Automation Technician Apprentice

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

We’re looking for Apprentices in Automation

Develop your career in Consumer Healthcare

We’re looking for an Automation Technician Apprentice.

Are you a technical minded, recent high school graduate with ambition to develop the know-how to design and maintain systems we need to make treatments that save lives? If so, the Haleon’s Apprentice Program could be for you.

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

What will you do?

As an Automation Technician Apprentice, you may get involved in the following activities:

• The automation technician apprenticeship offers the chance to study fully funded towards nationally recognized qualification while gaining valuable, paid work experience.
• Over the course of the 4-year program you will spend part of your week gaining hands on training from our in-house industry experts at our manufacturing sites, combined with early responsibility to help you develop and progress. As an automation technician apprentice, you will have the opportunity to develop mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control & automation skills.
• Spend time in the manufacturing facility learning new skills while rotating through various engineering teams across the site. Rotations may include time in manufacturing, packaging, maintenance utilities and/or automation.
• Developing mechanical, electrical, control and instrumentation skills.
• Learning how to maintain production, packaging and service equipment.
• Carrying out routine maintenance.
• Diagnosing and resolving breakdowns.
• Helping to design, install and test new equipment.
  
  
  

You’ll be excited by the thought of:

• Being part of a new Consumer Healthcare organisation
• Building technical skills through a tailored entry-level development program, working with industry professionals
• Earning an Associate’s degree at Haleon Consumer Healthcare’s partnering community college with the potential to go on to further study. Haleon Consumer Healthcare will pay for the apprentice's tuition costs for company approved courses related to the Associate's degree
• Receiving an industry-recognized “Certificate of Completion” training credential from the U.S. Department of Labor upon completion of Haleon Apprentice Program - a portable certificate of competency
• Connecting with apprentices across the US and the world
• Being part of an inclusive organization that fosters individual empowerment and builds trust
• Taking part in projects and prioritizing tasks
• Building an understanding of state-of-the-art technologies
• Developing skills in an industry that’s making innovative changes to the way it develops and manufactures products
  
  
  

Benefits include:

• Competitive compensation
• Fully-funded college tuition and paid expenses for Associate’s Degree
• An annual bonus based on company performance
• Access to healthcare and well-being programs, pension plan membership, savings programs, time off and childcare support
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements
• A performance and development program
  
  
  

Exciting minds with our Automation Technician Apprenticeship

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)

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have studied mechanics, technology, robotics, or shop
  
  
  

Other requirements:

• Candidate must be eligible to work in the US permanently and will not need future visa sponsorship
• Must be 18 years of age by the 1st of August 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 Haleon’s partnering community colleges or technical institutions, in the preferred related instruction course.
• Must be able to commute on a daily basis to Haleon’s Healthcare worksite and related instruction facility in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Less than 2-years’ experience in pharmaceutical or FDA interfacing industry (intern or shadowing opportunity)
• Less than 2-years’ experience in engineering or technical role (including intern or shadowing opportunity)
• Less than 2-years’ experience in manufacturing or production (including intern or shadowing opportunity
  
  
  

Start date: August 2025

Hourly rate for this role: $12.00/hour

Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications. 

Get to grips with our recruitment process

We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and offer positions on a first come, first served basis.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. 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.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 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.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.

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• Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’ 
• Your Name and contact information 
• Requisition ID and Job Title you are interested in 
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Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering.