Process Engineer (NPI) - 12 Month FTC/Secondment

GSK; Barnard Castle; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare

Pension plan

Shares scheme

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

GSK Barnard Castle is seeking a Process Engineer (NPI) to lead hands-on engineering for new product introductions in Q Block, ensuring equipment, processes and systems are ready for safe, compliant manufacture.

You will collaborate with Operations, Quality, Validation, MSAT and Engineering to support scale-up, validation, change control, and continuous improvement, delivering reliable manufacturing readiness.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support NPI within Q Block, collaborating with Operations, Quality, Validation, MSAT and Engineering.
• Provide hands-on engineering support during product introduction, trials, validation and early-life manufacturing.
• Lead engineering activities aligned to NPI milestones, planning, prioritisation and risk communication.
• Escalate technical issues impacting equipment readiness or timelines.
• Support development, review and execution of GMP documentation and change control for NPI.
• Coordinate cross-functional implementation of engineering changes per GMP and validation standards.
• Collaborate to enable successful product launches, ramp-up and transition to routine manufacture.
• Capture and embed lessons learned into standard ways of working.

Skills

Asset Life Cycle Management

Data Integrity

Digital Fluency

GxP Regulations

Lean Management

Manufacturing Technologies

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Problem Solving

Risk Awareness

Standards Compliance

Education

HNC in Engineering

Engineering Apprenticeship

Post-apprenticeship industry experience

Job description

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site with advanced manufacturing capability supporting sustained product supply, technical transfers, and new product introductions. As part of our continued focus on growth and performance, we are strengthening engineering support for new product introduction (NPI) within Q Block, ensuring equipment, processes, and systems are ready to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable manufacture.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, annual bonus, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

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…

• 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.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• 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:

• 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

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