Join the GSK Manufacturing Operations & Quality Graduate Programme, Singapore, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together

The GSK Graduate Programme offers you the opportunity to join the Global Supply Chain and play a crucial role in delivering life-saving medicines and vaccines to people across 90% of the world!

Our comprehensive graduate programme is designed to nurture your professional and personal development, providing a competitive starting salary along with your own dedicated development budget.

Can you help us to develop, produce, and supply medicines to the people who need them most?

Education required: Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering, Science, Technology (e.g, industrial pharmacy, biology, chemistry, bioengineering, business engineering, electro-mechanical engineering maintenance engineering; biochemistry, biological or life Science, biomedical sciences, microbiology, pharmaceutical science, process engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical science, engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, pharmacy, data science, computer science, supply chain). Graduation by August 2025 to start from September 2025

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Expected Start date: September 2025

Application deadline: 4 October 2024
We recommend you apply as soon as possible. This vacancy will close when we have received enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.

Assessment Centre Date: November 2024

Are you a talented and driven student or graduate eager to make an impact on billions of lives? Apply for the Manufacturing Operations & Quality Graduate Programme at GSK today!

At GSK, we are embarking on an exciting journey to establish a world-class global supply chain dedicated to delivering GSK’s new product portfolio and pipeline. Within the Global Supply Chain business (GSC), we play a crucial role in producing and supplying medicines and vaccines worldwide, overseeing every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections, all driven by digital, data, and analytics.

If you are a graduate with strong problem-solving, analytical, and influencing skills, and have a keen interest in tackling production, quality, and supply challenges, we invite you to join us in delivering products to customers and patients while maintaining quality and value. In our highly scientific Manufacturing Operations and Quality Vaccines functions, we are involved in safely manufacturing, formulating, filling, packing, controlling, releasing, and delivering vaccines, a process that takes 15 to 18 months and utilizes cutting-edge technology.

Join us in shaping the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing and delivery

Ahead together with tailored training and career development
Throughout your roles in our graduate programme, you can expect the following benefits:

• Challenging and supportive environment for your professional and personal growth
• Opportunities to network and enhance visibility with senior leaders who will mentor, coach, and support you with career planning
• Development of technical skills through valuable on-the-job experience
• Work in roles that are individually tailored according to your discipline, with the aim of meeting your aspirations, strengths and ambitions (along with the needs of the business)
• Access to a generous personal development budget to accelerate learning and professional growth
• Kaizens – short-term breadth projects that offer potential international exposure

What will you do?
As an Engineering graduate, you will develop knowledge and experience in the following:

• How working seeds together with other raw materials are transformed into a vaccines product via manufacturing processes such as fermentation, purification, conjugation and adsorption
• Application of engineering principles in troubleshooting issues in manufacturing equipment/process, including equipment such as chromatography skid/column, ultrafiltration skid/column, isolator, automated washing machines, autoclaves, etc.
• Application of critical thinking skills and DMAIC, a data-driven technique to solve problems, improve efficiency in manufacturing process/operations, and consistently fulfill product quality requirements
• Understanding and use of Delta V automation platform as well as other platforms to aid troubleshooting, problem solving and process performance monitoring
• Developing work instructions to execute a safe, sustainable and efficient manufacturing process to deliver a good quality product
• Developing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to improve manufacturing process, operational work flows and work instructions, to achieve gains in productivity, deliver a good quality product and drive sustainability efforts
• Project management and change management skills relating to various types of changes including but not limited to new equipment introduction/upgrade, infrastructure changes, continuous improvement, CAPA implementations
• Financial awareness including but not limited to CAPEX budget management, depreciation, overhead cost improvement
• Application of hazard identification and risk assessment tools to understand and improve process and machinery safety

What are we looking for?

• A relevant engineering degree
• A keen interest in application of engineering principles and critical thinking skills to improve manufacturing process, quality and sustainability in manufacturing
• A curious mind with a desire to grow by continuous learning and applying skills and knowledge, through problem solving and continuous improvement efforts
• Empathy and good listening skills, with a genuine desire to make a positive impact to people’s lives through high-quality work
• Self-motivated, proactive and positive, with good communication and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical thinking skills, with a good logical grasp of facts and dataorganized, process-driven, imaginative but pragmatic
• High agility, with the ability to perform effectively under pressure and adapt readily to changes

What do we offer you?

• A tailored development plan aligned to your career aspirations and business needs, supported by a generous training budget
• On-the-job experience
• Formal and informal technical and soft skills training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching and mentoring by senior leaders, your manager, your peers, and a mix of virtual & in person courses.
• A competitive salary
• An annual bonus based on company performance
• Access to healthcare and well-being programmes, time off and childcare support
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements
• Paid volunteering days, called “Together Days”
• Company transport to and from convenient locations across Singapore

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.to/ETprocess

Once you've submitted your online application form, you'll need to complete two online assessments prior to the assessment center stage and as part of this, you'll be asked about your motivation for the role: We’d like to hear about why you applied to this role and your motivation for the business area you’ve applied to. You will be asked a 2nd question on what strengths, skills or interests you have that will enable you to be successful in this role. Please be as targeted as you can!


Top tip #1: Make sure you save this job description for reference throughout the process, it will really help you prepare for the different stages in your application.

Hear more from our manufacturing graduate about his experience in the programme here:

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/

Our Graduate Programmes are designed to accelerate the development of graduates who don’t have significant previous professional work experience in the area to which they are applying. Of course, many graduates who join the program have worked while studying or after graduation.

If you’ve already developed substantial experience working in a professional role in your sector, while you would be able to apply for this program, you may also want to look at direct entry roles in our businesses, as these may be the best way to build on your existing skills and expertise and develop a career at GSK.

Apply now!
We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, 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 gsk.to/DEI

Need help with your application?
Please email us at APAC.Early Careers@gsk.com and let us know how we can help you.

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Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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 organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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 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.

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