Associate Director - Project Engineering

At GSK, we manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients' needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it's vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.

We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Join GSK as an Associate Director - Project Engineering where you will lead the engineering function on high-value, complex, or strategic capital projects related to the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and devices (drug substance, drug product, or secondary assembly / packaging). You will be accountable for design definition and performance, adherence to scope, objectives, and quality/EHS/sustainability/digital standards, setting the project technical and innovation ambition, leading the project-specific engineering team, and partnering with the project operational readiness team. The role's responsibilities by first intent start at concept design, remain accountable through the project lifecycle at the project location, and completes when the project asset is available for beneficial use.

The Associate Director - Project Engineering supports the Project Director day to day, who is the accountable decision maker for the full project delivery inclusive of engineering, construction/safety, and project controls (cost, schedule, risk). Depending on the project archetype, you may also be accountable for project CQV and automation functions. This role is recognized as a technical expert in biopharm processes, facility and equipment design, and project execution methodologies.

The leader fosters an inclusive local project environment in partnership with the operations teams, external engineering/construction firms, and aligned toward local customs. The leader develops and supports the project engineering team toward success and ensures consistency with global team standards, objectives, and the project management framework (PMF).

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

• Full accountability for planning, funding, and building the project-specific engineering function and ensuring the capability and capacity to deliver.
• Setting direction and inspiring the project team to success - but partnering fully with the project operational readiness team, technical SMEs, and external firms to shared success.
• Full accountability for design definition and performance from concept design through construction assist, with execution of required stage gates/project reviews, creation of deliverables, and adherence to scope, objectives, and quality/EHS/sustainability/digital standards.
• Specifically, leadership that ensures project delivery within estimate range and delivery date at concept start with safe, quality, and ethical execution.
• Setting the project-specific technical and innovation ambition - ensuring project designs and strategies remain market-forward but also suitably consistent with GSK platforms to maximize efficiency and improve performance over time. Drive project compliance with cGMPs and the QMS.
• Be a global team ambassador to the local site project environment.
• Act as a visible advocate for diversity in engineering and project delivery.
• Act as a visible advocate for GSK Safety Life Saving Rules.

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of project engineering experience and 3+ years in leading engineering teams in pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Experience in biopharmaceuticals specific unit operations and platforms - drug substance/primary, DP/sterile filling, and packaging.
• Individual project engineering leadership of value >$10m.
• Engineering support experience through multiple end-to-end projects (design to operation) and in multiple regions.
• Experience with capital project lifecycle - design, construction, commissioning, qualification, to operation.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Demonstrated understanding of cGMP and regulatory oversight and how these relate to project execution and delivery - which is not successful until validation is complete and compliant operation is possible.
• Demonstrated capability of leading and motivating large matrix organizations with excellent communication, influencing, and coaching abilities at all levels within the organization.
• Leadership skills that enable the introduction of new ways of working and accelerated change management.
• Must be able to interact well with peers, subordinates, and senior personnel in scientific, engineering, and operational disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to participate as a leader or member on cross-functional and self-directed work teams.
• Must be comfortable and thrive in ambiguity and think strategically to solve complex problems
• Ethics and values driven mindset - ability to make the hard right decisions.
• Sense of urgency and confidence in problem solving ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills to maintain trust and collaboration in difficult situations.
• Must be able to work within a multi-disciplinary team environment and drive collaborative execution.
• Must be able to creatively generate options to resolve problems.
• Must be competent in handling simultaneously occurring tasks and have excellent written and oral communication skills.

Work Arrangement: This role is on-site, with occasional travel as needed.

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