Process Engineer (NPI)

GSK; Eggleston; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare

Pension plan

Shares and savings programme

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Process Engineer (NPI) for Q Block to provide hands-on engineering leadership to introduce, scale-up and manufacture new products while ensuring equipment readiness, reliability and GMP compliance. You will work with Operations, Quality, Validation, MSAT and Engineering to support trials, transfers and early-life manufacturing.

The role involves collaboration across functions to embed maintainability and safety into launch plans, coordinate changes, and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering and technical leadership in GMP environments.
• Experience supporting NPI, validation, technical transfer or operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Support new product introduction within Q Block, coordinating with Operations, Quality, Validation, MSAT and Engineering to ensure equipment readiness.
• Provide technical oversight and hands-on engineering support during product introduction, process trials, engineering runs and early-life manufacturing support.
• Act as engineering representative for Q Block NPI, embedding maintainability, operability and compliance in transfer and launch planning.
• Lead engineering technician activities aligned to NPI milestones, planning, prioritisation and risk communication.
• Escalate technical issues impacting equipment readiness, process execution, reliability or timelines.
• Assist development, review and execution of GMP documentation ensuring equipment and maintenance standards meet quality and safety requirements.
• Coordinate change control for Q Block NPI, ensuring changes are assessed, approved, implemented and closed in line with GMP and validation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support successful product launch, ramp-up and transition to routine manufacture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and reliability across Q Block using learning from NPI.

Skills

Process ad lifecycle

Education

HNC in Engineering

Engineering apprenticeship

Job description

As a Process Engineer (NPI) - Q Block, you will provide hands‑on engineering and technical leadership to support the introduction, scale‑up, and routine manufacture of new products within Q Block. You will play a critical role in ensuring assets, maintenance strategies, engineering data, and technical standards are robust, compliant, and aligned to operational readiness requirements. In this role you will…

Responsibilities

• Support new product introduction within Q Block, working closely with Operations, Quality, Validation, MSAT, and Engineering teams to ensure equipment and processes are ready for safe, compliant manufacture.
• Provide technical oversight and hands‑on engineering support during product introduction, process trials, engineering runs, validation activity, and early‑life manufacturing support.
• Act as a key engineering representative for Q Block NPI activity, ensuring maintainability, operability, reliability, and compliance considerations are embedded into technical transfer and launch planning.
• Lead and coordinate engineering technician activities aligned to NPI milestones, including planning, prioritisation, issue resolution, and communication of progress and risks.
• Act as first point of escalation for technical issues impacting equipment readiness, process execution, reliability, or product introduction timelines.
• Support development, review, and execution of engineering, validation, and GMP documentation, ensuring Q Block equipment and maintenance standards meet quality, safety and regulatory expectations.
• Support and coordinate change control management for Q Block NPI activity, ensuring engineering changes are assessed, documented, approved, implemented and closed in line with GMP, validation, quality and operational requirements.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to support successful product launch, ramp‑up, and transition to routine manufacture, ensuring lessons learned are captured and embedded into standard ways of working.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and reliability improvement across Q Block, using technical learning from NPI activity to improve performance, reduce risk and strengthen future product introductions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of an HNC level qualification in an Engineering discipline
• An industry recognised Engineering apprenticeship
• Significant post‑apprenticeship industry experience
• Demonstrable experience working within regulated (GxP) environments
• Experience supporting new product introduction, technical transfer, validation or operational readiness activities
• Experience supporting GMP change control management, including change assessment, implementation planning, documentation and closure
• Strong collaboration skills with cross‑functional teams within complex organisations

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

Please note the following skills are not essential, but would be advantageous:

• Experience working in aseptic or classified environments (e.g. ISO 5 / ISO 7)
• Experience supporting NPI, technical transfer, process validation or product launch activities
• Demonstrable leadership and team coordination experience
• Experience acting as a subject matter expert in engineering systems
• Hands‑on experience supporting manufacturing performance, reliability improvement or operational readiness within a regulated production environment

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

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