Automation Engineer

Sanofi • Framingham, MA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The MA Bio-Campus is home to Sanofi’s digital facility which won ISPE’s Facility of the Future and Facility of the Year 2020. As such, the Manufacturing Systems & Automation group is responsible for executing Sanofi’s Digital Strategy to deliver innovative solutions. Focused on Digital 4.0, this group is involved in delivering digital solutions for large capital projects as well as continuous improvement and optimizing existing solutions. The group is responsible for design, implementation, support, and maintenance of digital systems aligned with site and company goals. The group is responsible for maintaining stable, qualified, and highly available computing infrastructure and digital software applications. This encompasses work processes that originate with the identification of a new or revised digital systems, the design, installation, verification and validation of the system, the maintenance of the system in its commissioned/qualified/validated state and the retirement of the system at the end of its life.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or related technological field and 2+ years of experience in the automation field preferably in the life sciences.
• Master's degree with 1+ years of experience in the automation field preferably in the life sciences field.
• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with DeltaV automation.
• Experience with multiple computerized systems (Ignition, Werum PAS-X, PI, etc.).
• Experience with SCADA/PLC systems such as Rockwell Factory Talk/RSLogix, Honeywell.
• Understanding of network infrastructure.
• Experience with systems/network/validation, preferable in the chemical, pharmaceutical, foods, or other process industries.
• Electrical Engineer or Chemical Engineer.
• Experienced in establishment of safe practices in a cGMP environment.
• Understanding of virtual environments, VMWare, Hyper-V.
• Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable.
• Proven technical and analytical skills to quickly resolve automation system issues.

Responsibilities

• Providing automation expertise for small to medium projects, including continuous improvement and retrofit.
• Troubleshooting and supporting the delivery of future enhancements for automation-related systems.
• Maintaining and providing technical support, ensuring availability of automation systems for multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Providing leadership and direction to junior team members.
• Ensuring timely issue escalation to senior management and cross-functional support teams.
• Partnering with support teams (e.g., Manufacturing, Quality) to ensure deliverables are completed to meet production schedules.
• Providing technical solutions to a wide range of process automation related design challenges.
• Ensuring process equipment automation is available to support operations schedule requirements.
• Managing small departmental projects and ensuring appropriate controls, approvals, and validation requirements are implemented.
• Integrating systems and data from a variety of skidded systems, analytical equipment, and process/building control systems.
• Developing robust solutions that have minimal downtime and ensure data integrity.
• Contributing to the development of automation standards.
• Complying with Sanofi requirements for training.
• Ensuring Inspection Readiness of assigned areas.
• Overseeing completion of investigations and deviations.
• Ensuring all assigned deviations and CAPA’s are closed in a timely manner.
• Ensuring that Automation documentation is compliant and inspection ready.
• Participating in inspections conducted by external regulators.
• Complying with requirements from Genzyme’s Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements.
• Working collaboratively with inter-department and cross-functional teams to lead necessary changes in a timely and productive manner.
• Partnering with Manufacturing to troubleshoot and drive resolution of process issues and proactively driving projects to improve manufacturing processes.
• Partnering with Operational Excellence to drive process improvements through Kaizens, Kanban, 5S and VSM.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level