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Process Mechanic

GSK

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As a Facilities Process Technician (posting label), you would be responsible to perform preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of biopharmaceutical process equipment.

 

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

  • Troubleshoots and safely repair process systems on a routine and emergency basis to assure continuous production operations.

  • Maintain and repair sanitary valves and actuators, agitation systems, rotary lobe pumps, centrifugal pumps, cartridge mechanical seals, centrifuges, chromatography columns, autoclaves, equipment washers, and other sanitary/sterile equipment and systems.

  • Must be familiar with PLC’s and distributed control systems and their operation and interaction with the process equipment and systems.

  • Uses schematics to diagnose electrical control and motor circuits.

  • Safely perform preventative and corrective maintenance tasks on process equipment and systems. Make recommendations for maintenance tasks and frequencies and procedural/operational changes to enhance equipment life and maintainability. Identify spare parts and consumables necessary to perform these tasks.

  • Perform metal fabrication tasks as necessary.

  • Inspect, replace, align, adjust, and lubricate mechanical system components including bearings, gear boxes, belt drives, shaft couplings, mechanical seals, and related devices.

  • Perform tasks that require entry and maneuvering in tight spaces inside a stainless‑steel bioreactor through a 24‑inch (61 cm) manway, including cleaning, inspection and maintenance. Candidate must complete confined‑space entry and safety training and adhere to EHS procedures, permits and PPE standards.

 

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

  • High school diploma

  • 2+ years of experience in maintaining and/or troubleshooting industrial process or utility equipment

  • Experience in administrative tasks

  • GMP or processing experience

  • Ability to work in very tight, narrow, confined spaces

 

Preferred Qualifications:

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

  • Any type of technical certification, such as welding, mechatronics, machinery.

  • Familiar with cGMP’s, regulatory guidelines, governmental codes, and standard operating procedure.

  • Strong communications skills, both verbal and written.

  • Skills and knowledge to serve as a resource to less experienced employees

  • The ability to work rotating shift work.  Work safely, independently, and without direct supervision.

About GSK

At GSK, we prevent and treat disease with specialty medicines, vaccines and general medicines.​

We're a focused biopharma company with strong momentum and big ambitions. We're pursuing research and development across four core therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases.

What we do:  We prevent and treat disease with specialty medicines, vaccines and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and advanced technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas – respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. We operate responsibly for all our stakeholders

Our culture We have more than 65,000 people in 70 countries worldwide. We are ambitious for patients to deliver what matters better and faster. We are accountable for impact with clear ownership and support to succeed. We do the right thing with integrity and care because people count on us. These are the foundations for how, together, we’ll deliver more for our patients, shareholders and GSK people. Our culture powers our purpose and drives delivery of our strategy