Sr Automation Engineer

· Develop & manage plans to maintain & improve process control systems.

· Schedule & execute plans in coordination with manufacturing schedules.

• Operate as automation lead on projects that involve process control systems.

• Assist with developing & managing budgets for maintaining & improving process control systems.

• Develop & maintain automation standards, specifications & maintenance plans.

• Own self development & initiative to understand the site process control systems.

• Adhere to the automation standards & establish new automation standards when necessary.

• Lead the site in establishing automation direction & strategy (hardware & software standards).

• Lead troubleshooting for automation-related downtime.

• Function as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned areas/technologies.

• Support audits & inspections as SME for process control systems.

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of stakeholder management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering/related field or equivalent combination of experience & education required.

• Minimum ten (10) years of engineering experience in process-based manufacturing, utility &/or packaging systems required.

• Experience troubleshooting automation & control systems & batch processes required.

• Experience working in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment required.

• Knowledgeable in SCADA (i.e. iFix, Ignition, FactoryTalk), PLC & HMI (Rockwell/AB, Siemens, etc.), historian/data collections required.

• Programming & configuration of process control systems required.

• Windows based operating systems & associated applications required.

• System interfacing & integration & user access management required.

• Virtual machines/environments (preferably VMWare) preferred.

• Knowledgeable in Oracle, MS SQL preferred.

• IT competencies to an understanding level: domain, networking, firewall, group policies/permissions, system backup & restore preferred.

• Knowledgeable in MES (PAS-X, etc.); MS SQL, databases preferred.

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