Job Description
Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle
Posted Date: Apr 27 2026
This is an FTC/Secondment role with a duration of 14 months, that offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact while gaining valuable experience.
Job Purpose
At GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), we are committed to delivering high‑quality, innovative healthcare solutions. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to ensuring our products consistently meet the highest standards of quality and compliance across global markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the performance of the QC Release Microbiology Team to deliver finished product testing and batch release requirements.
- Ensure robust, validated, and compliant microbiological methodologies in line with regulatory and company quality standards.
- Drive continuous improvement, deviations, root cause analysis, process improvements within the team.
- Train and develop team members, creating structured development plans along with stretch objectives, and fostering a safe and efficient working environment.
- Support microbiology testing-related project activities, ensuring adherence to schedule, including New Product Introduction (NPI) requirements.
- Lead preparation activity and represent the department during external regulatory inspections and company internal audits.
- Provide technical leadership, supervise lab investigations, and address GMP microbiological issues in collaboration with production and quality teams.
- Drive resource planning, monitor team workload, compliance metrics and training status. Prioritisation to meet workload demands effectively.
- Support the QC improvement plan aligned to the 6 QC KPIs.
Basic Qualifications
- Higher National Certificate (HNC)/Higher National Diploma (HND) in a scientific or related discipline (e.g., Microbiology, Pharmacy, or other relevant science fields.
- Experience in regulatory and technical knowledge of GMP requirements and GSK quality regulations.
- Experience in supervising teams or leading activities within GMP/GLP operations or quality functions.
- Experience to analyse complex information and makes decisions based on defined risk criteria, using structured communication and established mentoring process.
- Experience compiling technical information into structured documentation, present data and conclusions clearly to relevant stakeholders, and provide coaching using predefined materials and standardized processes.
- Experience planning, organising, and managing defined workloads, including the use of specified IT systems to meet operational timelines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in a scientific or related discipline, such as Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences, Applied Biology, Quality Assurance, or other STEM fields, with experience working in regulated environments.
- Practical working knowledge of GPS principles, including PPM, problem solving, CI, and LSW and knowledge to improving GPS Maturity Scores.
Work Arrangements
- This role offers an on-site (5-day) working model; Remote or fully home-working arrangements are not available for this role.
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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