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GSK’s Ware Site is a key manufacturing center for GSK, manufacturing medicines and supplying globally.

We are looking for Engineering Technicians with an instrumentation / calibration background to join either our Utilities and Facilities team (on shift) or our Calibration team (on days) to provide engineering expertise to support production activities.

Engineering Technicians work in a team (managed by an Engineer) to support the highly skilled, diverse teams across production, quality, and technical functions at the site. Engineering Technicians conduct a wide range of engineering maintenance, calibrations, physical interventions and repair activities.

Engineering Technician tasks include:

• Calibration of critical process and utility equipment
• Fault finding, problem solving and breakdown resolution
• Maintenance activities on utilities equipment
• Routine testing of HVAC systems including air quality
• Continuous improvement of production and utilities equipment and processes
• Completion of statutory inspections eg ATEX, zero access, LOTO
• Liaising with cross functional teams Quality Validation Site operations
• You may also be involved with project work (including commissioning and installing new equipment)

We currently have vacancies in the following teams:

• Building services team (Utilities & Facilities – U&F) operating on a 24/7 shift. Please note; the shift pattern for this role involves 12-hour shifts (includes night work and weekends).

• Calibration Laboratory. This team operates on a standard working-week pattern (a day shift).

About You:

Relevant engineering qualifications and / or experience is required (Engineering Apprenticeship in Electrical, Calibration or Instrumentation subjects is preferred). 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 to do the right thing. Good verbal, written and computer communication skills are needed and you must be able to work within a team and follow standard processes.

We are particularly interested in applicants with hands-on experience in the following skills:

• Calibration
• Instrumentation
• Electrical

About Ware 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, many of which are life-saving medicines.

CLOSING DATE for applications: Friday 14th of April April 2023 (COB).

Basic Qualifications:

• Relevant qualifications and experience (e.g. Engineering Apprenticeship with an instrumentation/calibration focus. An HNC / HND Level qualification.)

• A good standard of numeracy and literacy

About GSK:

GSK has changed. In July 2022, we demerged our world-leading consumer healthcare business, Haleon. We are now a fully focused biopharma company. We prioritise innovation in vaccines and specialty medicines, maximising the increasing opportunities to prevent and treat disease. At the heart of this is our R&D focus on the science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies, and our world-leading capabilities in vaccines and medicines development. For more information on GSK please refer to our website: www.gsk.com

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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