EHS Advisor - 12 Month FTC/Secondment

GlaxoSmithKline; Montrose; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking an Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) advisor to support safe manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients at the Montrose site. You will help maintain the EHS management system, drive improvements, and assist in inspections and investigations.

The role requires experience in an EHS environment, a NEBOSH General Certificate, and strong knowledge of EHS policies and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in an EHS environment, ideally high hazard settings.
• Strong understanding of EHS policies and processes.
• Proven ability to investigate incidents and implement corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Support EHS Lead and team to maintain high EHS standards on site.
• Maintain the EHS management system for legal compliance and continual improvement.
• Assist with safety reporting, UIRs, and CAPAs for high hazard activities.
• Support line managers with investigations and ensure adherence to GSK life saving rules.
• Liaise with regulators and external bodies on EHS matters and audits.
• Represent EHS in projects and support safe delivery of site projects.
• Keep up to date with best practices and EHS techniques.

Skills

EHS policies

Regulatory compliance

Incident investigations

Risk assessments

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

Job Purpose: The Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) advisor team advise on legal and other requirements affecting EHS at the site. Their purpose is to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, and internal Engineering and EHS standards in order to ensure safe manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients. They also ensure that there is continuous improvement and adoption of best practice/best available techniques for EHS matters. They provide direct support to the site’s operational areas and support functions and also participate in the delivery of EHS training and awareness.

Key Responsibilities

Support the EHS Lead, EHS team members and various directorates to ensure that EHS is maintained to a high standard on site and that there is safe manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Maintaining the site’s EHS management system to ensure compliance with legal and other requirements while also facilitating continuous improvement. Assist in the upkeep of the safety reporting database and drive the timely investigation and closure of unusual incident reports (UIRs), with particularly focus on corrective and preventative action for high hazard activities, as well as providing support to line managers to assist them with their investigations. Ensuring that all personnel at site comply with the requirements of GSK's life saving rules. Lead and contribute to EHS self inspection and internal audits and provide support to the site during regulatory and other inspections or audits. Maintain liaison with other GSK business areas, external EHS consultants, outside Industry and Trade Bodies and with regulators such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Representing the EHS team on project matters and supporting the safe delivery of projects at site. Keeping up to date with modern processes and techniques with reference to EHS. Support the EHS Lead in devising strategic opportunities to continually improve EHS controls on the site and contribute and support a learning environment for EHS topics to all staff on site.

Closing Date for Applications

Tues 15th of September 2026 (COB).

Basic Qualifications

Experience within an EHS environment, ideally within a high hazard environment. Strong understanding of EHS policies and processes. Hold NEBOSH general certificate

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. 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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