Site Name: UK - Angus - Montrose

Posted Date: May 1 2024

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Control Systems & Instrumentation Engineer

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company that combines both individual talent and technical resources to create a platform for the delivery of strong growth in a rapidly changing healthcare market. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

GSK is currently recruiting for an Control Systems & Instrumentation Engineer to join out team at our Montrose site. The Control Systems & Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for supporting all automation matters on the Montrose site , contributing to safety, quality, validation, policies, standards, projects & maintenance.

The role is to provide specialist technical knowledge for operational support, continuous improvement, , plant modifications, EHS programmes and projects. You will contribute towards the design, installation, commissioning, and validation as well as maintenance philosophies of instrument & control systems.

In this role you will…

• Professional Engineering guidance and authorisation of plant modifications / software changes, MERPs data, routines and maintenance tasks.
• Authorisation of SOP's and Engineering drawings / Design Specs
• Continually improving plant, equipment and control systems in order to deliver better, faster, lower cost products.
• A technical specialist, responsible for exploiting new engineering technologies and development and implementation of best practice.
• Requires a high degree of problem solving and the ability to troubleshoot, facilitate decisions and weigh-up advantages and disadvantages in order to provide solutions. Carry out failure investigations and recommending improvements in design or practices
• Interpretation and application of standards & regulations is essential.
• Assists in offsite automation recommendations/decisions within the Agile Shared Service. Also, provides recommendations, effective solutions and guidance to Engineering staff and project design staff.

Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 15th May 2024

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• HNC in Instrumentation/Measurement and Control or relevant proven experience.
• Previous experience of instrumentation engineering

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Professional Registration with the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) or Institute of Measurement & Control (IMC)
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of functional safety
• Knowledge of working in hazardous environment
• Relevant engineering degree

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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 prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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