Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Ware
Posted Date: Jul 21 2023
The Quality Assurance Department at the GSK Ware manufacturing site is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the manufacture of products is performed in a controlled manner and meet commitments to international regulatory bodies (as well as the requirements of current Good Manufacturing Practice).
The laboratory teams work as part of the Site Value Streams to ensure that manufactured products are compliant and fit for purpose. This includes product analysis, laboratory investigations, and trend analysis of results.
Job Purpose:
The purpose of the Lab Team Leader is to provide day to day direction to a team within the GSK Ware manufacturing site’s laboratory to support the achievement of regulatory and business strategies for people, processes and plant. Laboratory teams can be circa 6 to 10 direct reports (depending on number of interim / outsourced staff). Your team are responsible for carrying out Chemical swab analysis on manufacturing equipment across all value streams on the GSC Ware site.
Key elements include:
You will develop daily plans for team’s workload and escalate issues to the departmental managers (as required), whilst ensuring your team perform all activities in compliance with departmental, company and regulatory (safety and quality) procedures. This will include embedding governance, standards and capability development to ensure Safety, Quality and Efficacy are built into all laboratory operations.
At least 70% of your time will be focused on GEMBA and Coaching the team (i.e., on the shop-floor, rather than in offices).
You will create and confirm standards required to manage safety, quality, compliance and output. You will also be the first point of contact for any Problem solving and Performance management items that require attention.
You will develop new, efficient and compliant working standards, create supporting procedures and training packages, and enable best practice to be quickly embedded.
About You:
This role would suit a motivated person who has strong experience of working in a GMP (Quality) environment. Strong people skills and a proven ability to work in a team (eg; flexible approach, good communication, planning and organizational skills) are a pre-requisite for the role. You should have knowledge/experience of chemical laboratory testing techniques (within a GMP environment).
About Ware Manufacturing Site:
Medicines at Ware are presented as either Respiratory devices or in Oral Solid Dose form. The site holds a unique position in our network as the only site responsible for launching the company’s pipeline of new medicines in these dose forms, many of which are life saving medicines. A series of investments in new state-of-the-art equipment are being made that will support the delivery of a record number of new products.
Closing date for applications: Monday 14th of August 2023 (COB).
Basic Qualifications:
Relevant qualifications and / or experience (eg; relevant Scientific degree).
Good understanding of laboratory methodologies and analytical techniques.
Understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP).
Strong leadership skills
Strong continuous improvement mindset
Ability to motivate and develop your team-members
GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees, which include, but are not limited to:
Competitive base Salary
Annual bonus based on company performance
Opportunities to partake in on the job training courses
Opportunities to attend and partake in industry conferences
Opportunities for support for professional development
Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes
Employee recognition programmes
If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage Life at GSK | GSK.
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