Engineering Technician

We are looking for numerous qualified Engineering Technicians to join the Ware site’s engineering team to provide engineering expertise to support production activities and site operations. Engineering Technicians work in a team to support the highly skilled, diverse teams across production, quality, and technical functions at the site. They conduct a wide range of engineering maintenance, calibrations, physical interventions and repair activities across specialist manufacturing, packing, and building services equipment.

• Performing planned, preventative and reactive electrical and mechanical maintenance activities on production and utilities equipment
• Calibration of critical process and utility equipment
• Fault finding, interrogation of control systems, problem solving and breakdown resolution across a variety of equipment
• Routine testing of HVAC systems including air quality
• Continuous improvement of production and utilities equipment and processes to support safety, quality, and reliability
• Completing statutory inspections/safe systems of work: ATEX, PUWER, Zero Access, LOTO, Permit to Work, Zero Access (plus High Voltage substation checks in some roles)
• Liaising with cross‑functional teams;
  Quality, Validation, Production, Logistics, and Technical.
• Involvement with project work, including commissioning and installing new equipment
• Using site systems and engineering data to support diagnostics, compliance, and equipment improvement
• Working with contractors, vendors, and service engineers to support safe and compliant completion of specialist work
• Shift patterns: double‑days, 24/5 or 24/7 depending on role
• Oral & Solid Dose (OSD) – support the new state‑of‑the‑art OSD facility delivering end‑to‑end tablet manufacturing (dispensing, granulation, compression, coating, packing). Tasks focus on mechanical/electrical maintenance, calibration, process equipment HVAC and Wash‑in‑Place support, plus equipment installation, validation and continuous improvement. Team‑based role on a Double‑Days pattern (rotating weeks of early and late shifts).
• Utilities & Facilities (Building Services) – provide 24/7 maintenance for site‑critical utilities:
  Clean HVAC, Purified Water, steam, compressed air, wet services, conveyors, HV/electrical distribution and building controls/BMS. Work with specialists on planned and reactive work, contractor coordination, and specialist permit issuance (e.g., hot works, confined space, working at height).
• Relevant engineering qualifications and/or experience required (e.g., HND/HNC, Engineering Apprenticeship). A good standard of numeracy and literacy is essential. Applicants must be willing learners, good communicators who take personal accountability, ownership, and action to do the right thing. Good verbal, written and computer communication skills are needed, and applicants must be able to work within a team and follow standard processes.
• Hands‑on experience in the following areas preferred:
  Electrical, Mechanical, Calibration and Instrumentation, Pneumatics, Automation (Siemens/Rockwell). Applicants without an HNC‑level qualification need to have Eng Tech status or a recognised engineering apprenticeship.
• Shift patterns: 24/5 (12‑hour shifts Monday‑Friday, includes night shifts), 24/7 (12‑hour shifts throughout the week, includes night shifts and weekend work), Double‑Days 16/5 (8‑hour shifts Monday‑Friday, weekly rotating earlies and lates).
• Benefits offered:
  Competitive base salary; shift allowance and contractual overtime; annual bonus with multipliers based on company performance; on‑the‑job training courses; industry conference attendance; support for professional development and chartership (accredited by IET, IMechE, IChemE and other bodies); access to healthcare and wellbeing programs; employee recognition programmes.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.