Building Mechanic

GlaxoSmithKline
King of Prussia, PA

As a Building Mechanic, you will be responsible for operating, maintaining, and installing equipment used for operation within the GMP biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility

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

  • Operate, maintain, and repair steam boilers and related equipment including deaerators, pumps, valves, regulators, hot water generators, humidifiers, steam traps, and associated control systems.
  • Operate, maintain, and repair chilled water systems including chillers, pumps, cooling towers, and control systems.
  • Operate, maintain, and repair high purity water systems including multimedia filtration systems, water softeners, reverse osmosis systems, wfi distillation units, clean steam generators, pumps, and associated control systems.
  • Operate, maintain, and repair direct expansion air conditioning or refrigeration systems and components including compressors, coils, valves, regulators, and associated control systems.
  • Operate, maintain, and repair building control devices including pneumatic valves, thermostats, controllers, relays, and transmitters.
  • Operate, maintain, and repair ventilation equipment including air handlers, exhaust fans, cooling and heating coils, and associated control systems and instrumentation
  • Operate, maintain, and repair compressed air systems including compressor packages, desiccant dryers, valves, and associated control systems.
  • Inspect, replace, align, adjust, and lubricate mechanical system components including bearings, gear boxes, belt drives, shaft couplings, mechanical seals, and related devices.
  • Observe and record equipment operating conditions by inspecting equipment operation and completing appropriate logs. Monitor the building automation, automated utility controls systems, and life safety alarm system. Investigate, remediate, and report alarms to appropriate personnel.
  • Safely perform preventative and corrective maintenance tasks on utility equipment and systems. Make recommendations for maintenance tasks and frequencies and procedural/operational changes to enhance equipment life and maintainability. Identify spare parts and consumables necessary to perform these tasks

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

  • High school diploma or GED

  • 5+ years of experience in engineering or maintaining industrial process or utility equipment

  • Experience working within cGMP’s, regulatory guidelines, governmental codes, and standard operating procedure.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

  • Strong communications skills, both verbal and written.

  • Skills and knowledge to serve as a resource to less experienced employees

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Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at [email protected] where you can also request a call.

Please note should your inquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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Posted 2026-02-20

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