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Job Description

• About the Role:

 Contributes to the successful implementation of system improvement projects and drives improvements around manufacturing KFA (key focus areas) goals including but not limited to people/safety, quality/regulatory/compliance, customer, financials, and operational excellence. Mentors and guides manufacturing staff on the purification processes, and controls around the process.

Works as part of the Automation Engineering team to partner with Process Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Maintenance and Manufacturing in troubleshooting the automated control processes.

Responsible for administration, maintenance, assessments, evaluations, troubleshooting, diagnostics, optimization and documentation of existing control systems.

Plans, schedules and leads project assignments using various engineering techniques, procedures and criteria with minimal guidance.

How you will Contribute:

• Implement systems to improve manufacturing KFAs by building a strong partnership with floor leadership. Drives value added results for the business by identifying improvement opportunities from the metrics and implementing them on a timely manner. If metrics do not exist, implement meaningful metrics for the business in a close partnership with floor leadership.
• Performs user interventions (UI) to ensure that the manufacturing process maintains a continuous flow. Implements sustainable system to reduce UI occurrence and re-occurrence.
• Solves automation system and manufacturing equipment issues that result in production delays, coordinates and contacts support groups for assistance. This support will include DeltaV, EBM, PLC/HMI, BAS, process, equipment, and instrumentation.
• Leads the team in day-to-day troubleshooting of control systems and instrumentation, recommends improvements. Implement actions to prevent recurrence - this includes process and equipment issues.
• Owns and closes corrective actions related to the automation system; this includes but is not limited to Corrective Action & Preventative Action (CAPA) that are generated due to user interventions and non-conformances/events.
• Owns system(s) in the purification process and provides expert feedback for change notices, user interventions, and non-conformance investigations.
• Updates Standard Operation and Preventive Maintenance Procedures for the existing equipment and control systems.
• Leads the automation scope for large-scale programs and multiple small projects with complex features. Executes projects in accordance with the LA Plant Project Management Methodology guidelines and practices.
• Execute and actively participate in ownership of Project Records (PRs) , configuration changes, functional tests, Commissioning Plans, and Qualification Protocols.
• Supports PLC/HMI based control systems for various stand-alone equipment such as COP skids, Autoclave and Material Lifts, among others.
• Performs financial planning and assists in the analysis to justify project approval.
• Reviews, continuously updates and standardizes control systems current technical documentation and drawings: User Requirement Specifications, Functional Specifications, Design Specifications, electrical/control drawings, control network diagrams, system configuration, control components h/w and s/w settings, panel layouts; BOMs, and Spare Parts lists.
• Conduct regular audits and revise SOPs/specifications to maintain a rigid connection between control system actions, installation processes, backups, restorations, and manual operations.
• Perform system administration activitie