Carbon Program Lead

1925 GlaxoSmithKline LLC; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharma company in the UK is seeking a professional to lead key carbon project activities, manage budgets, and ensure adherence to engineering policies. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree and over 5 years of experience in project management or controls, with a strong focus on engineering. The ideal candidate will excel in stakeholder engagement and have a solid grasp of mechanical systems design and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project controls or project management with an engineering focus.
• Good knowledge of design and operation of mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead carbon project activities and oversee multiple teams.
• Manage budget processes for energy reduction.
• Participate in governance meetings and oversee contract performance.

Skills

Project controls expertise

Engagement with stakeholders

Ability to analyze complex issues

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree in sustainability or engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

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

Global Program Ownership

• Strategy Deployment - orchestrate transformational carbon projects through their initiation, planning, implementation, and close-out phases within a defined budget and schedule, leading efforts across highly matrixed teams, e.g., RDES, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Vaccines, IT, Finance, Procurement and HR.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Engineering teams across regions to manage internal/external stakeholders and promote the RDES Carbon Programme.
• Translate strategy into action – champion the program providing clarity and direction to regional and operational teams.
• Deliver technical engineering appraisal of interventions providing goal orientated actions to cascade to the operational teams.
• Motivate the wider RDES community and deploy energy and utility programs that will directly influence the behavior and culture of GSK and reduce energy demand.
• Support the execution of strategic sustainability projects ensuring engineering policies and processes (EP90, TP26) are adhered to throughout project lifecycle.
• Prepare global trackers, global reporting dashboards and LT communication ensuring performance tracking and actions across tiered governance is monitored.
• Lead RDES Global Energy metering strategy innovating the way that energy is reported and validated across the group.

Finance and Procurement Support

• Manage Utility and Energy Reduction Budgets process for Operations, working with service partners to ensure that purchase orders are issued in a timely fashion and invoices are appropriately reviewed and paid according to contract terms.
• Budgeting and forecasting, lead and report 3-year utility forecast, overseeing budget builds and budget review sessions with local heads of engineering.
• Lead capital forecast on portfolio providing guidance and oversight of Strategic Carbon Programs.

Oversight and Governance

• Participate in Communities of Practice to share learnings of external or internal benchmarks, innovations and best practices for Project Management.
• Actively participate in site and regional governance meetings with Service Partners and engage in regular operational forums including weekly tiered meetings, as required.
• Business Acumen - Provide contract governance and oversight to ensure value and delivery from the Service Providers, e.g., programme delivery, key performance indicators and targets, cost/benefit analysis of improvements, change management, etc.
• Chair and participate in seasonal energy scrums at key sites to accelerate pace of improvement and monitor performance.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years in project controls or project management with engineering focus

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in sustainability, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in energy management and/or engineering projects.
• A degree in energy management/mechanical/electrical/building services engineering or related field of study.
• Good knowledge of design and operation of Mechanical Systems, specifically related to HVAC, LEV, Chilled Water Systems and Steam Distribution.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships in a matrix leadership capacity with key internal stakeholders and external service partners.
• Ability to quickly analyze complex issues and identify and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to analyze and prepare data for reporting purposes, track project performance, and develop actionable insights for leadership.

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Why GSK?

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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