Regional Engineering Manager; Mechanical Systems

Regional Engineering Manager (Mechanical Systems)

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We are looking for a highly capable Engineering Manager to join our team at the GSK UK R&D hub at Stevenage (Hertfordshire, UK). The purpose of this role is to act as the technical authority for Process Safety and Heavy Utilities Mechanical Systems to provide engineering support to the R&D sites in Europe (Stevenage, Harlow and Addenbrookes (UK), Berlin and Heidelberg (Germany), Tres Cantos (Spain), and Siena (Italy)) for delivery and operation of facilities, to ensure that they are safe and legally compliant.

This position is located at our UK R&D hub at Stevenage (Hertfordshire). The successful applicant may need to travel to any of the sites in the network, with travel anticipated to be a maximum of 10% of their time.

The successful applicant must have an in-depth practical knowledge/experience of Mechanical Engineering, ideally gained from working in a highly-regulated industry. You should be working towards your engineering chartership. You will be solution‑oriented, with strong interpersonal skills suited to building working relationships across multiple stakeholder groups in a complex interdisciplinary matrix environment. You will be resilient, resourceful, accountable and have a strong strategic and continuous improvement mindset.

CLOSING DATE for applications:
Monday 12th of January 2026 (COB).

• Ensure compliance with Engineering Standards and perform duties of the Technical Authority for standards as per RDES Europe register of Technical Authorities.
• Execute remediation plans from policy and standards gap assessments. Specifically, drive the Pressure Systems and Process Safety gap mitigation to closure, reporting regular progress to the RDES management.
• Inform Facility Investment Planning across discipline and provide ongoing technical oversight of Capital Projects to deliver functional safe, reliable, compliant and sustainable systems.
• Ensure Root Cause Analysis is performed when contract requirements or compliance with GSK standards and national legislation associated with mechanical services are not met.
• Responsible Person for the following statutory areas for the sites named above:
  Pressure Systems as defined by PSSR (2000), including mechanical integrity of pipework;
  Hazardous Utility Systems (Process Safety for RDES managed Infrastructure);
  Compressed Air Systems and Compressed Gasses.

• Strong mechanical engineering knowledge / experience / qualification (e.g., Degree in Mechanical Engineering).
• Proven record of management of Mechanical systems within complex Research and Development/Manufacturing processes / facilities (ideally obtained from working in a highly regulated industry under GLP/GxP requirements).
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with key internal and external (contract) partners, to deliver appropriate site hard services.
• Proficient in programme management of Capital Projects.
• Good demonstrable Matrix management skills and stakeholder management.
• Working towards or achieved IEng/CEng Status with the Engineering Council.

• Displays knowledge of the Research & Development process and understands GxP requirements.
• Experience of providing technical expertise across a wide geography with various in‑country regulations.

• Competitive base Salary.
• Annual bonus based on company performance.
• Opportunities to partake in on‑the‑job training courses.
• Opportunities for support for professional development and chartership (accreditations and professional bodies).
• Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes.
• 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, 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.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are. Please contact us at UKRe for any required adjustments to the application process.