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Sr. Associate, Automation Engineering

Pfizer
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Nov 2024
💰 $130,000/yr($78,000/yr$130,000/yr)

About the role

Why Patients Need You

Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what’s possible and taking action.

What You Will Achieve

Working with Pfizer’s dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical role in the management of manufacturing information systems to improve manufacturing success rates and ensuring zero down time.

As a Senior Associate, your knowledge and skills will contribute towards the goals and objectives of the team.  Your focus and ability to meet team targets will help in completing critical deliverables. Your innovative use of communication tools and techniques will facilitate in explaining difficult issues and establishing consensus between teams.

It is your hard work and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

  • Contribute to the completion of projects, manage own time on agreed targets, develop plans for own projects and leads small project teams.

  • Monitor, generate and complete the periodic review, validation master plan for the automation engineering program.

  • Demonstrate good planning, organizing, time management and team participation skills.

  • Responsible for routine and preventive maintenance work, ensure all the equipment and facilities work safely, efficiently and reliably.

  • Generate and develop standard operating procedures and system support.

  • Analyze operational process problems and recommend appropriate corrective and preventative actions.

  • Manage change control authoring and execution.

  • Participate in the site and network wide teams to provide cybersecurity alignment and direction.

  • Provide after hour on-call support of our automation systems and perform automation activities for capital and non-capital projects.

  • Modify moderately complex to highly complex control logic that requires a degree of scientific and/or manufacturing process expertise.

  • Mentor and guide junior staff and serve as a technical trainer, whenever necessary.

  • Clearly communicate progress and issues to peers.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience OR an associates degree with 6 years of experience OR a bachelors with at least 3 years of experience OR Masters with more than 1 year of experience.

  • Experience in Automation Engineering

  • Experience with Delta V and/or Allen Bradley PLC

  • Experience with writing software test plans, user requirements, and system design documents

  • Experience on Automation Compliance projects

  • Familiar with process controls equipment

  • Strong knowledge of Computerized Systems, Compliance regulations and standards

  • Teamwork spirit, good communication skills and training abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills (written and oral)

Nice-to-Have

  • Relevant pharmaceutical experience

  • Understanding of programming, and proficiency in at least one language

  
 

Physical / Mental requirements

  • Position requirements are typical for a manufacturing plant-based work environment with shop floor exposure in manufacturing and utilities. 

  • There are no unusual physical or mental requirements for this position.

Non-Standard work schedule, travel or environment requirements

  • Will be required to be on a On-call for 7days on a rotation every eight weeks

Other job details

  • Last day to apply: December 3rd, 2024

  • Relocation support available

  • Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $78,000.00 to $130,000.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 10.0% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an

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