Description
Senior Automation Engineer
Team Horizon is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer for a leading pharmaceutical company in Sligo.
Why you should apply:
1. This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class manufacturing operation, with an outstanding track record of reliably delivering high-quality medicines to patients around the world suffering serious illnesses.
2. There is a strong culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the company to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives.
3. Our client is developing the capability to produce all its medicines, helping to ensure continuity of supply of our medicines as they expand internationally.
What you will be doing:
4. Manage Automation projects throughout the project lifecycle.
5. Provide technical support to all control system related issues. Tasks include, daily trouble shooting, optimisation, and documentation control.
6. Leadership of control system validation activities during project start-up.
7. Life cycle management of the on site control systems, to GAMP-4 requirements.
8. Project management of control system elements of continuous improvement projects. Work closely with process engineers/ technical support chemists and other departments to deliver these continuous improvement projects.
9. Project management and technical development of future integrations of the control systems, with planned MIS and ERP systems.
10. Departmental budgeting as delegated by the Automation & IT Manager.
11. Adheres to and supports all EHS & E standards, procedures and policies.
12. To administer and support all Automation & IT Processes in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing environment.
13. Implement, qualify, commission and maintain manufacturing Automation & IT systems (MES, SCADA) and associate IT infrastructure that delivers operational efficiency and agility.
14. Identify, evaluate and implement opportunities for continuous Automation & IT process improvement.
15. Define requirements on capital projects and interact with internal & external stakeholders, vendors and contractors.
16. Work with Production/Engineering and Quality to troubleshoot and optimise output, minimise contamination and minimise costs.
17. Generate & Maintain documentation (SOP’s & Technical Documentation) for full cGMP validation and operation, including documentation of changes made.
18. Maintain Data Integrity Program, including remediation of legacy systems to ensure robust procedure and systems are in place covering data integrity, security and recovery.
19. Actively Contribute to the Automation Business Strategy.
20. Any other duties as assigned.
What you need to apply:
21. Relevant 3rd level degree in Mechatronics, Electronics or Computer Technology.
22. 5-10 years’ experience in process automation, with relevant experience of batch processing and DCS platforms in a GMP environment in the pharmaceutical industry.
23. 3 years’ experience of the 21 CFR Part 11 requirements for automated systems in the pharmaceutical industry.
24. 3 years plus of Experience of plant start-ups and/or new product introductions to pharmaceutical facilities. Must be able to lead these activities in a start-up environment.
25. Experience with PLC (Siemens), SCADA and process equipment. SCADA experience (iFix, WinCC).
Knowledge of Shop floor Network & Control Architecture with Electronic Batch Record Implementation. Instrumentation/Automation & Control knowledge with BMS / SCADA / DCS / PLC.