Job description
Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle
Posted Date: Oct 30 2025
GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually.
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The MSAT Technologist ensures the efficient, high-quality, and compliant manufacturing of pharmaceutical or biotechnological products. This position acts as a key interface between Research & Development, manufacturing operations, and quality teams to support technology transfer, process monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. The role requires technical expertise, analytical problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize production processes and ensure regulatory compliance.
In this role you will…
* Develop Contribute to the delivery of Product Lifecycle Management by conducting Technical Risk Assessment and driving continuous improvement initiatives for Product Control Strategies, with a focus on Barnard Castle's dermatological portfolio.
* Translate these strategies into standardized workflows within Operations and provide expertise in monitoring, improving, and sustaining process performance for dermatological manufacturing products.
* Proactively review the performance of globally supplied dermatological products using approved software platforms, utilizing statistical tools (e.g., JMP, Minitab) to analyse trends, identify deviations, and optimize processes. Escalate concerns as necessary to ensure process control and reliability.
* Conduct and participate in key technical activities, including process trials, optimization projects, Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), and validation tasks to maintain process robustness and compliance for dermatological products.
* Lead or assist with process investigations, including addressing deviations and implementing corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs) for dermatological manufacturing operations.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with departments such as quality assurance, supply chain, engineering, and R&D to ensure alignment with operational and business goals for the dermatological portfolio.
* Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), ICH guidelines, and FDA/EU regulations, by supporting internal and external audits or inspections and maintaining adherence to quality standards for dermatological products.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
* BSc in Scientific or Engineering discipline or equivalent experience
* Experience of Pharmaceutical manufacturing or other regulated industry
* Knowledge and/or experience of improving products, processes and troubleshooting
* Knowledge of GMP requirements
* Knowledge of Quality by Design and risk management approaches
* Knowledge and/or experience of digital tools and data analysis, including statistical methods
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
* MSc in Scientific or Engineering discipline or equivalent experience
* Project management skills
* Ability to communicate to and influence internal and external stakeholders
Closing Date for Applications: 14th November 2025 (COB)
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Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
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