Lifescan are offering a unique professional graduate programme with a highly successful global medical devices company in the Highlands of Scotland, based in Inverness.
Who are LifeScan?
LifeScan is dedicated to providing meaningful solutions for people with diabetes and related conditions. At our world-class site in Inverness, we design and develop systems for the self-monitoring of blood glucose used by people with diabetes across the globe. We’re proud to have the largest manufacturing site in the industry and currently produce over 3 billion test strips a year!
Being at the forefront of science and engineering means our teams of professionals nurture, shape, and deliver the solutions for people with diabetes. You’ll perform amongst these subject matter experts, providing you with the tools to start you on your journey to become an authority in your field.
Why we care
- Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke and lower-limb amputation
- The number of adults living with diabetes globally has risen from just over 100 million in 1980, to over 800 million today
- For people living with diabetes, access to affordable treatment and monitoring is critical to their survival
- Lifescan is a socially responsible company and is one of the world’s largest producers in the diabetes therapeutic area
- Ultimately, our products change lives for the better and help create a world without limits for people with diabetes
Great reasons to join us
- Inverness is a vibrant city with a thriving social scene, and access to some of the most stunning scenery in the world
- We’ve recently been awarded the prestigious “Princess Anne Royal Training Award” – showcasing our commitment to investing in our people
- We're proud to have supported over 85 previous graduates through our programme since it started in 2006. To date, 78% of graduates have moved into permanent roles with LifeScan on completion of the two-year programme
- Being a medical business, our commitment to continuous improvement is unwavering, and we believe we are a great business to have listed on your CV.
If you’re not quite sure what your ideal job is, but you’ve already gained some fantastic qualifications, then this programme can really help you to gain exposure and development with our various departments and job roles.
What you’ll gain from our programme
It’s a great way to ease your transition from academia to industry, where we use a development framework to broaden and deepen your knowledge and experiences.
You'll gain this from hands-on coaching, rotation through multiple departments tailored to your future, and a huge variety of work, picking up business, personal, and technical skills you can use now and throughout your career. To give you an idea of what you could be involved in, here’s a list of some of the areas our graduates have worked in previously:
- Product & Process Engineering
- Quality Lab Support
- Lineside Engineering
- Customer Quality
- Statistics
- Brand Protection
- External Contract Operations
- Operations Quality Engineering
- Design and Product Quality
As you would expect from a Global Manufacturing site, there are also a number of other business areas where you can get the opportunity to showcase your talents, including: Supply Chain, Distribution, Regulatory Affairs, Procurement, Finance & HR.
What are we offering for 2025?
For our 2025 programme, starting in early September 2025, we are looking for 6 graduates:
- Four from a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), related background, and;
- Two with a Business Management (or equivalent) related qualification.
Who are we looking for?
For the 2025 programme, some of the backgrounds of particular interest to us are:
- Software Engineering/Development
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Statistics
- Biology/Chemistry
- Business Management/Finance/Procurement
What’s important to us though is great talent, so if you feel you are a great fit for our programme, and your qualifications and ambitions match ours, we’d love to receive your application!
What qualifications do we need?
You will have graduated within the last 2 years with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, at grade 2:1 or above, or be due to graduate in summer 2025 with a predicted mark at this level or above. You'll also be eligible to work in the UK on a permanent basis.
What skills do we want?
You’ll bring:
- A proactive approach to achieving success
- Excellent team-working and communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- A strong desire to work in Health Care
Next steps and key dates
We are an agile organisation, so we’ve streamlined the recruitment process into 3 stages: Online Application (C.V), Telephone Interview, and Assessment Centre (on site in Inverness).
- Closing date: 7 February 2025
- Telephone interviews: Mid-February 202
- Assessment centre: Mid - March 2025
