Quality Science Graduate Programme – Barnard Castle, UK, 2027

GSK; Barnard Castle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance

Private healthcare insurance

Share save plan

Wellbeing platform access

Volunteering days

Job summary

GSK invites graduates to join the Quality Science Graduate Programme in Barnard Castle, commencing September 2027. The two-year programme blends rotations, training and mentoring to apply science, engineering or digital knowledge to real manufacturing challenges.

You will rotate through home sites, gain cross‑functional experience, and participate in Kaizen assignments and tailored development opportunities while contributing to GSK’s net carbon zero mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical science or related field.
• Written and spoken English fluency required.

Responsibilities

• Gain regulatory insight and understand compliance in a highly regulated environment.
• Hands-on lab and production exposure across quality testing and manufacturing.
• Learn quality systems, deviations, CAPAs, change control and documentation.

Skills

Scientific curiosity

Continuous improvement

Digital mindset

Problem solving

Communication

Prioritisation

Ownership

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in life sciences

Job description

Join the GSK Quality Science Graduate Programme – Barnard Castle, UK, 2027: Help us get ahead of disease together

Education required

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical science or a related field of study.

Language requirement

Written and spoken fluency in English

Other requirements

Willingness to be geographically mobile (domestic) throughout rotations. Graduation date by August 2027

Location

Barnard Castle

Start date

September 2027

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance.

Our network of 33 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.64 billion packs of medicines and 389 million vaccine doses in 2025 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.

We welcome people with diverse perspectives and the skills or potential to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Start your career by helping deliver medicines and vaccines to patients around the world.

On our two-year Global Supply Chain Graduate Programme, you’ll apply your scientific, engineering or digital knowledge to real manufacturing challenges while developing through rotations, training and mentoring.

What You’ll Experience

• Cross‑Functional Exposure: Spend time at your home site, working on cross‑functional projects and rotations to deepen your expertise and knowledge of the business.
• Kaizen Assignment: A short‑term breadth assignment, which could include global‑focused opportunities, to expand your skills and experience beyond your home site.
• Tailored Training: Benefit from role‑specific training and development, supported by a generous training budget and access to enriching resources.
• Professional & Personal Growth: Develop in a supportive environment with clear goals, feedback, training and access to reasonable adjustments.

Key Programme Features

• Digital Data & Analytics (DDA) Objective: Each rotation has a DDA focus, reflecting GSK’s commitment to innovation and continuous improvement, helping you to advance pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• Sustainability Element: Contribute to GSK’s Net Carbon Zero mission by working on impactful projects that promote environmental sustainability.
• Mentoring & Networking: Build your professional network and enhance visibility through direct access to senior leaders and mentors who will guide and support your career development

What will you do

• Regulatory Insight: Build your knowledge of industry regulations and the critical role of compliance in a highly regulated environment.
• Hands‑On Lab and Production Experience: Work in state‑of‑the‑art quality testing laboratories and manufacturing facilities, mastering analytical techniques (Wet Chemistry, Chromatography, Microbiology, etc.) and gaining experience across the production process with raw materials, intermediate products, finished products, sterility, and environmental testing.
• Comprehensive Quality Control: Learn how different elements of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process interact to ensure uncompromised product quality.
• Quality Systems & Analytics: Dive into quality systems, ensuring the application of GSK quality standards in operations such as deviations, corrective and preventative actions, change control, and documentation.
• Risk and Compliance: Develop understanding of risk management and compliance critical to pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work with teams across manufacturing, quality, technical services, R&D and supply chain to introduce new products and/or testing methods seamlessly.
• Sustainability focus: Work on projects focused on sustainability, waste reduction, and green lab initiatives, contributing to GSK’s Net Carbon Zero mission.
• Continuous Improvement focus: Enhance your problem‑solving skills through contributing to performance improvement projects using advanced problem‑solving techniques (DMAIC, Lean Six Sigma)

What skills are we looking for

• Technical Curiosity: Interest in science, quality and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and willingness to learn how the work supports patients.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: A focus on growth, innovation with the ability to simplify complex processes, and apply innovative thinking.
• Digital mindset: You’re interested in using data and emerging technologies to improve performance.
• Problem‑Solving Skills: Works accurately using agreed checks and applies structured problem‑solving methods.
• Communication and Collaboration: Explains information clearly, listens to others and adapts communication for the audience.
• Priority Management: Able to manage changing priorities, with clear goals, appropriate support and agreed deadlines.
• Ownership and Support: Takes ownership of agreed tasks, asks questions and seeks support when needed.
• Adaptability: Responds constructively when priorities change and seeks support or clarification when needed.
• Attention to Detail: Analytical, organised, and process‑driven.

What do we offer you

• £35,000 per annum
• Additional annual bonus based on company performance
• Relocation Allowance* (subject to eligibility)
• Employee recognition programmes, which reward exceptional achievements.
• Access to our cutting‑edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
• Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24‑hour access to an online GP.
• Option to opt into our share save plan which gives you long‑term incentives by linking your rewards to our longer‑term performance.
• Engage with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and grow personally and professionally.
• Access to TalNet, which are communities of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme.
• 2 volunteering days per year, called "Together Days"

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.