Help us get ahead of disease together with our Value Stream 2 (VS2) Business Area, Manufacturing Operations Improvement, New Product Introduction Internship, 2025: 

Education required: Undergraduate studying a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a SG university for the duration of your internship and doing a full-time credit-bearing internship

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Internship period: July to December 2025

Application deadline: 31 January 2025

As applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, we recommend applying as soon as possible for your application to be considered. This vacancy will be closed once we have enough applications for consideration. 

Are you looking to gain valuable world work experience and help to positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for a GSK Internship today!

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

What will you do?

Based at the Jurong site in Pioneer Sector 1, you will actively participate and be involved in driving the delivery of manufacturing operations improvement initiatives and enabling projects, to ensure that VS2 remains the choice building for New Product Introduction (NPI) for GSK globally, to supply new medicines to our patients.

This includes:

• Understanding of various plant activities in a live manufacturing environment for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)

• Understanding Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) concepts and develop competency in Good Documentation Practices applicable for pharmaceutical manufacturing

• Leading operational improvement projects (such as yield, cycle time and flow improvements) through the use of Lean Six Sigma tools (eg, value stream mapping, performance management visuals, DMAIC etc) and Digital Data & Analytics platforms, aligned to the site’s Smart Manufacturing digitalization journey

• Supporting improvement initiatives aligned to the site’s sustainability goals to reduce waste and carbon foot-print

• Supporting Project teams in Operational/Performance Qualification, HAZOP, Risk Assessments, to enable NPI for VS2

• Leading the housekeeping of consumable items for Kilo-Scale Facility and High Potency Facility to allow future expansion of existing processes and enabling of NPI

• Assisting the team of Manufacturing Engineers and Manufacturing shift team employees in day-to-day manufacturing activities via troubleshooting and problem-solving

What will you learn?

Through on-the-job learning, the intern will work alongside the engineers & technicians for a better understanding of the manufacturing processes and technologies. The intern will mimic the role of a Manufacturing Engineer to drive operational improvement projects to maximise throughput and increase process efficiency through the use of various operational excellence tools and data analytics.

Interns will have the opportunity to work closely with personnel from cross-functional teams, fostering a holistic approach to project execution and learning. By engaging with professionals from various disciplines, interns will gain a comprehensive understanding of the interconnected nature of operations within the organisation and build a strong network of like-minded individuals within the field of API pharmaceutical manufacturing.

What are we looking for?

• Individual who is curious, self-motivated and hungry to learn

• Flexible; able to work both independently and as a team

• Strong ability to analyse and present data

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Sociable, with strong communication and organisational skills

• Knowledge of PowerBI, advanced analytics in Excel is a bonus

What do we offer you?

• Understand and experience the GSK Culture

• Work with a diversified team of professionals

• Implement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired at school

• Apply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills

• Transport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised 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

Hear more from our past interns here: What do our interns like about working at GSK?

Get some tips from our interns: Top Tips from Our Interns 

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

Apply now!

Need help with your application?

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

#SGInternship #EarlyCareers

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.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.