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Research & Development

Want to make an impact and have the freedom to success? Join us as a Laboratory Apprentice with R&D and gain a unique insight into the workings of an FMCG company. The 5 year apprentice programme will provide you an opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of R&D roles across multiple teams. The first role you’ll complete on the programme will be within the Category Health Technical Group (CTSG).

This team works across all key functional business areas within R&D Health and Wellness, ensuring availability of robust platforms on which the Category/Product Delivery and Maintenance (PDM) groups can perform their product development.

Focusing on our Health & Wellness R&D laboratory facilities, as an Apprentice you will provide essential preventative and reactive equipment maintenance as well as ongoing training for laboratory staff.

Working closely with Laboratory Analysts and external service providers, you’ll advise, troubleshoot and qualify multiple types of equipment such as balances and chromatographic equipment. within a strong compliance environment. Ultimately, you will become an equipment expert. The go-to person. You will stay for 2 years within this role, to enable us to support you to really embed into the R&D function and build a set of core transferable skills, before you move on to further rotations across R&D.

Working at Reckitt’s, state of the art £100m Science and Innovation Centre, the Apprentice Programme will give you a fantastic foundation of knowledge of Reckitt and a unique insight into the workings of a global FMCG company.

There are lots of opportunity to get stuck into different projects. You can expect hands on responsibility from day one working alongside highly experienced and knowledgeable industry experts, who will help you develop a whole range of new skills.

About the role

5-year apprentice programme with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles with Reckitt once complete.

Fully paid degree qualification via Kent University

Kingston Upon Hull

Competitive salary & benefits

Start date: 1st September 2025

Closing date: 28th February 2025

Alongside your day-to-day role you will also complete your apprenticeship qualification via distance learning at Kent University. This will build your theoretical knowledge and enable you to apply your learning into your role. At the end of the 5-year programme you will be awarded a Bsc in Applied Chemical Sciences.

Your responsibilities

Your 5-year apprenticeship will be based within the Research & Development function, primarily working on our Health brands. You will undertake a 2-year placement initially within the Instrument Expert team and then rotate into different R&D teams in years 3 and 4; completing a total of 3 different rotations and continuing to build your breadth of R&D knowledge along the way.

The experience we're looking for

5 GCSE passes (or equivalent), including English Language and Mathematics at Grade 4 or above.

You are also required to have achieved at least 2 subjects at A-Level (or equivalent) including Chemistry. Predicted A-Level (or equivalent) grades are suitable for the initial recruitment process.

The skills for success

R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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