Automation Senior Specialist

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**_ Automation Senior Specialist_**:
**Job purpose**:
As a Senior Automation Specialist, you are the **expert in projects on automation for primary and secondary equipment and systems** in GSK Vaccines Belgium (existing facility upgrades and new facilities). You will be **delivering automation solutions for different technologies **(process primary and secondary equipment, building equipment, utility equipment, environmental monitoring, alarms system,).

Your duties are to:

- Support technical complex project across GSK Vaccines Belgian sites.
- Be able to propose direct and integrated solutions to highly complex technical problems and ensure the delivery of solutions from design to end of qualification, while providing appropriate training, coaching and mentoring of users, maintenance, automation technicians and automation specialist

**In this role you will **
- Provide leadership to a core group of technical engineers GSK or Contingents in the development of deep scientific & engineering understanding of manufacturing Operations and in the implementation of good engineering & design practices and solutions to support manufacturing, quality and research operations.
- Ensure good exchange between several GSK departments, as project engineering, quality assurance, user production, MSAT, hard technology, asset care, to ensure the delivery of automation equipment’s
- Be expert on automation for primary and secondary equipment and systems in GSK Vaccines Belgium. Work on automation system on several projects automation system for different technologies.
- Support and improve projects on complex and Belgian transversal issues. Able to propose direct and integrated solutions to highly complex technical problems
- Responsible to deliver automation modification on existing equipment’s and ensure the following of CAPEX project to ensure an easy take in hand of the equipment by the maintenance team
- Support the full system lifecycle for process automation and control system including the design, assessment, selection, commissioning, validation and implementation of systems. Contribute to manage and simplify several system/process/domain(s) of expertise, to reach state of the art in production environment.
- Contribute to SMR or L3/L4 automation projects execution & participate in decision making.
- Follow-up on technical project tasks and distribute workload among Automaticiens / Automation specialists / operations / contractors. Manage planning & budget: ensure deliverables are reached in time, and within budget
- Manage allocation of resources per MPU in collaboration with other SMR managers and automation engineers
- Consolidate planning & status of projects and report to BeEM PMO and Automation Program Manager
- Manages EHS aspects (Write & Review the PTW for projects activities, Coordinates the risks related to the coactivity, Collects and manages dangerous situations, Reports on EHS aspects and proposes resolution plans,)
- Be fronter or support during internal and external inspections/audits (L3, and L4).

**_ Why you? _**
- Qualifications & Skills:_
- Engineering degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Automation, Electrical or Chemical
- Robust experience with automation projects
- Background in the pharmaceutical industry is highly preferred
- CAPEX Project management experienceas PM or Program Manager
- Fluency in French and English
- Preferred Qualifications & Skills: _
- Strong leadership skills & proven team management
- Strong networking, influencing and negotiation skills to engage a broad community of stakeholders.
- PMP / Prince 2 certification is a plus

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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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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