Engineering Compliance Manager (14 Month FTC/Secondment)

GSK Barnard Castle is a key pharmaceutical manufacturing site with significant investment in modern, advanced manufacturing technology. The site plays an important role in supplying some of GSK’s leading medicines to patients around the world and offers the opportunity to build your career within a complex, highly regulated engineering and manufacturing environment.

Join our Engineering team and work in an environment where safety, quality and continuous improvement are central to delivering high standards of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

As Engineering Compliance Manager, known internally as Compliance Engineer, you will lead the governance and continuous improvement of Engineering compliance across Quality, EHS and Engineering Standards.

Working with Engineering and cross-functional teams, you’ll provide oversight of key compliance systems, drive improvements and help ensure the department remains compliant and inspection-ready.

This is a 14-month opportunity and an excellent chance to broaden your experience and make a visible impact within a complex cGMP manufacturing environment.

In this role you will…

• Lead and drive Engineering compliance with Quality Management Systems (QMS), Engineering Standards and Safety systems.
• Own the governance and reporting of Engineering safety, quality and compliance KPIs, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide oversight and governance across key Engineering compliance areas including Engineering Standards, QMS, Engineering Alerts, Legionella, Asbestos, TP13, Technical Authority, Risk Management and Maturity Assessments.
• Own the Engineering Change Control and Planned Change processes, ensuring changes are effectively assessed, controlled and implemented.
• Manage the Engineering Self Inspection Audit and Management Monitoring programme, helping maintain a strong state of inspection readiness.
• Ensure Engineering documentation, periodic reviews and record-retention requirements are effectively managed.
• Support and, where required, lead Engineering representation during GMP, Quality and Safety audits and inspections.
• Chair Engineering councils and governance meetings, bringing together stakeholders to review performance, risks, compliance and improvement priorities.
• Deliver GMP and compliance training across the Engineering department.
• Use continuous improvement approaches to strengthen existing compliance systems and develop sustainable and effective ways of working.
• Work collaboratively across Engineering, Quality, EHS and other functions to resolve issues and maintain high standards of compliance.

Why you? 

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

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

• A-Levels, a Foundation Degree in an Engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of Quality Management System principles and Engineering Standards.
• Experience working within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment operating under cGMP and Quality Management Systems.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively while managing multiple activities and competing priorities.
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve shared objectives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to communicate effectively with stakeholders in a professional environment.
• Experience preparing presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint and analysing data using Microsoft Excel.

Preferred:

• Higher National Certificate (HNC), Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience managing Engineering, Quality or compliance activities within a complex GMP-regulated environment.
• Experience supporting audits, inspections, change control, risk management or compliance governance.
• Experience using performance data and KPIs to identify risks and drive continuous improvement.
• Confidence engaging with and influencing stakeholders across Engineering, Quality, EHS and operational functions.

Working Arrangements

This is an on-site role at GSK Barnard Castle and is not eligible for remote working.

This opportunity is offered for a period of 14 months.

Closing Date for Applications: 18th November 2026 COB

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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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