Site Shift Manager
Closing Date: 6th July 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.
We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.
Position Summary
You will lead safe, compliant and efficient shift operations on a GSK UK manufacturing site. You will manage people, production schedules and day-to-day decisions that keep supply on track. You will work closely with operations, quality, engineering and planning teams. We value practical problem solvers who coach others, make clear decisions and drive improvement. This role offers visible impact, clear career progression and the chance to help unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
Act as the senior site leader outside core business hours, accountable for safe, compliant and effective site operations across all areas in partnership with operations managers.
Set, adjust and communicate real-time production priorities in line with safety, quality, supply and operational requirements.
Act as the escalation point for operational issues across manufacturing, warehouse, laboratories, utilities and support functions.
Lead and coordinate responses to incidents and emergencies, ensuring timely decisions, effective communication and appropriate escalation.
Support First Line Leaders in managing performance, resolving complex issues and maintaining control of their areas.
Prioritise and deploy resources across the site to respond to changing operational demands, constraints and risks.
Lead complex problem solving and investigation activity for critical events, ensuring robust root cause analysis, action plans and follow-up.
Maintain audit readiness, compliance, accountability and clear leadership handover by ensuring issues, risks, decisions and actions are visible and controlled.
Why You?
Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals
- Significant experience within a regulated manufacturing environment with proven leadership capability, including experience in incident management, problem solving and operational decision making.
- Strong leadership and decision-making capability in high-pressure operational environments.
- Experience in an operational role with day-to-day production delivery responsibilities.
- Experience supervising or leading frontline production teams during shift work.
- Good knowledge of quality and safety requirements relevant to manufacturing (for example GMP, local health and safety standards).
- Practical experience in resolving incidents, deviations or production issues under time pressure.
- Technical understanding of manufacturing equipment and process constraints in a production environment.
Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus
- Formal qualification in science, engineering, manufacturing or related discipline.
- Experience with manufacturing systems such as SAP or production planning tools.
- Experience supporting audits, inspections or regulatory compliance activities.
- Skills in continuous improvement methods such as Lean or Six Sigma.
- People management experience, including coaching and rostering for shift teams.
Working model
This role is on-site at Barnard Castle. You should be prepared to spend significant time at the manufacturing site to lead activities and work directly with operational teams.
How to apply
If this role speaks to you, please apply. Tell us briefly how your experience will help deliver safe, reliable and improving operations. We look forward to hearing from you.
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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