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You will design, build and maintain engineering platforms that keep our sites running safely and reliably. You will work closely with engineers, technicians and operations teams to solve problems and deliver improvements. We value practical problem solving, clear communication, and a continuous learning mindset. This role offers strong career growth, the chance to make meaningful impact on production and quality, and alignment with GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Responsibilities:
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Develop a deep understanding of plant equipment, systems and operating processes across your area.
- Plan and deliver engineering work including maintenance, equipment upgrades and small projects.
- Lead technicians and contractors to safely execute work on time and to standard.
- Drive continuous improvement focused on safety, quality and efficiency (OEE and TLA)
- Lead root cause investigations and ensure corrective and preventative actions are implemented.
- Champion PCCE (Physical Contamination Cause and Elimination), Support machinery safety, process safety and data integrity activities and related audits.
Why You?
Work arrangement
This role is based in the United Kingdom at Barnard Castle and is based on site to provide sufficient support for the engineering and operations teams.
Basic Qualifications
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- HNC, HND or bachelor level qualification in an engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrable engineering competence with technical process understanding of production equipment.
- Significant experience working in a highly regulated manufacturing or operational engineering environment.
- Experience delivering maintenance, equipment improvements or project work.
- Ability to analyse and solve technical problems and lead root cause activities.
- Clear communicator with ability to work collaboratively across teams.
Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
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- Degree in an engineering discipline or progression towards one.
- Experience with sterile or aseptic manufacturing equipment or similar complex systems.
- Experience leading frontline teams and developing technical capability in others.
- Knowledge of lean, continuous improvement, or quality systems.
- Experience supporting audit activities and regulatory interactions.
- Practical project delivery experience in capital or revenue projects.
How to apply:
If this role feels like a good fit, please apply. Tell us about your hands-on experience and how you work with teams to solve real problems. We look forward to hearing how you can contribute and grow with us.
Skills
- Asset Life Cycle Management
- Data Integrity
- Digital Fluency
- GxP Regulations
- Lean Management
- Manufacturing Technologies
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Problem Solving
- Risk Awareness
- Standards Compliance
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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