Job Description

Education required: Bachelor in Chemical Engineering /Industrial & System Engineering.

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a University for the duration of your Internship

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Expected Start Date: Jan 2024

Application deadline: We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can to be considered
Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: Oct- Nov 2023

Looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the health of billions of people?

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career \xe2\x80\x93 to take on a real role with genuine impact! You\xe2\x80\x99ll take on challenging, serious work on live projects or assignments. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also get to learn from us, develop your skills and gain valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

Who are we?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.

To learn more about Singapore GSK and our people, please click on this link:

What will you do?

Based at the Jurong site in Pioneer Sector 1, you will actively participate and be involved in driving improvements to process flows across the GSK manufacturing supply chain, specifically for plant change over processes at the Jurong and Quality Road manufacturing sites in Singapore.

At the end of the internship, you would expect to have experienced and accomplished the following:

1) Understanding of various plant activities in a live manufacturing environment for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, with focus on plant change over processes.

2) Actively led or participated in Kaizen sessions to develop strategies and ideas for plant change over process flow optimisation, through the use of:

Analysis of plant change over performance data through data collection and mining.

Application of lean principles and tools such as 5S, standard work, and Continuous Improvement @ Gemba to surface out wastes in the workflow.

Advocating continuous improvement mindset and culture through engagement with various departments in the Value Streams for identification of improvement opportunities.

3) Contributed to the site\xe2\x80\x99s overall continuous improvement culture by providing support to GPS Experts and personnel from other functions through the use of the GPS Framework.

4) Assisted in the coordination and facilitation of:

Site-wide GPS workshops,

Improvements to the KPI dashboards on site,

Site/department-wide events which provide valuable experience that comes with the immersion of oneself in the GSK culture,

Many other ad-hoc events that serve as platforms for ample opportunities to build a network within the GSK community.

What are we looking for?

Educational background \xe2\x80\x93 Undergraduate studying Bachelor in Chemical Engineering /Industrial & System Engineering who is interested in learning more about a manufacturing supply chain process flow improvement

Hungry to learn

Flexible; able to work both independently and as a team

Strong ability to analyze and present data

Sociable, with excellent communication and organisational skills.

Knowledge of PowerBI, advanced analytics in Excel is a bonus

Let\xe2\x80\x99s do this!

You\xe2\x80\x99ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website \xe2\x80\x93

We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and offer positions on a first come, first served basis.

Apply now!

We\xe2\x80\x99re 100% open to all talent

We\xe2\x80\x99re 100% open to all talent \xe2\x80\x93 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 also because it\xe2\x80\x99s the right thing to do.

You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK .

Need help with your application?

Please email us at and let us know how we can help you.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organisation 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. \xe2\x80\x8b

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.\xe2\x80\x8b

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