency gains.
• Support the development and implementation of manufacturing processes for new products.
• Develop skills in technical report writing, stakeholder management, data analysis & visualisation.
• Actively monitor process and product performance to optimise/escalate as required
• Execute/Support key technical activities e.g. trials and validation activities
• Strengthen your understanding of product lifecycle management and technical capabilities of Respiratory platforms

Role 3 – Downstream Process Engineering – Worthing
Degree Requirements: Chemical or Biochemical Engineering
Overview of the Department
Small Molecule Process Science are responsible for developing, improving and industrialising biotechnology processes with focus on profitability and sustainability. We have expertise in molecular and microbiology, fermentation and cell culture, extraction and purification of drug substance, intermediates and enzymes used in synthesis. We are a laboratory-based group with experience in scale-up from discovery/concept to large scale fermentation. We have projects related to small molecule, large molecule and vaccine assets.

Key Placement Learnings

• Lead problem solving and continuous improvement for product processing issues.
• Support platform team and product owners in delivery of Product Lifecyle Management.
• Identify and implement solutions to improve product quality, as well as safety and efficiency gains.
• Support the development and implementation of manufacturing processes for new products.
• Develop skills in technical report writing, stakeholder management, data analysis & visualisation.
• Actively monitor process and product performance to optimise/escalate as required
• Execute/Support key technical activities e.g. trials and validation activities
• Strengthen your understanding of product lifecycle management and technical capabilities of Respiratory platforms

ROLE 4 - PROCESS ENGINEERING AND ANALYTICS – WARE R&D

Degree requirements: Currently studying an MEng in chemical engineering, nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, medical engineering, fine chemicals engineering, oil & gas engineering, pharmaceutical engineering
Overview of the Department
Process Engineering and Analytics (PE&A) sits within the Drug Product Design (DPD) department, which is responsible for translating small scale drug product manufacturing processes into commercial scale operations.
As a member of PE&A, the Process Engineer will apply knowledge of unit operations, process engineering and mathematical modelling to support the development, scale-up and manufacture of drug products within the pharmaceutical development lifecycle. They will drive process understanding, capability & improvement projects to support the site strategy, delivering safe, compliant and robust ways of working. Engaging collaboratively with other disciplines, they will strive to ensure optimised and thoroughly understood drug product manufacturing platforms are in place across lab, pilot and commercial scale operations.

Key Placement Learnings

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary development team, liaising efficiently with formulators, engineers and scientists, to deliver the work packages required
• To make innovative contributions to the department by generating experimental data, technical insight and programming/modelling solutions to solve complex process development problems
• Conduct experimental work with a high degree of autonomy and proficiency, learning and applying valuable skills in common process engineering scale-up and analysis techniques
• Author or contribute to internal documentation (experiment write-ups, presentations, reports, posters etc.)
• Develop your skills in team working, communication, influence and knowledge sharing through internal PE&A meetings and discussion forums, presenting your work to a wide-ranging industry audience
• To deliver the above in a precise and timely manner, adhering to safety and quality expectations of the department

ROLE 5 - PROCESS ENGINEERING AUTOMATION & MODELLING – STEVENAGE

Degree requirements: Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Chemical/Process Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical engineering chemistry, physics or computer science
Overview of the Department
Process Engineering & Analytics (PE&A) is a multi-disciplinary department which supports the broader business ambitions to accelerate drug development at lower risk and effort by implementing engineering, modelling and automation solutions. Engineers and scientists work on real world problems to implement innovation in all business modalities, such as vaccines, biopharms, small molecules, and across all scales, including labs, pilot and manufacturing.

Key Placement Learnings

• To make innovative contributions to the department by partnering with technical experts and delivering modelling or automation solutions to solve complex process development problems e.g. by:
• Developing physical/digital automation solutions
• Using AI to deliver innovation in product development workflows
• Supporting the development of process models for product & process design and control strategy definition
• Author or contribute to internal documentation (technical reports, presentations, posters etc)
• Develop your skills in team working, communication, influence and knowledge sharing through internal PE&A meetings and discussion forums, presenting your work to a wide-ranging industry audience
• To deliver the above in a precise and timely manner, adhering to safety and quality expectations of the department.