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Join GSK’s Engineering Mechatronics Technician Apprentice Programme – UK, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together and earn while you learn

GSK Apprenticeships are full-time, early starter jobs that offer Year 13 secondary school and post-16 students the opportunity to begin their career while studying towards a qualification. This qualification is fully funded by GSK so that you can avoid having any debt.

The Worthing site manufactures more than 34 million packs of antibiotics each year, and our 60-year legacy has seen generations of talented people proudly producing our high-quality medicines for patients around the globe.

Education required:

• Five GCSEs with a grade 5 in Maths.

Other requirements:

• Must be able to commute to the GSK Worthing site and Chichester College group colleges in Worthing.

• Worthing is a penicillin manufacturing site. Please consider this if you are allergic to beta-lactam penicillin.

Expected Start date: September 2025

Application deadline: 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: Assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February and April 2025.

We want you to feel truly motivated and passionate about the Apprenticeship you choose. Take the time to research thoroughly before applying, as you’ll need to show us why this role is the role for you. Wishing you the best of luck with your application!

Are you looking to gain a head start in your career where you can help positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for the Worthing Apprenticeship programme at GSK today!

You will be working at GSK’s Worthing manufacturing facility where you’ll be learning how to maintain and improve our pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and facilities, helping to ensure we can make the medicines and vaccines that we supply to patients.

Here’s how one of our current Engineering Apprentices describes their role:

Engineering Apprentice:

“As an Engineering Apprentice I work alongside the Engineering Technicians whose job it is to maintain, fix and calibrate the machines that produce the medicine. Most days are never the same; you can arrive at work with a challenge you've never encountered before, which gives you constant opportunities to learn.”

Ahead together with tailored training and career development

This is a 4-year practical, hands-on apprenticeship where you’ll be working towards a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Technician qualification with Chichester College Group in Worthing.

Your studies are fully funded by GSK, and through your day-to-day work you’ll have lots of opportunities to apply your theoretical knowledge in a real-world manufacturing environment.

What will you be doing day-to-day?

As an Engineering Mechatronics Technician Apprentice, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of people and in a variety of roles across our various engineering departments, covering Tablets Manufacturing, Tablets Packaging, Utilities, Automation, Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering, enabling you to develop into a multi-skilled engineer.

This Apprenticeship opportunity on the Worthing site is particularly suited to those who would like to work across multi-skilled and multi-disciplined teams to build on their engineering knowledge across numerous sectors within the business.

During the first year of your apprenticeship, you will attend college 1 day per week to support your workplace learning and gain an understanding of Engineering manufacturing principles and workshop safety.

Following this you will work across multiple Engineering departments, each on an approximately 6-month rotation.

You will work with experienced Engineering Technicians responding to equipment breakdowns, fault finding/problem solving issues and supporting completion of routine maintenance.

What do we offer you?

• Starting salary of £18,400 per year, increasing to £25,400 after 1 year + annual bonus based on company performance.
• Kickstart a long-term and rewarding career with nationally recognized Engineering Technician qualifications.
• All costs of your apprenticeship will be paid for by GSK.

Top tips for your application

For hints, tips and guidance for getting onto a GSK apprenticeship click here: Apprenticeships | GSK.

Once you’ve completed our short online application form, you will be invited to an online video interview. During this, we will ask you to tell us why you think our programme is a good fit for you and how your skills and interests will help you to succeed at GSK.

Apply now

Please note we will update you regarding your application by the end of February 2025. If you have any questions please contact: UK.EarlyCareers@gsk.com