Platform Equipment Lead; Metrology

The Engineering function at the GSK Ware Manufacturing site provides technical expertise to support manufacturing, automation, and control systems across production operations, helping ensure targets are achieved safely, compliantly, and reliably.

As Platform Equipment Lead - Metrology, you will provide site leadership and technical authority for metrology, calibration equipment and measurement systems at GSK Ware. You will be accountable for ensuring that calibration services, calibration laboratory activities and metrology expertise are delivered safely, compliantly and reliably.

You will work closely with operations, quality, projects and suppliers to deliver compliance, continuous improvement and capital activities. We value practical problem solvers who communicate clearly, build strong relationships and grow others. This role offers strong development, visible impact and the chance to support GSK's mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Act as the site technical authority and subject matter expert for metrology, calibration equipment, calibration laboratory services and measurement systems.
• Own and continuously improve metrology platform standards, procedures, calibration plans, maintenance life plans and ways of working in line with applicable Engineering Standards, QMS requirements, GMP expectations and site procedures.
• Provide leadership for the Metrology team and site engineering teams involved in calibration delivery, ensuring the right skills, competence and capability are maintained and developed.
• Ensure calibration services are delivered for Ware Campus, in a compliant, reliable and strategic way, including the management of onsite and offsite calibration activities with third party suppliers.
• Lead investigations relating to metrology issues, performance trends and audit observations, identifying root cause, assessing risk and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Use operational, calibration and equipment performance data to identify adverse trends, improvement opportunities and business benefits, including opportunities for digital tools, dashboards and data-led performance management.
• Support capital projects, new equipment introductions and equipment changes by providing metrology expertise through equipment lifecycle.
• Oversee the metrology operating budget and calibration test equipment lifecycle, including investment planning, replacement strategy and management of obsolescence risks to support compliant, reliable and future-ready calibration services.
• Build strong working relationships with Operations, Quality, Technical, Engineering Planning, laboratories, project teams, platform equipment leads and external calibration houses or specialist suppliers.
• Represent the metrology platform in audits, inspections, communities of practice and cross-site forums, sharing learning and supporting standardisation across relevant equipment platforms.

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Degree, IEng-level qualification or equivalent experience in engineering, metrology, instrumentation, control systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Engineering experience in a pharmaceutical or other regulated technical environment.
• Demonstrable competence in metrology, calibration principles, instrumentation or measurement systems.
• Practical understanding of the calibration lifecycle.
• Experience leading technical investigations.
• Working knowledge of good manufacturing practice including the importance of traceability to national or international standards and experience with calibration requirements for GMP assets.
• Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and achieving outcomes through technical leadership.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to stakeholders.
• Experience supporting audits or regulatory inspections
• This role is site based at Ware, has direct report management and will require on site presence.

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

• Chartered Engineer status, CEng, MEng or active progression towards chartership or professional registration with a relevant engineering or metrology institution.
• Experience acting as, or supporting, an Engineering Technical Authority, process owner or equivalent technical leadership role.
• Experience managing or overseeing calibration laboratories, external calibration providers, specialist suppliers or outsourced technical services.
• Sound knowledge of measurement uncertainty, calibration tolerances, equipment capability, reference standards and traceability to national or international standards.
• Experience using digital metrology tools, CMMS/ERP systems, dashboards,…