Production Mover

GlaxoSmithKline; Barnard Castle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare

Pension plan

Shares and savings programme

Job summary

GSK Barnard Castle is seeking a production mover responsible for ensuring on-time manufacturing and warehouse schedules. You will check, stage and transfer materials, manage cold chain storage, and complete batch documentation with MERPS.

The role requires operating heavy equipment, maintaining inventory, and liaising across production, warehouse, IT, and suppliers. You will support training, uphold safety and quality standards, and continuously seek improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 GCSEs (including Maths and English).
• Proficiency in MERPS or similar systems.
• Experience in operating machinery and perform quality checks.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prioritize workloads based on schedules.
• Stage, retrieve, reconcile, and transfer materials, samples, and completed orders.
• Operate counterbalance trucks, electric pallet trucks, and pallet transfer machines.
• Manage cold chain processes, including frozen APIs and temperature-controlled storage.
• Clean garments, components, and materials for production areas.
• Prepare, print, check, and reconcile batch documentation and labels.
• Utilize MERPS production systems and resolve routine issues.
• Maintain inventory control, including stock write-offs and returns.
• Liaise with production staff, team managers, warehouse, engineering, IT, and external suppliers.
• Provide updates on schedules, quality, and improvements.
• Ensure effective communication via written reports, meetings, and email.
• Support team members, integrate new starters, and ensure training compliance.
• Lead by example and uphold performance, safety, and quality standards.
• Resolve process, quality, schedule, and documentation issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional solutions and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Collaborate with planners to optimize workloads and meet schedules.
• Order materials, prepare batch documentation, and manage Kanban systems.
• Propose and implement process improvements.
• Support 5S culture and use OE tools and techniques.
• Operate and maintain area machinery, equipment, and IT systems (e.g., MERPS).
• Adherence to GMP, safety, and compliance standards.

Skills

Data Integrity

Detail-Oriented

Digital Fluency

Emergency Response

Financial Acumen

GxP Regulations

Lean Management

Manufacturing Processes

Problem Solving

Production Management

Project Coordination

Quality Compliance

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Awareness

Site Operations

Tools

MERPS

RFID technology

Kanban

Job description

At GSK Barnard Castle, we are a key manufacturing site supporting a diverse portfolio of medicines supplied to over 130 markets globally. We continue to invest significantly in state-of-the-art equipment and technologies to support new product introductions and future growth.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.Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSKAs a Mover, you will work as part of a team to ensure production lines are serviced to meet schedules, with accurate transactions performed to support operations. You will be responsible for checking and progressing batch documents promptly, while maintaining high standards in compliance with procedures, GMP, and safety requirements. The role ensures tasks are carried out smoothly and efficiently, resolving issues as they arise to achieve production/warehouse schedules and meet customer service, cost, and quality targets.You will be required to work a 24/7 shift pattern.In this role you will…Plan and prioritize workloads based on schedules.Stage, retrieve, reconcile, and transfer materials, samples, and completed orders.Operate counterbalance trucks, electric pallet trucks, and pallet transfer machines.Manage cold chain processes, including frozen APIs and temperature-controlled storage.Clean garments, components, and materials for production areas.Prepare, print, check, and reconcile batch documentation and labels.Utilize MERPS production systems and resolve routine issues.Maintain inventory control, including stock write-offs and returns.Liaise with production staff, team managers, warehouse, engineering, IT, and external suppliers.Provide updates on schedules, quality, and improvements.Ensure effective communication via written reports, meetings, and email.Support team members, integrate new starters, and ensure training compliance.Lead by example and uphold performance, safety, and quality standards.Resolve process, quality, schedule, and documentation issues.Coordinate cross-functional solutions and ensure compliance with procedures.Collaborate with planners to optimize workloads and meet schedules.Order materials, prepare batch documentation, and manage Kanban systems.Propose and implement process improvements.Support 5S culture and use OE tools and techniques.Operate and maintain area machinery, equipment, and IT systems (e.g., MERPS).Adherence to GMP, safety, and compliance standards.Why you?Basic Qualifications & Skills:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Minimum 5 GCSEs (including Maths and English).Proficiency in MERPS or similar systemsExperience in operating machinery and perform quality checks.Preferred Qualifications:If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:Experience in GMP-regulated production/warehouse environments.Proficiency in RFID technology, and Kanban systems.Ability to work in temperature-controlled environments (-40°C/-70°C freezers, 2–8°C stores).Communication, organizational, and leadership skills.Closing Date for Applications: 29th September 2026 (COB)Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. 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