Automation Engineer

Job Posting closing date: February 14, 2025

Job Title: Automation Engineer

Location: Cambridge Binney Street

Job Purpose

This job exists to provide technical expertise and implementation resource for all automation and control systems activities on new and existing equipment and facilities, to provide support for Engineering and R&D members of the team and to make strategic decisions on situations within areas of expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring the delivery of automation aspects of capital projects to meet the agreed level of quality, cost and time.
• Responsible for the provision of support to existing automation systems to meet the needs of the business.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with engineering standards relevant to the service provided.
• Responsible for engaging with external automation specialist companies engaged to deliver projects or provide service.
• Responsible for developing and delivering improvement strategies to deliver business benefits.
• Responsible for working at all times in line with current EHS legislation and GSK’s policies and procedures to maintain own, team and public safety.
• Responsible for contributing sound technical judgement into the site automation strategy as a member of the automation team.
• To act as an automation technical authority/SME on related matters where required.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with the required skills to achieve our goals:

• Minimum of 3 years working in a pharmaceutical manufacturing or supporting process environment.
• Experience in a wide array of Automation areas such as Control Systems, Instrumentation, Electrical Design, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Integration technologies
• Experience with Quality Management Systems and Regulatory Requirements (Safety and Quality) relevant to the site operations.
• Experience of computer/control system Validation (including GAMP methodology) in a highly regulated environment
• Experience in change management methodology and advocate of GPS principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Demonstrated coaching and development skills at both professional and shop floor level.
• Broad knowledge of the engineering professional environment and associated disciplines /skills.
• Able to communicate effectively across functions and with various external parties.

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Why GSK?

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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