Automation Associate Apprentice, US, 2024

Job description

Nombre del sítio: USA - Maryland - Rockville
Fecha de publicación: Nov 13 2023

Join the GSK’s Automation Associate Apprentice Program – US, 2024: Help us get ahead of disease together.  

 

GSK Apprenticeships are full-time entry level opportunities that offer high school graduates and community college students the opportunity to begin their career while studying towards their Associate’s degree. This Associate’s degree is fully funded by GSK, which YES, means NO COLLEGE DEBT!  

 

Education required:   

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Must have earned a high school diploma or equivalency diploma by June 2024.   

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High school GPA 2.5 (“B”) or above (4.0 scale)  

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High school Algebra and Geometry or 2 units equivalent of academic math (GPA 2.5 or above in each case)  

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High school English (GPA 2.5 or above)  

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Must 0 - 30 college credits 

 

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English.  

Preferred Qualifications:  

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Have studied STEM, computer science, AP maths, AP science. 

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Have studied engineering, technology, robotics, or shop. 

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Less than 2-years’ experience in pharmaceutical or FDA interfacing industry (intern or shadowing opportunity) 

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Less than 2-years’ experience in engineering or technical role (including intern or shadowing opportunity) 

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Less than 2-years’ experience in manufacturing or production (including intern or shadowing opportunity 

 

 

Other requirements:  

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Must be 18 years of age by the 1st of August 2024 

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Less than 2 years of related work experience since graduating from high school. 

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If offered a position the candidate must be willing to enrol, and meet entry requirements, with one of GSK's partnering community colleges or technical institutions, in the preferred related instruction course. 

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Must be able to commute on a daily basis to GSK worksite and related instruction facility. 

 

Start date: August 2024 

 

Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible. We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.   

 

If you seem like a good fit based on your application form, we will invite you to complete our World of GSK online assessment. Please complete the World of GSK by the deadline provided. Next, we will invite you to complete a phone interview. If you succeed in the online assessment, and the phone interview, you will be invited to join us for the final stage: our Assessment Center 

 

Assessment Center Date: May/ June 2024 

 

We want you to be motivated and passionate for the apprenticeship you apply to – we will only accept ONE Apprenticeship application per candidate each year. Please do your research before applying and select the one Apprenticeship you wish to apply to – good luck with your application! 

 

Unsure of which apprenticeship you are best suited to?  Please contact am.earlytalentrecruitment@gsk.com   

 

 Are you looking to gain a head start in your career where you can help positively impact the health of billions of people?  

 

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.  

 

Our success absolutely depends on our people. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get ahead together. 

 

Inspired to help us get ahead together?  Apply for the Automation Technician Apprenticeship program at GSK today!  

We are looking for highly motivated high school graduates, with an interest in engineering, who are looking to jump start their career in the pharmaceutical industry. Automation is a field of engineering that encompasses mechanics, electronics, data analysis and control engineering. The apprenticeship program allows you to develop hands-on technical skills while continuing your education.   

Working at our biopharmaceutical manufacturing site you will help to ensure we have the latest, safe, efficient, and reliable processes and equipment to deliver life-saving medicines and vaccines to people in 90 % of the world’s countries. This role will enable you to develop your skills in an industry that’s making radical changes to the way it develops and manufactures products. 

Ahead together with tailored training and career development   

This entry-level, development opportunity offers you the chance to study towards nationally recognized qualifications while gaining hands-on, paid on-the-job training.  Our apprentices attend college part-time studying theory elements of the apprenticeship while working at a GSK pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.  

Automation associate apprentices at Rockville will spend approx. 1 day per week studying towards an associate degree in engineering technology at one of our partner community colleges.  You will spend most of your week working in our biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, rotating through different engineering departments, receiving tailored on-the-job training from our in-house industry experts and developing technical skills.  Over the 3- 4 years of the apprenticeship you will have a personal training program to help you develop and progress.  

 

What will you do?   

 

As an Automation Apprentice, you will participate in a rotational training program which will include time a range of teams including data analytics, process automation, controls and instrumentation and information technology.  You will get involved in projects that enhance our highly automated machinery and uplifting obsolete equipment.  Your rotations may include a time in Instrument and Controls team, learning about control systems and how they communicate and interact in a large-scale manufacturing plant scale. A rotation in Information Technology would involve activities such as helping implement network architecture design or troubleshooting various networking components. A rotation in data analytics would include supporting data mining and process optimizations. Finally, a rotation in process automation would focus on process improvement.  

 

Throughout the training program you will have the opportunity to: 

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Develop mechanical, electrical, data analytics, control and instrumentation skills.  

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Learn how to maintain production and packaging equipment so that we can continuously manufacture our lifesaving products 

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Learn how to diagnose and resolve breakdowns.  

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Help design, install and test new equipment.  

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Monitoring and analysing production processes and data, utilizing various instruments and control systems  

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Working in teams to continuously improve the functionality of our automated equipment and processes.  

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Work in a compliant manner to ensure the safety of yourself, others and the protection of the environment. 

 

What do we offer you?   

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A competitive salary 

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An annual bonus based on company performance. 

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Access to healthcare and well-being programs, savings programs (401K), time off and childcare support 

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Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements. 

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On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programs. 

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Fully funded college education! 

 

Let’s do this!  

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website – 

Learn more about the application process | GSK  

(Note: As mentioned in “Application Deadline” section, GSK Apprentice recruitment will NOT require completion of the GSK Life job simulation, as outlined in the link above) 

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here . 

 

Apply now.   

We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, color, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients. And because it’s the right thing to do.  

You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK here . 

 

Need help with your application?  

Please email us at  AM.EarlyTalentRecruitment@gsk.com and let us know how we can help you.   

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Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why Us?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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