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Placement details

Overview 

GSK is looking for Laboratory Science (Chemistry) Apprentices to join their team at GSK, Stevenage. GSK are a science-led global healthcare company that delivers billions on innovative products to companies each year. GSK is a place where outstanding people do amazing things. They exist to help people do more, feel better, live longer.

The Role

You will be part of one of the Research and Development (R&D) teams. You will be based at Stevenage which is GSK’s UK R&D Hub, which is the heart of innovation, discovering and developing differentiated, high-quality and needed medicines that are bringing transformational benefit to patients.

On the 4-year programme you’ll receive tailored on-the-job training from industry experts from day one combined with early responsibility to help you to develop and progress. You’ll be working towards a Bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Chemical Science through a blended approach of day study and block release.

What your day to day might look like:

• Operating specialist laboratory equipment to test our products and raw materials

• Learning about the process each drug or product follows through to full scale manufacturing

• Using physical techniques to measure how tightly compounds bind to proteins and what happens when you change the compound structure.

• Growing crystals that allow us to use crystallography to see what how well a drug fits into a protein target and what types of interaction it makes.

• Carrying out chemical reactions as part of the development process to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for use in clinical trials.

• Work in conjunction with chemists, scientists, chemical engineers and analysts to identify, develop and scale-up new synthetic routes with transfer of processes to pilot plant facilities.

• Using different analytical technics such as spectrometry, magnetic resonance and chromatography to assess the quality of material prepared.

• Implementing new technology such as flow chemistry, synthetic biochemistry (enzymes) and high throughput screening (automation) to accelerate development timelines.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent at grades 9-5 (A*-C) including English Language (not Literature), Science and Maths

• To have achieved or be predicted to achieve a minimum of 96 UCAS points from your top 3 A-Levels (or equivalent) not including General Studies

• To include an A-Level Chemistry at grade C or above

What qualification and support will I get?

You'll study towards your Bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Chemical Science

If you are offered a role; you will have a buddy or a mentor who will help you to prepare for joining GSK and will be there to offer support and guidance throughout your apprenticeship. Working with both your line and programme manager we want to identify the right opportunities to help you succeed in the short term and throughout your career with us.

Benefits

• A competitive base salary of £17,500

• An annual bonus

• Benefit programmes benchmarked against industry standards

• A recognition programme to reward exceptional work by you and your team

• Training and Development (including opportunities to attend annual Apprentice development events)

• Access to employee health and well-being programmes

• A fully-sponsored nationally recognised qualification

Duration: 4 Years. 

Start date: September 2021

Application Deadline

GSK accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once they have enough applications, so it’s best to apply as soon as possible if you do not want you to miss out!

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process and applications on the GSK website - https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/apprentices-students-and-graduates/apprentice-programmes/applying-for-our-apprentice-programme/