# Senior Automation Engineer

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Barnard Castle
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site that contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually. As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will provide technical expertise for all automation and control system activities on new and existing equipment and facilities across the site.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide technical expertise on advanced automated manufacturing/packaging processes

- Lead cross-functional groups through complex technical challenges and improvement initiatives

- Ensure compliance of owned areas with internal and external standards, including OT Security Standards

- Review and assess obsolescence risks for the allocated Production Business Unit

- Maintain and manage the site asset register for automation equipment

- Liaise with central teams to develop new automation technologies and standards

- Provide technical leadership to automation engineers

- Act as the second point of contact for production automation support

- Participate in Continuous Improvement activities

- Deputise for the site automation lead as required

**Requirements:**

- Recognised Apprenticeship in Electrical, Instrumentation/Controls Engineering or Computer Science discipline

- Bachelor of Engineering (or working towards)

- Experience working in a Pharmaceutical or highly regulated industry

- Technical and operational knowledge of Automation systems

**Benefits:**

- Competitive base Salary

- Annual bonus based on company performance

- Opportunities to attend industry conferences

- Support for professional development and chartership

- Access to healthcare and wellbeing programs

- Employee recognition programs

## Skills

### Required
- Automation systems
- SCADA
- PLC
- HMI
- Servo
- Vision
- Field Instrumentation
- GxP Regulations
- Lean Management
- Manufacturing Technologies
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Problem Solving
- Risk Awareness
- Standards Compliance

### Nice to have
- Siemens equipment
- Operational Technology Cyber Security
- change management in a regulated environment
- professional body registration

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