We make and supply medicines and vaccines all around the globe and our teams own every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections; all powered by digital, data and analytics. We operate at impressive scale, producing over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 million vaccine doses in 2021.

We continue to modernise, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst turbo-charging delivery across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service. The way we work will change. For some, the shift in technology and products will be revolutionary. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, and we need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of automation and robotics so we can work smarter together.

Process Safety Manager

As a Process Safety Manager, you will get the opportunity to work on a lower tier COMAH site within an expanding business. It is thriving environment to be part of due to lots of investment happening with expansion in capacity. You will get the chance to shape and implement your own ideas of process improvement program across the site.

Job Purpose

Provide management and central co-ordination of the Irvine Site’s Process Safety activities aimed at reducing the risk from fire, explosion and toxic hazards including Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) and to limit their consequences.

Manage and support the site through the Site Business Continuity Planning process in accordance with GSK Policies, to manage and implement strategies, plans and measures, appropriate to the needs of the site, corporate functions and external stakeholders, ensuring long term operability.

In this role you will…

• Ensure the Site’s compliance with COMAH regulations by
  • maintaining the Major Accident Prevention Policy
  • managing COMAH inspections by the HSE
  • conducting COMAH Audits
• Develop and implement a Process Safety Policy which defines Intent, key elements/arrangements in place, roles and responsibilities and cover Major Accident Hazards.
• Ensure both qualitative and quantified analysis methods are used where appropriate to assess risk and compare against the tolerable risk criteria to assist with decision making
• Identify control measures to address any risk gaps to allow Process Owners to implement action plans to reduce risk of major accident hazards on the Site and track closure.
• Maintain and update the Site Basis of Safety files to ensure compliance with both regulatory and corporate standards
• Conduct Process Hazard Reviews for new processes and ensure existing processes are current.
• Track, leading and lagging process safety performance indicators for the Site and report to the Senior Management Team to measure the effectiveness of the Site’s Process Safety Management System. This includes an annual review.
• Conduct a review of incident investigations and near misses to ensure process safety learnings are fed into the Process Safety Management System.
• Keep abreast of legislative/regulatory changes, conduct gap analysis and take appropriate action to ensure compliance.
• Ensure the importance & understanding of Process Safety issues across site via various means including training courses, metrics, publications, audits etc.
• Oversee the continued development and maintenance of the Site Emergency Response Procedures, Systems and Teams to ensure compliance with COMAH. Also ensure the Site Crisis Management Procedure and training is maintained.
• Ensure the site’s Highly Protected Risk (HPR) status is maintained
• Investigate and report on Loss Events involving CIRM as appropriate.
• To develop and implement strategies, plans and measures, appropriate to the needs of the site, corporate functions and external stakeholders, ensuring that long term compliance and risk management objectives are met and that there is minimum of risk of Business Interruption (BI).
• Supports co-ordination of annual responses to the Global Internal Audit (GIA) and Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and responsible for follow up on any ensuing issues particularly for non-financial issues.

Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 12th February 2023

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

During the course of your application you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process. If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements, please contact 0808 234 4391. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

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Why you?

Basic Qualifications

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• A degree in an appropriate technical discipline or relevant practical experience
• Relevant experience in plant Operations, Projects, Engineering or similar environment
• Ability to develop solutions for COMAH and process safety related projects and provide site response to process safety related legislation.

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• MSc in Process Safety

Why GSK?

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 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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Annual Report 2021

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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