Job title: Capital Engineering Lead
Location: Parma, Italy
Employment type: Permanent, Full-Time
Closing date for applications: 11 November 2026

Position Summary As a Capital Engineering Lead you will support the delivery of Capital Projects within the site capital project team.

Responsibilities

- Coordinating the submission of Building Control and Planning applications
- Coordination of Procurement Plan preparation and submission to GSK
- Preparation / update of Health and Safety File
- Issuing and receiving of permits
- Coordination of change control
- Coordinating and leading site surveys by sub-contractors
- Leading and coordinating stage gate reviews
- Coordinating Constructability Reviews
- Coordinating FATs and attendance by team members
- Responsible for the safe delivery of projects to budget and schedule
- Ensure good communication between engineering disciplines
- Maintain effective dialogue with other project engineers
- Ensure an effective risk management process is adopted
- Ensure adherence to HSE requirements within sphere of influence
- Effective coordination of all elements of the project, with a hands‑on, can‑do attitude where necessary
- Good stakeholder management and client interfacing during pre‑construction, construction, commissioning and validation
- Development of relationships with internal and external customers and organizations
- Responsible for ensuring delivery of scopes in line with department KPIs, as far as the PE can influence
- Ensure compliance with all relevant EHS and Quality procedures
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and policies, including the Construction (Design and Management)



2015 regulations and other relevant UK Law
- Implementing and maintaining safety measures, including carrying out risk assessments and ensuring all construction and demolition works are carried out under an approved safe system of works
- Managing resources effectively, including securing site‑based resources and coordinating with production for downtime requirements

Qualifications & Skills

- Degree in an appropriate discipline of Engineering.
- Engineering experience and experience of project delivery (Cost, Resource, Schedule, Risk).
- Proven experience in managing multi‑disciplined pharmaceutical projects or other relevant industries is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of the site QMS and Regulatory Requirements (Safety and Quality) relative to the defined process.
- Experience in change management methodology and advocate of GPS principles.
- Knowledge of historical, current, and anticipated manufacturing plant and equipment.
- The job holder will have sufficient scientific and engineering credibility to effectively interface with and influence key stakeholders, internal and external.
- Broad knowledge of professional engineering environment, associated disciplines, and commercial awareness.
- Demonstrated capability and leadership to effectively manage a team.
- Fluent in Italian and English,



both written and spoken.

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

- Additional Accountability Promoting a can‑do attitude / growth mindset.
- Leading improvement activities, initiating and taking ownership of ideas.
- Encouraging others to put forward new ideas.
- Participating in cross‑functional improvement activities teams and co‑operating with other functions.
- Effective decision making within their sphere of influence.
- Complexity Diversity of processes and equipment.
- Many processes unique to GSK.
- Stretched understanding of equipment limits due to NPI applications.
- Must achieve goals via technical resource with and without direct line authority.
- Essential multifunctional and external interactions.
- Need to articulate technical information to and from a variety of third parties.

What We Offer

- Permanent contract in a very Inclusive environment
- Flexible Benefits
- Lavoro da remoto up to 50% for eligible roles
- Company Healthcare Plan
- Integrative pension fund
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Sustainable Mobility Programme
- Company canteen
- Performance Reward

Please note international relocation support cannot be provided; therefore, only candidates who are already based in the indicated country can be considered.

Salary

Italian Salary Range / Fascia retributiva in Italia: EUR 57,750 to EUR 96,250
The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the m

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