Level 3 Engineering Mechatronics Technician Apprenticeship, Worthing, UK, 2025

This is a 4-year practical, hands-on apprenticeship where you'll be working towards a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Technician qualification with Chichester College Group in Worthing. For more information see: Mechatronics Maintenance Technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Your studies are fully funded by GSK, and through your day-to-day work you'll have lots of opportunities to apply your theoretical knowledge in a real-world manufacturing environment. Other perks include:

• Eligibility for NUS Extra card providing you with discounts to many high street and online outlets.
• Access to NxtGen - a social group where you can connect with other GSK apprentices nationally and internationally.
• Access to healthcare and well-being programmes.
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
• A buddy and/or mentor who will help you to prepare for joining GSK and who will be there to offer support and guidance throughout your apprenticeship.
What will you be doing day-to-day? As an Engineering Mechatronics Technician Apprentice, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of people and in a variety of roles across our various engineering departments, covering Tablets Manufacturing, Tablets Packaging, Utilities, Automation, Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering, enabling you to develop into a multi-skilled engineer. This Apprenticeship opportunity on the Worthing site is particularly suited to those who would like to work across multi-skilled and multi-disciplined teams to build on their engineering knowledge across numerous sectors within the business.
• During the first year of your apprenticeship, you will attend college 1 day per week to support your workplace learning and gain an understanding of Engineering manufacturing principles and workshop safety.
• Following this you will work across multiple Engineering departments, each on an approximately 6-month rotation.
• You will work with experienced Engineering Technicians responding to equipment breakdowns, fault finding/problem solving issues and supporting completion of routine maintenance., To help you prepare, we wanted to share some top tips to bear in mind while you're answering the interview questions! Our Apprentices need
  
  Five GCSEs with a grade 5 in Maths.
Other requirements:
• Must be able to commute to the GSK Worthing site and Chichester College group colleges in Worthing.
• Worthing is a penicillin manufacturing site. Please consider this if you are allergic to beta-lactam penicillin., An interest in, and motivation for becoming a multi-skilled Engineering Mechatronics Technician - you don't need to have had any prior work experience, but you'll need to tell us why you think this practical apprenticeship is for you. You may have interests, hobbies or experience that show you have a practical side - perhaps specific practical projects or subjects at school or college that you enjoyed; clubs that you've been part of; work experience or extracurricular activities with friends or family or volunteering, charity or community work that you want to tell us about. Your reasons will be personal to you, and we look forward to hearing about these during the application process.
• Communication skills - you'll meet and work with lots of different people across the site, so you'll need to be able to listen to others as well as be open and honest and respectful in your communication. You can expect the same respect from others.
• An ability to work within a team - you will have lots of your own tasks and/or projects to work on through the apprenticeship. You'll also need to be able to work well with other people and consider the impact of your work and actions on other people too.
• Ability to follow instructions / Personal responsibility - it is critical that you can follow work instructions and health & safety guidelines at all times to keep you and your colleagues safe whilst ensuring the highest quality of the products that reach our patients. Don't worry, you'll get training on all of these when you start.
• A focus on quality (right first time) and problem solving - we'll teach you how to safely work with manufacturing machinery and documentation tools. As you develop in your role, you'll need to take a logical approach to problem solving whilst seeking opportunities to improve quality, speed and/or efficiency.
• Ability to balance your work and study time - you'll have the best of both worlds - a great start to your working career in a great industry and gain a nationally recognised Engineering Technician qualification. You'll need to be able to manage your time and workload, and to stay motivated and committed when facing challenges. Rest assured, you'll get lots of support from your manager and your teams, as well as your college tutors through your Apprenticeship., You don't need to have any previous work experience to be successful. We're looking for candidates who are motivated to learn and who are excited to develop practical, hands-on engineering and problem-solving skills.
  
  GSK Apprenticeships are full-time, early starter jobs that offer Year 13 secondary school and post-16 students the opportunity to begin their career while studying towards a qualification. This qualification is fully funded by GSK so that you can avoid having any debt.
The Worthing site manufactures more than 34 million packs of antibiotics each year, and our 60-year legacy has seen generations of talented people proudly producing our high-quality medicines for patients around the globe., 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 Worthing Apprenticeship programme at GSK today! You will be working at GSK's Worthing manufacturing facility where you'll be learning how to maintain and improve our pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and facilities, helping to ensure we can make the medicines and vaccines that we supply to patients. Here's how one of our current Engineering Apprentices describes their role, #UKApprenticeships #EngineeringApprenticeships #ManufacturingApprenticeships #GSCUKApp #UKEarlyCareers #EarlyCareers #AdvancedApprenticeships 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. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class
• (US only).
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.


• Starting salary of £18,400 per year, increasing to £25,400 after 1 year + annual bonus based on company performance.
• Kickstart a long-term and rewarding career with nationally recognised Engineering Technician qualifications. Lots of our current Engineering team leaders and Platform Engineers started their careers as Engineering Technician Apprentices so this is a great starting point!
• All costs of your apprenticeship will be paid for by GSK.