Senior Process Automation Engineer:
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide day-to-day operation's support for automated equipment and skid vendor proprietary equipment.
* Work with Engineering and Operations personnel to troubleshoot issues, make changes to the control systems in line with site change control procedures and site standards, respond to system events and perform routine computer system maintenance checks.
* Provide subject matter expertise for automated system design, development, installation, testing, validation, and support.
During Major Projects:
* Technically lead and oversee the work and material the equipment vendor produces including functional requirements, design specifications, network architectures, application software, test specifications.
* Attend equipment and software FATs, support commissioning, provide periodic status updates to Project Management.
* Develop and implement programmable logic controller (PLC) automation system software design, coding/configuration, and testing (sequence logic, graphics, etc.).
* Design and develop Human-Machine Interface (HMI) systems for user interaction with PLCs.
* Project Management of related automation projects.
* Maintain the validated state of the logistics automated systems in line with quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation.
Role Requirements:
* 5 years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
* Experience with Siemens PLC/HMI configuration (S7 1500s), IPCs, TIA portal, Win CC, and IGel technology.
* Industrial communication protocols such as Modbus, HART, Foundation fieldbus, OPC DA & UA, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, RS485.
* Simatic Login, User Management component systems performing backup and restore disaster recovery.
Additional Requirements:
* Demonstrated ability to participate in and facilitate decision-making.
* Demonstrated initiative, good planning, and organisational skills, ability to prioritise tasks, commitment to task completion, and timelines.
* Possess a keen technical curiosity and have demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement.
* Strong collaborative skills with an ability to work effectively in a team environment.
* Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners.
* Strong written and verbal communications skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Direct hands-on experience designing, coding, and testing with Siemens PLCs.
* Ideal knowledge of pick and place equipment and logistic/warehouse automation systems.
* SQL Databases Server/Client systems automation networking automation system administration S95 architecture design experience instrumentation and controls knowledge experience in troubleshooting automation systems and related integrated systems such as warehouse management system experience in Root Cause Analysis methodologies experience in developing design specifications test protocols and executing tests experience in developing documents with Kneat electronic document management system experience with data historians such as AVEVA PI Version Dog Octoplant Domain related controls such as Simatic UMC.
Fluent English is a must-have for this role.