Process Mechanic
King of Prussia, PA 
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Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - King of Prussia
Posted Date: Mar 29 2024
Job Description

We make and supply medicines and vaccines all around the globe and our teams own every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections; all powered by digital, data and analytics. We operate at impressive scale, producing over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 vaccine doses in 2021.

We continue to modernize, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst turbo-charging delivery across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service. The way we work will change. For some, the shift in technology and products will be revolutionary. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, and we need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of automation and robotics so we can work smarter together.

As a Process Technician, 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

Why you?Basic Qualifications:

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

  • High school diploma
  • 2+ years of prior experience in engineering or maintaining industrial process or utility equipment

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.


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Why Us?

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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
2+ years
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