Automation Engineering Technician; 2nd Shift

Business Introduction

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations;

it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.

We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

You will design, maintain and improve control and instrumentation systems for manufacturing equipment. You will work closely with production, maintenance, automation and engineering teams. We value hands‑on problem solving, clear communication and a focus on safety and quality. This role offers technical growth, exposure to modern manufacturing systems, and the chance to support work that helps get ahead of disease together.

• Provide daily floor production support to value stream areas experiencing engineering/automation or instrumentation and controls equipment issues or failure.
• Work with maintenance, engineering and production staff in developing and implementing equipment improvements, primarily in OEE, reliability engineering, safety, or process and/or quality improvements.
• Continuously evaluate corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance strategies on production equipment and systems by participating in continuous improvement projects.
• Develop technical documentation including e‑pips, change control requests, technical specifications, training documents, etc as directed by maintenance supervisor.
• Provide mentoring and support to maintenance staff as required.
• Support capability development of engineering technicians by participating in skills assessments and training sessions.

• Associate degree, technical certificate, or equivalent experience in controls, instrumentation, electrical or related field.
• 3+ years hands‑on experience with industrial control systems, including PLC programming.
• Experience with instrumentation, sensors, actuators and control loop tuning.
• Experience supporting commissioning, start‑up or validation activities in a regulated environment.
• Experience using maintenance or enterprise systems (for example SAP) to document work and parts.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Technical expertise in P&, instrumentation and electrical wiring diagrams.
• Proficient in SAP (work orders, history, maintenance plans).
• Good knowledge of cGMPs and experience in an FDA regulated environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Technical knowledge and problem‑solving ability.
• Works well on a team, flexibility, time management, task prioritization, strong communication skills, self‑motivated.
• Ability to learn quickly, think creatively and apply new skills given rapid change in technology.
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (Modbus, Ethernet/IP, Device Net, Control Net, BACnet, OPC UC, etc.).
• Experience with software such as Kepware, Wireshark, Patch Manager, Service Now, Panorama, Tenable.
  
  IO, VMware ESXi and familiar with Nutanix or other hyperconverged environments.
• Experience administering Windows Active Directory, network services (IP, DHCP, DNS, and WINS), group management.
• Experience with serialization systems; MES solutions; laboratory automation; databases.
• Experience working in a regulated / GMP environment.
• Experience working onsite with local teams and remotely with global teams.
• Knowledge of industrial cybersecurity standards.
• Availability for on‑call as required.

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