Automation Engineer - Barnard Castle, County Durham, United Kingdom - GlaxoSmithKline

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UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle, GSK House, Home Worker - GBR, UK - Angus - Montrose, UK - Cumbria - Ulverston, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, UK - Hertfordshire - Ware, UK - North Ayrshire - Irvine, UK - West Sussex - Worthing
Travel expenses will be provided for those commuting from outside of the area.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive.

We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

As a Regional Automation Engineer, you will provide expert advice, guidance and technical support, at multiple Global Supply Chain (GSC) sites and functions, for advanced automation and control systems to ensure timely resolution of technical support requests.

You will develop and maintain standards and services for deployment.
Deliver rapid and effective Incident/Problem/Event Management for Automation systems at site, taking full accountability for resolution, no matter which resolving agency is finally responsible for the solution

Deliver full Lifecycle management for the site Automation environments, including OT infrastructure, flagging and enabling refresh of all components within the environment.

Maintain relationships with vendors, ensuring improvements identified in the GSC network are, where possible fed into the product lifecycle.

To train, mentor and coach Automation engineers and technicians, in ways which support sharing and embedding of their knowledge.

Provide technical expertise to the GSC site on novel and advanced automated manufacturing/packaging processes.
Degree in a Science or Technology related discipline (Controls, Operational Technology (OT) or Engineering.)
Detailed experience supporting OT technology within the Pharmaceutical industry.
Experience working directly in a manufacturing environment.
Must include experience gained from hands-on programming and troubleshooting for Automation or MES systems.

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.

We are addressing gender equality at all levels within our organisation, we also remain committed to improving ethnic diversity within GSK and recruiting and developing talent that mirrors the communities in which we work.

With support from our Global Disability Council and our employee resource group, the Disability Confidence Network, we are working hard to create an inclusive workplace.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive.

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We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles.

.We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions.

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