Process Engineer

Job Title: Process Engineer (12 Months Secondment / FTC)

Closing Date: 27th May 2026 (COB)

Business Introduction
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.

Position Summary
You will provide process engineering expertise to support safe, compliant and efficient manufacturing and delivery of capital projects at the GSK Montrose site in the United Kingdom. You will work closely with operations, other engineers, automation, quality and EHS teams to solve technical issues, deliver projects and improve processes. We value practical problem solvers who communicate clearly, collaborate across teams and enjoy hands-on work in both office and plant environments. This role offers stretch, learning and the chance to make a real impact while helping to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Key Responsibilities

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

- Investigate and resolve technical issues on plant for daily manufacturing, working with operations and cross-functional teams to deliver timely solutions.

- Contribute various work on site capital projects. Provide input at the design stage; contribute to safety reviews (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, HAC); work on detailed design including equipment specification, HAZOP action closure, software early specification, through to commissioning of new plant and processes

- Improve process plant software by identifying changes or providing software for new plant: preparing detailed design specifications and offline & online testing

- Collaborate with other disciplines (mechanical, electrical and instrument technicians, automation engineers, operations, plant engineers, EHS, quality, other process engineers) to investigate and resolve any issues and communicate with operations.

- Ensure good practice and compliance with legislation, which includes reporting and investigation of safety issues

- Drive process improvement initiatives and and input into planned changes

Work arrangement
This is an on-site role at Montrose.

Basic Qualifications:

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

- BEng or MEng in chemical or process engineering.
- Enthusiastic to work in an on-plant environment.
- Good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with and influence individuals at all levels in the business: from shop floor to senior leaders.
- Self-starter, able to be accountable for project / commissioning delivery and working independently on agreed priorities
- Knowledge of process safety principles and participation in safety studies (for example HAZOP).

Preferred Qualifications:

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

- Experience with process control systems and plant software (for example DeltaV or similar).
- Prior experience in pharmaceutical, food or chemical manufacturing with awareness of Good Manufacturing Practice.
- Experience in process support, commissioning or project delivery in a plant setting.
- Chartered (CEng) chemical engineer or working towards.

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.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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