• This position has the responsibility of providing advanced design, troubleshooting support and advancement of site automation technologies including production equipment and building automation.
• This position will provide design, programming and troubleshooting support of automated controls to plant services department for plant engineering, construction and maintenance work.
• This position will also manage capital and expense projects and implement modifications to existing systems
• Manage capital and expense projects ensuring sustainable growth of site automation technologies.
• Maintain building automation system including lifecycle management, modification and troubleshooting in compliance with BIAH SOPs and current industry standards.
• Research and evaluate potential automation projects to determine feasibility. Provide data and proposals to management to guide site investment strategy. Develop and implement site automation improvement initiatives.
• Act as automation and controls subject matter expert on large capital projects.
• Support day to day site automation and controls needs, minimizing production loss.
• Produce and implement CAPA plans to prevent future occurrences. Lead root cause analysis initiatives as related to automation topics
• Research new technologies, gain competency and train others after implementation.
• This position requires multitasking and frequent assessment of priorities to ensure that production and project goals are achieved in a fast paced environment

Interfaces:

• This position will interface with all internal functions, depending on project.
• Primarily, this position will interface with operations, maintenance and engineering, validation and IT. Additionally, this position will interface with external contractors specific to project or system needs.

Job Expertise:

• The responsibilities of this position are to interact with automation and to manage automation projects on a daily basis.
• Because of this, expertise with automation (PLCs, HMI/SCADAs, building automation and robotics) and project management tools is required

Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of biopharmaceutical regulations and good manufacturing practices is preferred.
• Integrator level capability in the following:
• Low voltage controls (relays, safety circuits, drives, etc.)
• Devices and interface technologies (sensors, IO modules, fieldbus and networking)
• PLC programming including ladder, function block and structured text. RSLogix experience is preferred.
• HMI/SCADA FactoryTalk View experience is preferred. Proficiency in the following:
• Mechanical design methods and techniques using 30 CAD SolidWorks experience is preferred.
• Building automation systems. Siemens Insight or Desigo experience is Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing in a cross functional team. Good project management and organizational skills.