Product Development Industrial Placement, 2027, Weybridge, UK

Haleon; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: £28,860

Haleon Bonus Structure

Health & wellbeing programmes

IP Unite community for students

Job summary

Haleon in Weybridge is offering a 12-month Product Development Scientist Industrial Placement starting June 2027. You will work with an experienced team within the oral health category to reach your full potential.

Responsibilities include collaborating across formulation, analytical chemistry, and microbiology; designing experiments; analyzing data; and contributing to future brand innovations within a Stage-Gate framework.

Qualifications

• Applicants from STEM degree disciplines are welcome, with chemistry/pharmaceutical science backgrounds advantageous.
• Undergraduate degree holders should be in 2nd year (England) or 3rd year (Scotland) or pursuing an Integrated Masters with a year in industry.
• Role is a year-in-industry placement aligned with university programmes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across functional disciplines such as formulation development, analytical, microbiology, and engineering to build project programs.
• Design and execute experiments to characterize products and raw materials for formulation development.
• Analyze data to draw conclusions and progress projects within agreed timelines and high scientific standards.

Skills

Collaboration across disciplines

Data analysis

Problem solving

Scientific communication

Education

STEM degree

Chemistry or pharmaceutical science background

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity. Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science. Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Product Development Scientist Industrial Placement

Join our Product Development Team in Weybridge for an exciting 12-month industrial placement, starting in June 2027. You will have the opportunity to work directly with and learn from an experienced team within the oral health category who will support you to reach your full potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to collaborate across multiple functional disciplines, both inside and outside Product Development such as formulation development, analytical, microbiology and/or engineering to assist in building project programs to ensure successful delivery and execution.
• Capable of designing and executing scientific experiments to characterise and understand products and raw materials to aid in development of formulations
• Able to analyse, evaluate and interpret data to draw conclusions, solve problems and progress projects forward at all stages of the development process, within the functional groups to a high scientific standard in accordance with the timing requirements defined in product development briefs
• Takes responsibility for some stages of the development process, with high level of knowledge in formulation and/or analytical chemistry, whilst ensuring the highest quality.
• Assists in the research of new methodologies to test formulations
• Helps assess new technologies as appropriate with the Projects approved within the Stage & Gate model.
• Leading and execution of projects to support future brand innovations

Education Requirements

We welcome applicants from all STEM degree disciplines, however degrees in chemistry, pharmaceutical science, food cosmetics or related sciences are particularly advantageous for this placement. If you are studying for your Undergraduate Degree you must be in your 2nd year of study (England) or 3rd year of study (Scotland) or an Integrated Masters Degree and seeking to complete a year in industry in partnership with your university. Please ensure the role is suitable for your placement year.

Role Start Date

28th June 2027

Benefits

• Salary: £28,860
• Haleon Bonus Structure
• Health & wellbeing programmes to support your physical and mental health
• You will join IP Unite, Haleon’s community for students run by students to support charity events, sports clubs, STEM outreach and many more exciting projects

** Please not there are multiple roles available **

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong. During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

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