November 16, 2024

GSK

Rockville

FULL TIME & OTHER

Quality Control Associate, Apprentice Program, US, 2025

Site Name: USA - Maryland - Rockville
Posted Date: Nov 15 2024

Join the GSK’s Quality Control Apprentice Program – US, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together

GSK Apprenticeships are full-time entry level opportunities that offer high school graduates and community college students the opportunity to begin their career while studying towards their associate degree. This associate degree is fully funded by GSK, which YES, means NO COLLEGE DEBT!

Education required:

Must have earned a high school diploma or equivalency diploma by June 2025.

High school GPA 2.5 (“B”) or above (4.0 scale)

High school Algebra and Geometry or 2 units equivalent of academic math (GPA 2.5 or above in each case)

High school English (GPA 2.5 or above)

High school Biology or Chemistry (GPA 2.5 or above)

Must have 0- 30 college credits

Preferred requirements:

Minimum unweighted B grade in Biology and Chemistry.

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Other requirements:

Must be 18 years of age by August 1, 2025

Less than 2 years of related work experience since graduating from high school

If offered a position the candidate must be willing to enroll, and meet entry requirements, with one of GSK's partnering community colleges or technical institutions, in the preferred related instruction course.

Must live within 60-minute commute to GSK worksite and partner community college (either by public transportation or driving) and commute on a daily basis

Start date: August 2025

Application deadline: 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.

If you seem like a good fit based on your application form, we will invite you to complete our World of GSK online assessment. Please complete the World of GSK by the deadline provided. Next, we will invite you to complete a phone interview. If you succeed in the online assessment, and the phone interview, you will be invited to join us for the final stage: our Assessment Center

Assessment Center Date: May / June 2025

We want you to be motivated and passionate for the apprenticeship you apply to – we will only accept ONE apprenticeship application per candidate each year. Please do your research before applying and select the one apprenticeship you wish to apply to – good luck with your application!

Unsure of which apprenticeship you are best suited to? Please contact AM.earlycareers@gsk.com

Are you looking to gain a head start in your career where you can help positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for the Quality Control Apprenticeship program at GSK today!

We are looking for highly motivated high school graduates with an interest in science who are looking to jump start their career in the biopharmaceutical industry. The apprenticeship program allows you to develop hands-on technical skills in our quality control labs while continuing your education.

Working at our biopharmaceutical manufacturing sites you will help to ensure we have the latest, safe, efficient, and reliable processes and equipment to deliver life-saving medicines and vaccines to people in 90% of the world’s countries. This role will enable you to develop your skills in an industry that’s making radical changes to the way it develops and manufactures products.

Ahead together with tailored training and career development

This entry-level development opportunity offers you the chance to study towards nationally recognized qualifications while gaining hands-on, paid on-the-job training. Our apprentices attend college part-time studying theory elements of the apprenticeship while working at a GSK Biopharma Manufacturing facility.

Quality Control apprentices at Rockville will spend approx.1 day per week studying towards an associate degree at Montgomery College in Maryland. You will spend most of your week in our quality control labs to gain work experience in a biopharmaceutical setting, train on Standard Operating Procedures, and may assist with sample and/or compendial method testing under current Good Manufacturing Practices conditions, management of samples/reagents and equipment, mammalian cell culture, laboratory duties, lab investigations and change controls. Over the 3- 4 years of the apprenticeship you will have a personal training program to help you develop and progress.

What will you do?

As a Quality Control apprentice, you may get involved in the following activities:

Complete daily assigned routine tasks timely and accurately (may include collection and/or testing of GMP samples as assigned, reporting of data, general lab housekeeping)

Perform laboratory duties and safety checks following all safety, GMP, CFR and other regulations to assure laboratory compliance

Operate and maintain QC laboratory equipment/instrument per GMP, including responsibilities for installing or deactivating equipment/instrument per GMP procedures, as assigned

May work with manager to conduct laboratory investigations, deviations and change controls

Assist in critical reagent qualification/re-qualification, with supervision.

Paperwork review, data entry, filing, etc.

Generation of data reports and/or trends

Identify areas for improvement or gaps

Effectively communicate issues/hurdles to team lead and/or manager

What do we offer you?

Fully funded college education (including tuition and books)

A competitive salary

An annual bonus based on company performance

Retirement savings plan options with employer match contributions

Generous time off with pay, in addition to end of year company-wide shutdown

Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements

Access to healthcare benefits and well-being programs

Opportunities to work with Employee Resource groups that focus on encouraging inclusion & diversity

A tailored, robust development plan aligned to your career aspirations and business needs, delivered by coaching and mentoring by managers and peers, and through virtual and in person courses

On-the-job experience with support from industry professionals

2 volunteering days per year, called “Together Days”

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

(Note: As mentioned in “Application Deadline” section, GSK Apprentice recruitment will NOT require completion of the GSK Life job simulation, as outlined in the link above)

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/

Apply now!

We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, color, race, sexual orientation, nationality, or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients. And also because it’s the right thing to do.

Need help with your application?

Please email us at AM.earlycareers@gsk.com and let us know how we can help you.

#Apprentice US2025

The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $26 to $35 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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