Our client, a leader in the pharmaceutical industry is seeking an Automatin Engineer ( NPI Project ) to join their team at their Sligo Facility on a 12 month FTC.
Job summary:
To provide technical support and program management to all manufacturing operations and NPI’s.
To provide technical leadership and control of all control system activities in the manufacturing facilities.
Responsibilities:
· Provide technical support to all control system related issues. Tasks include, daily trouble shooting, optimisation, and documentation control.
· Leadership of control system qualification activities during project start-up.
· Life cycle management of the onsite control systems, to GAMP-5 requirements.
· 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.
· Project management and technical development of future integrations of the control systems, with planned MES and ERP systems.
· Adheres to and supports all EHS & E standards, procedures and policies.
· Define proposals for long term plans for control system maintenance and improvements for management.
EHS Responsibilities:
- Comply with the EHS policy and procedures and demonstrate EHS best practices in all work activities;
- Continually be conscious of your own safety and that of others, always complying with safety notices and barriers;
- Report any EHS incidents and/or Near Misses (unsafe acts and conditions) immediately to your supervisor and always raise the event in EHS system.
- Support a culture of EHS excellence by recognizing and submitting opportunities for EHS improvement on EHS system.
- Attend all required EHS training and medical surveillance programs;
- Wear PPE as required.
Requirements:
· B.Sc or B. Eng Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in a relevant Technical discipline.(Masters desirable)
Technical/Business Knowledge -Job Skills
- 3+ years experience in process automation, with relevant experience of Vendor Packaged Equipment in a GMP environment in the pharmaceutical industry.
- 3 years experience of the 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 requirements for automated systems in the pharmaceutical industry.
- 3 years plus experience of plant start-ups and/or new product introductions to GMP facilities. Must be able to lead these activities in a start-up environment.
- Strong knowledge and experience of configuring and troubleshooting complex equipment control systems including PLC systems, and SCADA/HMI applications.
- Knowledge and experience control system networks, e.g. Profinet, Profibus, Modbus or CANBus.
- Knowledge and experience of Ethernet based networks, and network architecture models.
- Knowledge and experience of interfacing systems with plant historians such as Ignition & OSI-PI using OPC interfaces.
- Knowledge and experience of the life cycle management of control systems, including backup, recovery, user access controls, configuration management and change management.
- Knowledge and experience of Windows operating system administration.
For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Emma Daly
emma.daly@collinsmcnicholas.ie
0861041202