Utilities Engineer

Site Name: Pakistan - Sindh - Karachi
Posted Date: Sep 9 2025

Job Purpose

The role involves overseeing the assigned utility area, including its operation, maintenance, and day-to-day activities. It requires supervising and executing jobs in designated areas, such as HVAC operations, water and steam systems, effluent treatment, and ancillaries, ensuring smooth, efficient, cost-effective, and safe operations in compliance with QMS, EHS, and engineering standards, policies, and procedures. Additionally, the role demands cross-functional coordination and alignment with operational engineering staff working in production areas to achieve targeted results in utilities operations.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelors in Engineering (Mechanical) is required for this role.
• 3 – 5 Years of experience is preferred in a similar role.
• Possesses strong communication, presentation, and computer skills.
• Demonstrates effective negotiation and time management skills.
• Competent and knowledgeable in utility systems, techniques, and methods, particularly within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Capable of leading both operational problem-solving and project work.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and control site Utilities and Facilities to ensure its availability to serve business continuity. Also maintain and monitor budget and expenses to reduce operational cost and meet the budget targets.
• Supervises efforts by internal staff and external contractors to troubleshoot, repair, maintain, calibrate, test, and replace equipment and components for systems such as: Utility supplies (water, gas, electrical), HVAC, chillers, air compressors, water purification systems, boilers, air handling units, Facilities & clean rooms, and exhaust equipment.
• Leads / Coordinate a team of internal and external resources during developing projects of utilities/facilities. Support Utilities manager to plan Annual Budget and project plans and support for development of site Capex.
• Planning and executing the activities related to the maintaining and repairing of Physical systems of utilities equipment and effective asset life cycle management.
• Control and manage engineering supplies and contractual service to ensure satisfied quality, spare inventory, and service level.
• Carry out Engineering Utilities related Risks Assessment procedures as well as Self Inspections and Conduct/ Review GAP analysis for GESs/ES’s/EP’s (applied to Utilities systems).
• Ensure that requirements of TP-13 are fulfilled in the concerned area.
• Ensure changes proposed to plant and processes are suitable for and implemented into the Utilities operation successfully. This will involve liaison with other groups especially technical, quality, engineering and EHS to ensure improvement activities, CAPA and routine operation actions are appropriate. This will include preparing minor capital investments proposals and some elements of project programme management and change control.
• Develop and define maintenance routines are in place for all items of equipment.
• Ensure compliance with GSK F268 engineering standards, GSK Global engineering standards and all local standards applicable to utilities (In conjunction with EHS department).

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.

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