Help us get ahead of disease together with our Plant Automation Internship, 2025: 

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

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

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Internship period: January to June 2025

Application deadline: 30 August 2024

We recommend you apply as soon as possible. We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.  

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?

This project will allow future engineers to have an understanding on cGMP requirement for the pharmaceutical industry relating to plant automation. The project will help to standardise the automation and process control standards for remote manual as well as full sequence control.

The student will also learn about the use of machine learning as a tool to transform conventional preventive maintenance approaches. The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge of engineering, machine learning and learn soft skills such as engagement with different stake holders to build an effective alert or failure agent.

What will you learn?

• To develop standard modules the plant automation and process control standards to meet cGMP requirements for pharmaceutical manufacturing

• In alignment with the automation, digitalisation, data and analytics strategy, to also support transformation from preventative to predictive maintenance with development of machine learning alert or failure agents using low-code applications such as MTELL.

What are we looking for?

• A lively interest in engineering and automation, the commercial world and the biopharma industry

• Appetite to work as a business partner, building strong relationships with key stakeholders

• Pro-active with high level of independence

• Curious and keen learner

• Team player

• Adaptability to change and working under pressure

• Excellent communication skills that help you influence

• Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity

• Drive and confidence to trust your own judgment

• Great project management skills and the ability to prioritise

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 all 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.

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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