Head of Belgium Compliance Engineering

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

The Head of Belgium Compliance Engineering is a key member of the Belgium Engineering leadership team. (S)he responsible for defining and implementing the compliance strategy for all Belgian sites in alignment with GSK’s ambition and overall strategy. It ensures adherence to Engineering Standards, EHS, and GMP requirements through strong governance and effective oversight of contractors. The position plays a key role in preventing major EHS incidents through the Global Alert process and in mitigating EHS and Quality risks by ensuring effective deployment of enterprise engineering standards. It includes responsibility for risk management, as well as for the selection and ongoing monitoring of contractors to ensure their compliance with our standards.

This position acts as the primary interface above site level with central standards teams and across sites with peer engineering compliance managers to ensure consistency of programs and initiatives.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Lead and guarantee the execution of key Engineering processes (TP25, risk management, etc.) across Belgian sites
• Deploy and monitor governance of Engineering Standards, ensuring compliance with EHS and GMP requirements
• Lead the community of Engineering SME (Maintenance, C&M, Reliability, Alarm management)
• Act as Technical Authority (TA) for Engineering Standards, developing and maintaining the technical authority framework
• Conduct Engineering audits (TP13) and drive associated improvement plans
• Ensure Global Alert management and follow-up of action plans
• Develop and monitor performance indicators (KPIs) related to Engineering compliance
• Lead risk management, conduct risk analysis, and implement remediation plans
• Oversee contractor compliance with quality and safety standards, including contract management, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement plans
• Collaborate with Procurement, EHS, Quality, and Business Owners to ensure supplier selection, evaluation, and continuous improvement
• Ensure documentation compliance and alignment with the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Drive continuous improvement, benchmarking, and sharing of best practices

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Degree in engineering or equivalent technical qualification
• Minimum 10 years of experience in engineering, maintenance, reliability or compliance in a GMP regulated manufacturing environment
• At least 5 years in a leadership role with direct and matrix responsibilities
• Demonstrable experience with maintenance strategy, preventive and predictive maintenance, and asset life-cycle planning
• Experience leading CAPEX projects and delivering engineering solutions to handover
• Fluent English. Proficiency in Dutch or French is an advantage

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Professional certification in reliability engineering, asset management (for example ISO 55001) or similar
• Experience with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and reliability data analytics
• Practical knowledge of process safety, electrical safety and mechanical integrity in a GMP or regulated setting
• Experience building communities of practice and scaling best practices across multiple sites
• Experience in spare parts management, obsolescence planning and supplier management
  Strong stakeholder engagement skills and a proven track record delivering cross-functional change

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Why GSK?

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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.

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