Polytechnic Internship - Technical Services Engineer, Singapore (March to August 2025)

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

IT
Tuas, Singapore
Posted on Nov 7, 2024

Education required: Current students studying Diploma in accredited polytechnic, preferably in Mechanical / Chemical Engineering disciplines

Other requirements: Enrolled at a SG polytechnic for the duration of your internship

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Expected Start date: March to August 2025

Application deadline: We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can to be considered

Looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help 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?

You will be required to:

  • Improve preventive maintenance programs by reviewing operations, quality control and maintenance reports and statistics with operational standards / current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) for plant facilities and utilities services

  • Contribute to continuous improvement by providing recommendation and initiative to promote sustainability

  • Actively seek improvements to systems and processes through continuous improvement, streamlining and simplification

  • Provide support to new project construction and commissioning activities.

  • To be able to assess and manage spare parts for Utilities Systems

  • Involve in problem solving sessions to identify the root cause of system issues.

  • Participate in qualification of GMP areas

What are we looking for?

We are looking to provide a learning opportunity for an intern in delivering sustainable optimization programs for GSK Biologicals. The intern will work under supervision of the Technical Services - Utilities & HVAC Systems team, Understanding and collaborate with other functions of Technical Services team in the company to provide appropriate and timely output. Ideally be proficient in use of IT and software/systems, ideally document management and database systems.

What will you learn?

You will be able to learn:

  • Process Design Learning of Utilities Systems

  • HVAC - Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning

  • Clean Utilities (Compressed Gases, Purified Water, Water for Injection & Pure Steam Systems)

  • Black Utilities Systems (Chillers, Boiler, Air Compressors, Neutralization package)

  • Spare Part Management & Maintenance Work Order Portfolio in SAP

  • Continuous Improvement framework

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 apac.earlycareers@gsk.com 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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