Automation Technician Apprentice Program, Zebulon NC

Automation Technician Apprentice Program at GSK

GSK's Automation Technician Apprentice Program is a full-time, entry-level opportunity for high school graduates and first-year college students who want to start their career while working toward an associate degree. GSK fully funds the associate degree, and the apprenticeship is registered with the US Department of Labor. Apprentices receive a Department of Labor certificate of completion after finishing the program.

You will help make sure our pharmaceutical manufacturing site runs the latest safe, efficient and reliable processes and equipment. These processes help deliver medicines and vaccines to people in about 90% of the world's countries. The role builds your skills in an industry that is changing quickly in how it develops and manufactures products.

Training and Career Development

Apprentices attend college part-time for the theory side of the program while working at the GSK facility. Automation apprentices at Zebulon spend about one day per week studying toward an Associate's degree in Electronic Engineering Technology at Waketech Community College. The rest of the week is spent in our manufacturing facilities, rotating through engineering departments with hands-on training from in-house experts. Over the three to four years of the apprenticeship, you will follow a personal training plan.

What You Will Do

Automation apprentices take part in a rotational training program that includes manufacturing, utilities, packaging and information technology. In manufacturing or packaging, you may support plant maintenance and projects that improve automated machinery or replace obsolete equipment. A utilities rotation may cover water treatment systems and boilers. An IT rotation may involve helping implement network architecture or troubleshooting networking components.

Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop mechanical, electrical, robotics, control and instrumentation skills.
• Learn to maintain production and packaging equipment.
• Learn to diagnose and resolve breakdowns.
• Help design, install and test new equipment.
• Monitor and analyze production processes and data using various instruments and control systems.
• Work in teams to keep improving automated equipment and processes.
• Work in a compliant manner to protect yourself, others and the environment.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary and an annual performance-based bonus
• Healthcare and well-being programs, a 401(k) savings program, time off and childcare support
• Employee recognition programs
• On-the-job experience and formal and informal training through coaching, mentoring and formal programs
• Fully funded college education

GSK is a global biopharma company that aims to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. We focus on respiratory, immunology and inflammation, oncology, HIV, and infectious diseases.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive equal consideration regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.