Shift Operations Manager

Job description

Site Name: UK - North Ayrshire - Irvine
Posted Date: May 21 2024

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Shift Operations Manager

GSK are recruiting for a Shift Relief Operations Manager to join them at the site in Irvine on a full-time and permanent basis.

The is an on-site role, which will require 12-hour day and night shifts including some weekends with some additional flexibility required when work permits.

As Shift Relief Operations Manager who will get the opportunity to work in a fast paced, challenging but rewarding pharmaceutical manufacturing environment supporting to produce high quality medicines. You will work cross-functionally and be responsible for managing a large team, providing day to day support, and driving their development.

Job Purpose

To provide leadership for all the site operator teams and manage the site production processes on a shift by shift basis in a safe and compliant manner driving continuous improvement to deliver business goals.

In this role you will...

Oversee all operations activities to ensure that required standards and procedures are understood and complied with. Ensure EHS compliance is assured and drive compliance commensurate with the risk profile for the site. Provide management control over-all high-risk activity (normal and abnormal) using processes such as WRA, frequent/infrequent task book audits plus issuing and maintaining high level of permits to work control. Balance team resources to ensure output targets are met without compromising compliance and maintaining control on the overtime budget. Chair and facilitate shift meeting such as regular start of shift meetings with the team, compliance meetings and general communication sessions. Act as senior management representative out with day shift hours. Leadership purpose of Shift Operations Manager

• Create an environment for my team to excel
• Be a role model of our values and expectations for my team
• Have powerful conversations that inspire my team
• Stretch and grow my team through performance conversations

Closing Date for Applications: Tuesday 4th June 2024

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Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Significant relevant process knowledge
• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent in managing safety
• Ability to manage and lead teams
• Experience of authorising any plant activity assuming it complies within current procedures such as permit to work. A risk assessment would be expected to be done prior to authorization

Preferred Qualifications:

• HND/Degree qualification in appropriate discipline
• Experience of developing and supervising negotiated staff including leading and initiating any performance management and/or disciplinary activity and be involved with any grievances.
• Permit to Work issuer accreditation
• Experience in the use of CI tools

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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