Engineering Technician; secondment

Job description

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.

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As an Engineering technician you will provide a comprehensive and professional engineering support service for the Steriles Business Unit (SBU) to meet the business & regulatory needs of the department, with responsibility for all engineering activities associated with the production process.

• Working with a range of equipment and technology within a Steriles Business Unit which consists of Inspect/Assembly/packaging of vials.
• The role will be shift based, likely 24/7 or 24/5.
• Supporting day to day breakdown repairs of production / plant equipment.
• Completing Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules & breakdown maintenance activities.
• Support for localised area projects, including new product introduction.
• Completion of tasks within Engineering Change Controls.
• Preparation, completion & ownership of GMP safety and quality documentation.
• Accountable for the delivery of SAP/MERPS activities such as Work Orders, Notifications, Data Maintenance & Ordering of plant spares.
• Delivery of Continuous Improvement to drive increased performance in line with EHS & Quality improvement objectives and KPI's via the use of GPS tools.
• Equipment upgrades and obsolescence through continuous improvement.
• Self-management of training compliance metrics.
• Performing calibration of equipment instrumentation.
• Supervision of internal/external contractors, ensuring GMP standards, reviewing contract company details for accuracy.
• Sterile and terminally sterilised processes of products including boundary control and contamination prevention.
• Building infrastructure specific tasks concerned with, building fabric, electricity, piped services supply and drainage.
• Operation & maintenance of systems such as air compressors, VHP and refrigeration systems.
• Positively engage with stakeholders, ensuring relevant contract details are accurate.
• Deliver data cleansing activities to ensure optimum data maintenance.
• Maintain compliance in the role, department and site procedures, processes and systems.
• Manage the data creations and changes to SAP vendor data.

• Multi skilled technician with an industry recognised apprenticeship and post-apprenticeship industry-based knowledge and experience.
• Minimum of an HNC level qualification in an Engineering discipline
• Hands on experience of GSK/Pharmaceutical processes and procedures
• Experience with SAP business system
• Demonstrable experience working with cross functional teams in a complex organisation
• Required to demonstrate competence in current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP),
• Strong experience of working in a complex GMP environment.

• Experience working in classified areas such as ISO 5 or ISO 7. (working in a sterile manufacturing environment.)
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to implement plans and holding yourself and team accountable for delivery goals
• Ability to work under pressure

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