Automation Engineer

Automation Engineer

Description:

1. Technician

2. Engineer

Work with the Automation Team to provide Automation support for operations and project implementation. Provide technical support & guidance to Process, Maintenance & Facilities Engineers. Act as the Automation support contact with manufacturing operational area's Fill Finish, Oral Dose, Packaging, Projects, Maintenance & Facilities.

Identify, evaluate & implement opportunities for continuous improvement of the PLC / SCADA Automation Systems & applications. To provide high level Automation support to operations to ensure our automation systems are kept in a compliant manner.

Skills

• Excellent technical knowledge with good operational and/or project engineering experience i.e. all phases of the GAMP life cycle validation phases. * Control system Change Control & Validation Protocol generation, review and execution.
• Excellent Communication skills
• Team Player Experience:
• 3-5 years' experience in a pharmaceutical control systems operational and/or project engineering role.
• Experience of PLC systems Siemens Elau an advantage
• Experience of SCADA systems Ifix / Wonderware Utility MS and EMS systems * Vision systems Antares / Systech (experience of Packaging Serialisation would be a distinct advantage for this role)
• Experience of Packaging and/or sterile vial filling an advantage but not essential

Technician
Operational Support

• Hands on; Maintenance, PLCs Control Systems, Operational support in terms of Automations, support PLC/SCADA systems and applications
• Electrical background, automation, megatronics, maybe have pharma or medical device experience, manufacturing is also an advantage, hands on experience.
• Advantage if worked in IT
• infrastructure as a big crossover.

Engineer
Project Management

• User interfaces
• Data transfer
• OPC, MES and Pi systems, Data systems at the next level up
• Supporting as part of automation and maintenance team for anything day to day and running from automation point of view