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Automation Engineering - Future Leaders Program, US - 2021

Rockville, MD

Site Name: USA - Maryland - Rockville, Zebulon, USA - Pennsylvania - King of Prussia
Posted Date: Nov 20 2020
Exciting minds with our Future Leaders Graduate Program - Automation Engineering

Education required: BS degree in Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Robotics Technology Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related field with interest in automation, robotics, systems, software and/or cyber security. Graduation by Spring/Summer 2021
Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in your native language and English
Other requirements: Location mobility and willingness to relocate domestically

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Start date: September 2021 or before

*You can apply to only one Future Leaders Graduate Program in the U.S.

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

Want to solve some of the world's biggest health challenges?

With over 300 years of innovation, we're a science-led global healthcare company that delivers billions of innovative products each year. Join us and help millions of people do more, feel better, live longer.

We're looking for leaders of the future in Automation Engineering

Are you a highly capable engineering graduate with the skills to design, develop, improve and maintain robust, leading-edge manufacturing technologies? If so, you could be part of our talented engineering team, ensuring we have the latest technology and processes to deliver billions of packs of live saving medicines to customers every year.

Develop your career

Over three years and three stretching rotations, our Future Leaders Graduate Program will challenge and support you to grow professionally and personally. You'll get to meet senior leaders and network with other graduates from across GSK. You'll also receive a generous development budget to accelerate your learning. Which all adds up to a role that's designed to transform talented engineers into key, senior figures.

What will you do?
  • Introduce new digital technologies to transform our business
  • Optimize the performance of the control systems that are part of our manufacturing operations, e.g., maintaining and troubleshooting site control systems
  • Deliver automation projects, such as defining and implementing design improvements, upgrading and installing control systems and robotics systems, and ensuring that suppliers and site equipment comply with international standards
  • Testing and commissioning
  • Identify and mitigate potential Cyber security risks or vulnerabilities related to Operational Technology hardware and software
  • Gain hands-on knowledge of digital technologies, the business and the role that Automation plays in supplying our patients

Tailored training - and great career progression

We'll tailor your training and development to suit your talents and ambition, as well as our business needs, setting you up for a successful career. After you complete our Future Leaders Program, you'll have the skills to become a leader of the future. There's no limit to how far you can go with us - it's up to you to prove yourself.

You'll be excited by the thought of:
  • Developing your skills in an industry that's making radical changes to the way it develops and manufactures products
  • Building an understanding of the state-of-the-art technologies we use
  • Working with (and in) cross-functional, multi-cultural teams - delivering business critical projects
  • Managing multi-discipline engineering teams
  • Having a generous development budget to accelerate your learning

You'll need:
  • A relevant engineering degree and be keen to learn
  • The ability to work with and build relationships with key stakeholders
  • To be a self-motivated and proactive graduate
  • To be enthusiastic and driven to succeed
  • To be a natural team worker
  • The ability to adapt to change and stay focused under pressure
  • To be analytical and process driven with excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills and a gift for solving problems
  • A genuine interest in the healthcare industry

Our Future Leaders Graduate Program is 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.

Benefits include:
  • A competitive base salary
  • An annual bonus based on company performance
  • Access to healthcare and well-being programs, pension plan membership, savings programs, time off and childcare support
  • Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements
  • Long-term incentives through shared ownership link your rewards to our longer-term performance
  • On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programs
  • Competitive relocation policy for those who are eligible
  • Opportunity for flexible working arrangements

Get to grips with our recruitment process

Watch a video and find tips on our website https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/apprentices-students-and-graduates/apply-now-for-our-future-leaders-graduate-programme/

Apply now

You'll be asked for your personal information and why you want to work for us. We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and offer positions on a first come, first served basis.

We have changed the way we recruit in light of the COVID-19 pandemic - you can learn more about how our practices have adapted here .

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Job ID: glaxo-263688-en-us-1
Employment Type: Other

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