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Overview

GSK is a global biopharma company focused on uniting science, technology, and talent to advance health. The Process Mechanic role involves performing maintenance and repairs on biopharmaceutical process equipment to ensure continuous production operations.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and repair process systems to assure continuous production operations.
  • Maintain and repair sanitary valves, agitation systems, pumps, and other sterile equipment.
  • Familiar with PLCs and distributed control systems and their interaction with process equipment.
  • Use schematics to diagnose electrical control and motor circuits.
  • Perform preventative and corrective maintenance tasks on process equipment.
  • Make recommendations for maintenance tasks and operational changes.
  • Identify spare parts and consumables necessary for maintenance tasks.
  • Perform metal fabrication tasks as necessary.
  • Inspect, replace, align, adjust, and lubricate mechanical system components.
  • Perform tasks requiring entry into tight spaces inside a bioreactor.

Requirements

  • High school diploma.
  • 2+ years of experience in maintaining and/or troubleshooting industrial process or utility equipment.
  • Experience in administrative tasks.
  • GMP or processing experience.
  • Ability to work in very tight, narrow, confined spaces.
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How this job compares in King of Prussia, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 113 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in King of Prussia, PA

King of Prussia, PA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 250 other active welding openings from 165 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in King of Prussia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

GSK currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), JB Poindexter Company (6), and TradeWorx (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $34/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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