Platform Engineer

GSK are looking for a talented Engineer with a strong pharmaceutical background to work within the respiratory department supporting Frontend (Micronising, Blending and Filling) to provide Engineering technical support of production equipment manufacturing multi-dose powder inhalers.

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver professional engineering expertise for unit operations to ensure demonstrated design, installation and performance is maintained and continuously improved during the operational life cycle of the equipment. This extends to ensuring that business improvement upgrades, modifications and adaptations are implemented to meet quality, safety and performance targets. The role operates under the direction of an Engineering Manager with support from technical authorities across multiple equipment Platforms.

The Ware Campus is seeing a significant amount of capital investment, seeing multiple large capital asset refreshment programmes in place across the campus. The successful candidate will influence and provide technical guidance facilitating this expansion as well as supporting the current production equipment.

Key Responsibilities (include..,):

Developing/delivering improvements across Frontend platforms and associated Infrastructure on site (supporting documentation and validation reviews), working with equipment manufacturers where necessary.

Frequent interaction with Quality and Safety Practitioners and Regulatory bodies (via regulatory GMP audits and product market-specific audits). This may include preparing and presenting at Technical Quality Audits.

Delivering (and promoting) a culture of improving the performance of Safety, Quality, Cost and Customer Service, ensuring root causing and problem solving are carried out and corrective/ preventative actions are implemented.

Supporting and driving conformance to asset maintenance strategy and integrating Continuous Improvement techniques (looking to further integrate digital and data processes to optimize operational effectiveness of the plant).

Improvement of procedures relevant to the Frontend Engineering Department.

About You:

Knowledge of and experience of working within highly regulated (GMP) environments 

A good standard of numeracy and literacy is essential. You will be a willing learner and a good communicator who takes personal accountability, ownership and action. Good verbal, written and computer communication skills are required

Process safety awareness including risk management

Capable of managing small packages of Engineering work on complex manufacturing equipment

Understanding of basic OE and leadership principles

About Ware Manufacturing Site:

Medicines at Ware are presented as either Respiratory devices or in Oral Solid Dose form. The site holds a unique position in our network as the only site responsible for launching the company’s pipeline of new medicines in these dose forms.

Platform Overview:

Micronising

Micronising is the process of reducing the particle size of a powder by using compressed gas as the energy source. The powder is entrained in the gas and the resulting particle- particle collisions (as well as some particle - wall collisions) break up the powder to the required particle size specification.

Blending

Blending is the manufacturing process of combining active pharmaceutical ingredients with excipients such as lactose and magnesium stearate.

Filling

The filling machines are used to continuously produce filled strips via cold forming, filling and heat-sealing foil blister packs with doses of blends containing an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).

CLOSING DATE for applications: Monday 1st of July 2024 (COB).

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or Bachelor of Science (BSc) in an Engineering discipline (or relevant experience and working towards) 

Relevant experience of working within manufacturing engineering teams

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 (Role specific)

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 .

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, it’s 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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, 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*(*US only).

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