Engineering Technician; Secondment​/FTC

Position: Engineering Technician (6-month Secondment / Fixed-Term Contract - FTC)

Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle

Posted Date: May 21 2026

At GSK’s Barnard Castle site, we are looking to recruit an Engineering Technician to join our team.

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of :$2Bn annually.

The engineering team provide technical expertise to support the manufacturing systems for all production operations across the Barnard Castle site.

Job Purpose:

As an Engineering Technician you will provide comprehensive and professional engineering support service for the Dermatologicals Filling and Packaging function at the site (to meet business and regulatory needs).

Key responsibilities (include.,):

Equipment Maintenance & Reliability

• Support day-to-day breakdown repairs of production and plant equipment.
• Complete Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules and breakdown maintenance activities.
• Perform calibration of equipment instrumentation.
• Lead equipment upgrades and manage equipment obsolescence through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Complete tasks within Engineering Change Controls.

GMP, Quality & Safety

• Prepare, complete, and take ownership of GMP safety and quality documentation.
• Maintain compliance with role, departmental, and site procedures, processes, and systems.
• Supervise internal and external contractors, ensuring GMP standards are upheld and contract company details are reviewed for accuracy.
• Positively engage with stakeholders to ensure relevant contract details remain accurate.

SAP / MERPS & Data Management

• Accountable for the delivery of SAP/MERPS activities including Work Orders, Notifications, Data Maintenance, and ordering of plant spares.
• Deliver data cleansing activities to ensure optimum data maintenance standards.
• Manage data creations and changes to SAP vendor data.

Continuous Improvement & Performance

• Drive Continuous Improvement to increase performance in line with EHS and Quality improvement objectives and KPIs, utilising GPS tools.
• Self-manage training compliance metrics to ensure ongoing personal and regulatory compliance.

Shift: Please note that this role operates on a 16/5 “Double-Days” shift rota:
Earlies (6:00 to 14:00), Lates (14:00 to 22:00) – alternating weeks.

Please Note: This Fixed Term Contract (FTC) / secondment is expected to last circa 6 months in duration. Please ensure you have spoken with your line-manager to ensure they are supportive of your application (this includes a timely-release from your current responsibilities should you be offered the Secondment).

About You:

Relevant engineering qualifications and / or experience is required (eg; HND / HNC, Engineering Apprenticeship). A good standard of numeracy and literacy is essential. Ideally you will have hands-on experience of working on high-speed filling and packaging machines or associated equipment (Ideally obtained from working in a highly-regulated industry).

CLOSING DATE for applications:
Friday 5th of June 2026 (COB).

Basic Qualifications /

Skills:

• Relevant qualifications/certificates and engineering experience (e.g. Engineering Apprenticeship. An HNC / HND Level qualification).
• Applicants without an HNC level qualification need to have Eng Tech status (certificate) and have completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship.
• A good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Hands-on experience of manufacturing processes and procedures (eg; high-speed filling and packaging machines), ideally obtained from working in a highly-regulated industry.
• Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP).

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