Platform Equipment Lead (Metrology)

Biopharma Careers; Ware; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK Ware Manufacturing is seeking a Platform Equipment Lead - Metrology to provide site leadership and technical authority for metrology, calibration equipment and measurement systems. You will ensure calibration services, laboratory activities and metrology expertise are delivered safely and compliantly.

You will collaborate with operations, quality and project teams to drive continuous improvement, capital projects and supplier management, while fostering a culture of safety and reliability

Qualifications

• Degree or higher in engineering, metrology, instrumentation or related field.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of metrology, calibration principles and measurement systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as site technical authority for metrology, calibration equipment and measurement systems.
• Lead calibration services and calibration laboratory activities.
• Manage metrology team skills and develop capabilities.
• Ensure compliant, reliable calibration services for Ware Campus, including third-party calibration providers.
• Lead investigations on metrology issues and implement corrective actions.
• Use data to identify trends and improve performance with dashboards and analytics.
• Support capital projects with metrology input and lifecycle management.

Skills

Metrology

Calibration principles

Measurement systems

Technical leadership

Audits & regulatory inspections

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

CMMS/ERP systems

Dashboards

Job description

The Engineering function at the GSK Ware Manufacturing site provides technical expertise to support manufacturing, automation, and control systems across production operations, helping ensure targets are achieved safely, compliantly, and reliably.

Position Summary

As Platform Equipment Lead - Metrology, you will provide site leadership and technical authority for metrology, calibration equipment and measurement systems at GSK Ware. You will be accountable for ensuring that calibration services, calibration laboratory activities and metrology expertise are delivered safely, compliantly and reliably.

You will work closely with operations, quality, projects and suppliers to deliver compliance, continuous improvement and capital activities. We value practical problem solvers who communicate clearly, build strong relationships and grow others. This role offers strong development, visible impact and the chance to support GSK's mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities

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

• Act as the site technical authority and subject matter expert for metrology, calibration equipment, calibration laboratory services and measurement systems.
• Own and continuously improve metrology platform standards, procedures, calibration plans, maintenance life plans and ways of working in line with applicable Engineering Standards, QMS requirements, GMP expectations and site procedures.
• Provide leadership for the Metrology team and site engineering teams involved in calibration delivery, ensuring the right skills, competence and capability are maintained and developed.
• Ensure calibration services are delivered for Ware Campus, in a compliant, reliable and strategic way, including the management of onsite and offsite calibration activities with third party suppliers.
• Lead investigations relating to metrology issues, performance trends and audit observations, identifying root cause, assessing risk and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Use operational, calibration and equipment performance data to identify adverse trends, improvement opportunities and business benefits, including opportunities for digital tools, dashboards and data-led performance management.
• Support capital projects, new equipment introductions and equipment changes by providing metrology expertise through equipment lifecycle.
• Oversee the metrology operating budget and calibration test equipment lifecycle, including investment planning, replacement strategy and management of obsolescence risks to support compliant, reliable and future-ready calibration services.
• Build strong working relationships with Operations, Quality, Technical, Engineering Planning, laboratories, project teams, platform equipment leads and external calibration houses or specialist suppliers.
• Represent the metrology platform in audits, inspections, communities of practice and cross-site forums, sharing learning and supporting standardisation across relevant equipment platforms.

Why You?

Basic Qualifications

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Degree, IEng-level qualification or equivalent experience in engineering, metrology, instrumentation, control systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Engineering experience in a pharmaceutical or other regulated technical environment.
• Demonstrable competence in metrology, calibration principles, instrumentation or measurement systems.
• Practical understanding of the calibration lifecycle.
• Experience leading technical investigations.
• Working knowledge of good manufacturing practice including the importance of traceability to national or international standards and experience with calibration requirements for GMP assets.
• Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and achieving outcomes through technical leadership.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to stakeholders.
• Experience supporting audits or regulatory inspections
• This role is site based at Ware, has direct report management and will require on site presence.

Preferred Qualifications

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

• Chartered Engineer status, CEng, MEng or active progression towards chartership or professional registration with a relevant engineering or metrology institution.
• Experience acting as, or supporting, an Engineering Technical Authority, process owner or equivalent technical leadership role.
• Experience managing or overseeing calibration laboratories, external calibration providers, specialist suppliers or outsourced technical services.
• Sound knowledge of measurement uncertainty, calibration tolerances, equipment capability, reference standards and traceability to national or international standards.
• Experience using digital metrology tools, CMMS/ERP systems, dashboards, data analytics or performance metrics to monitor calibration and equipment performance.
• Comfortable developing team capability through coaching, training, standard setting and knowledge sharing.

What we value

We work in a collaborative environment focused on safety, quality and continuous improvement. You will be part of a supportive team that helps you grow professionally. We welcome applicants from different backgrounds and experiences. If you are driven by technical excellence and by making systems better for the people who use them, we want to hear from you.

Skills

• Asset Life Cycle Management
• Data Integrity
• Digital Fluency
• GxP Regulations
• Lean Management
• Manufacturing Technologies
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Problem Solving
• Risk Awareness
• Standards Compliance

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.

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.

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