Must live within 60-minute commute to GSK worksite and partner community college (either by public transportation or driving) and commute on a daily basis.
Expected start date: September 2027
Application deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and this role will close once we have received enough applications. We recommend you apply as soon as possible.
Assessment Centre Date: May 2027
Are you looking to gain a head start in your career where you can help to positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for the Utilities Technician Apprentice 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 biopharmaceutical industry. The apprenticeship program allows you to develop hands-on technical skills in our manufacturing facilities 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.
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 Biopharma Manufacturing facility.
Utilities Technician apprentices at Marietta will spend approx. 1 day per week studying towards an Associate’s degree in Biotechnology or Engineering at our partner community college. You will spend most of your week working in our manufacturing facilities, rotating through different departments, receiving tailored on-the-job training from our in-house industry experts. 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 electromechanical technician apprentice you will get involved with activities such as:
Developing hands-on mechanical, electrical, control and instrumentation skills.
Learning how to maintain production equipment.
Carrying out routine maintenance.
Diagnosing and resolving breakdowns.
Assisting with the design, installation and test of new equipment.
Consistently operating aligned to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Maintaining and calibrating a wide range of equipment to ensure continual production of accurate and precise results.
Looking for ways to improve safety, efficiency and quality of our manufacturing processes.
What do we offer you?
A competitive salary
An annual bonus based on company performance
Access to healthcare and well-being programs, savings programs (401K), time off and childcare support.
Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements
On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programs
Fully funded college education!
Let’s do this!
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Skills
Data Integrity, Detail-Oriented, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Lean Management, Problem Solving, Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC), Risk Awareness, Testing Operations
Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
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