Process Mechanic

About the role

We make and supply medicines and vaccines worldwide, operating at an impressive scale—over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 million vaccine doses produced in 2021. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, leveraging automation and robotics. As a Facilities Process Technician, you will perform preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of biopharmaceutical process equipment, leading key activities to advance your career.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot 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.
• Operate PLCs and distributed control systems and understand their interaction with process equipment.
• Use schematics to diagnose electrical control and motor circuits.
• Safely perform preventative and corrective maintenance tasks on process equipment and systems.
• Recommend maintenance tasks, frequencies, and procedural/operational changes to enhance equipment life and maintainability.
• Identify spare parts and consumables necessary to perform tasks.
• Perform metal‑fabrication tasks as needed.
• Inspect, replace, align, adjust, and lubricate mechanical components such as bearings, gear boxes, belt drives, shaft couplings, and mechanical seals.
• Enter and maneuver in tight spaces inside stainless‑steel bioreactors through a 24‑inch (61 cm) manway for cleaning, inspection, and maintenance.
• Complete confined‑space entry and safety training and adhere to EHS procedures, permits, and PPE standards.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma.
• 2+ years of experience 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

• Technical certification (e.g., welding, mechatronics, machinery).
• Familiarity with cGMPs, regulatory guidelines, governmental codes, and standard operating procedures.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to serve as a resource to less‑experienced employees.
• Willingness to work rotating shifts.
• Capability to work safely, independently, and without direct supervision.

Skills

• Asset Life Cycle Management
• Data Integrity
• Digital Fluency
• GxP Regulations
• Lean Management
• Manufacturing Technologies
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Problem Solving
• Risk Awareness
• Standards Compliance

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits are detailed in the GSK US Benefits Summary.

Why GSK?

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. Our culture is built on ambition for patients, accountability for impact, and doing the right thing, fostering an environment where people can thrive while delivering innovative medicines and vaccines across respiratory, immunology, oncology, HIV, and infectious diseases.