Shift Engineer (Assembly)

The Engineering function at the GSK Ware Manufacturing and Supply site is responsible for the provision of technical expertise to support the manufacturing automation and controls systems for all production operations to ensure production targets are achieved. The Respiratory Supply Chain (RSC) Assembly engineering team work (on shift) to provide engineering expertise to support production activities.

We are looking for a motivated Shift Engineer to join the Assembly team to manage a shift of Engineering Technicians (up to 6 Direct Reports). Reporting into an Engineering Operations Manager you will be responsible for:

• Managing and developing People Plant and/or Equipment and/or Process understanding across the Ware Site.

• You will work alongside fellow engineers contractors suppliers and consultants to deliver a range of engineering-related activities to agreed levels of quality cost time and tangible benefits.

• You will have responsibility for the overall performance of the process including making improvements to ensure delivery of the Sites commercial strategy.

• You will also support with any regulatory auditor questions during inspections.

Other elements of the role include supporting the wider operations of GSKs manufacturing sites and fully understanding all the regulatory and statutory requirements (Safety and Quality/GMP) that govern manufacturing business processes.

Shift: Please note that this role operates on a 24/7 shift and the shift pattern for this role involves 12-hour shifts which run from circa 7:00 to 19:00 (Days) and 19:00 to 7:00 (Nights). This shift includes night work and weekend working.

About You:

This role would suit a motivated person who has strong experience of working in a complex GMP environment. You will be a qualified engineer with strong people skills. A proven ability to drive performance is a must. It is imperative in this role that you demonstrate an ability to drive common-thinking with a focus on providing solutions. You will need to be persuasive have a strong continuous improvement mindset and have proven experience dealing with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups. Ideally you will have worked in a highly-regulated industry.

About Ware Site:

We are co-located with our R&D colleagues and recently opened a new state-of-the-art oral solid dose facility at Ware. At this location our scientists technicians and engineers (from R&D and Global Supply Chain GSC) work collaboratively together (using the latest technologies) to rapidly knowledge transfer and deliver GSKs most innovative medicines faster and more efficiently. On site we produce over 60 million respiratory inhalers each year with growing demand in future years. The site also processes Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for use both on site and other manufacturing sites in our network.

CLOSING DATE for applications: Wednesday 30th of July 2025 (COB).

Basic Qualifications:

• Relevant qualifications and / or experience (eg; Engineering HND / degree and relevant experience)

• Knowledge / experience in current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP)

• Engineering management experience ideally obtained from working in a highly-regulated manufacturing environment.

Benefits:

GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees which include but are not limited to:

• Competitive base Salary

• Shift allowance and contractual overtime

• Annual bonus based on company performance

• Opportunities to partake in on the job training courses

• Opportunities to attend and partake in industry conferences

• Opportunities for support for professional development and chartership (GSK are accredited by IET IMechE IChemE and other professional bodies)

• Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes

• Employee recognition programmes

If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage Life at GSK GSK.

Why GSK

Uniting science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose to unite science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger more sustainable shareholder returns as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases HIV respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders its also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves feeling welcome valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So if you share our ambition join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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