Laboratory Scientist Degree Apprenticeship - Bristol Myers Squibb – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

This apprenticeship offers comprehensive training in pharmaceutical analysis, primarily laboratory-based. Apprentices will also enrol in a higher education course in chemical sciences.

Wage

£23,000 a year

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Training course

Scientist (level 6)

Hours

Monday - Friday with options to work flexibly between 7am - 7pm.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

The ASO Moreton team utilises fundamental scientific principles and analytical techniques to assess the key quality attributes of drug substances and products for release and stability. Once trained, apprentices will independently contribute to:

Performing routine analytical procedures, including sample preparation, data collection, and analysis
Maintaining accurate and detailed records of experiments, results, and observations
Operating and maintaining laboratory equipment, ensuring proper calibration and functionality
Following standard operating procedures (SOPs) and adhering to safety and quality guidelines
Participating in the validation and technology transfer of new analytical methods
Supporting the preparation of technical reports, summaries, and presentations
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely project completion
Assisting in inventory management of laboratory supplies and reagents
Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives within the laboratory

Training and Development:

Apprentices form part of our Early Career Programme and are encouraged and supported to participate in internal and external conferences and network opportunities.

Apprentices will benefit from working with a diverse group of analytical chemists and may have opportunities to spend time in other departments on site. Full training will be provided to meet the requirements of working in a regulated environment and complying with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Apprentices are expected to adhere to all safety, health, and environmental regulations.

Where you'll work

Reeds Lane
Wirral
CH46 1QW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Scientist (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Identify and apply scientific approaches to solve problems, support investigations and recommend any follow-up experiments.
Evaluate scientific experiments using an appropriate level of qualitative and quantitative numerical analysis.
Critically analyse data, relevant literature and input from colleagues to inform investigations.
Analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results in written and oral form.
Manage record keeping to ensure data integrity, traceability, confidentiality and adherence with appropriate regulatory requirements.
Promote, enact, document, and monitor the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the role.
Identify opportunities to challenge assumptions and apply influencing skills to make improvements, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.
Manage work plan, prioritise tasks and evaluate progress against objectives.
Contribute to the development of technical projects across multi-skilled teams and share best practice across the wider business.
Conduct complex (chemical, or physical, or biological) scientific investigations in accordance with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.
Identify and implement continuous performance improvement using appropriate techniques.
Ensure work meets environmental, risk management and sustainability requirements and regulations of the business sector.
Evaluate own performance and knowledge, and set personal development goals.
Troubleshoot equipment selection and implement sustainable solutions.
Identify and collaborate with key stakeholders and provide technical support and advice where required.
Identify how other roles in the organisation can contribute to achieving sustainability goals.
Select and apply equipment, techniques, and methods to ensure reliable and accurate results.
Undertake practical analyses and measurement and communicate the outcomes using appropriate terminology and mathematical and graphical notation.
Use appropriate digital solutions for the collection and analysis of data, and the retrieval of appropriate information.
Use communication methods suited to objective and audience.
Use theoretical models, often involving approximations, to make quantitative predictions.
Apply chemical concepts and theories to investigations.
Design, develop and carry out chemical science investigations.
Recommend synthetic pathways to target-compounds and design experimental activities to test predictions.
Design and deploy purification, isolation and characterisation strategies, taking account of physicochemical properties of elements and compounds.
Design, develop and carry out qualitative and quantitative sample preparation, chemical measurement, and analysis.
Critically compare the results of theoretical or computational modelling with those from experiment and observation.
Apply physics theories to solve problems that cross scientific discipline boundaries.
Apply computational techniques to analysis and model physical behaviour.
Apply physics concepts and theories to investigations.
Design, develop and carry out physics based investigations.
Use mathematical techniques and theories to solve physics problems.
Use computer programming software to solve physics based problems.
Critically analyse current and emerging developments in the biosciences and the contribution of Biosciences to the wider industry.
Apply Biological concepts and theories to investigations.
Design, develop and carry out biological investigations
Perform tasks related to sample preparation and culturing techniques.
Use of laboratory automation systems.
Perform sampling with consideration for sample variation.
Identify and apply scientific approaches to solve problems, support investigations and recommend any follow-up experiments.
Evaluate scientific experiments using an appropriate level of qualitative and quantitative numerical analysis.
Critically analyse data, relevant literature and input from colleagues to inform investigations.
Analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results in written and oral form.
Manage record keeping to ensure data integrity, traceability, confidentiality and adherence with appropriate regulatory requirements.
Promote, enact, document, and monitor the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the role.
Identify opportunities to challenge assumptions and apply influencing skills to make improvements, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.
Manage work plan, prioritise tasks and evaluate progress against objectives.
Contribute to the development of technical projects across multi-skilled teams and share best practice across the wider business.
Conduct complex (chemical, or physical, or biological) scientific investigations in accordance with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.
Identify and implement continuous performance improvement using appropriate techniques.
Ensure work meets environmental, risk management and sustainability requirements and regulations of the business sector.
Evaluate own performance and knowledge, and set personal development goals.
Troubleshoot equipment selection and implement sustainable solutions.
Identify and collaborate with key stakeholders and provide technical support and advice where required.
Identify how other roles in the organisation can contribute to achieving sustainability goals.
Select and apply equipment, techniques, and methods to ensure reliable and accurate results.
Undertake practical analyses and measurement and communicate the outcomes using appropriate terminology and mathematical and graphical notation.
Use appropriate digital solutions for the collection and analysis of data, and the retrieval of appropriate information.
Use communication methods suited to objective and audience.
Use theoretical models, often involving approximations, to make quantitative predictions.

Your training plan

Scientist Level 6.

Training will be delivered both face to face and online.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's including Maths, Science and English (grade 4/C or above)

A Level in:

At least 2 A-Levels, including Chemistry and Maths (grade Minimum 104 UCAS points)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.

After this apprenticeship

Previous apprentices have progressed through to Level 7 and are preferentially considered for suitable future vacancies.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321548.

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Closes on Thursday 26 June 2025

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