Automation Engineering Technician (2nd Shift)

GSK•Zebulon, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals: Associate degree, technical certificate, or equivalent experience in controls, instrumentation, electrical or related field. 3+ years hands-on experience with industrial control systems, including PLC programming. Experience with instrumentation, sensors, actuators and control loop tuning. Experience supporting commissioning, start-up or validation activities in a regulated environment. Experience using maintenance or enterprise systems (for example SAP) to document work and parts.

Requirements

Associate degree, technical certificate, or equivalent experience in controls, instrumentation, electrical or related field.
3+ years hands-on experience with industrial control systems, including PLC programming.
Experience with instrumentation, sensors, actuators and control loop tuning.
Experience supporting commissioning, start-up or validation activities in a regulated environment.
Experience using maintenance or enterprise systems (for example SAP) to document work and parts.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
Technical expertise in P&ID nomenclature, instrumentation and electrical wiring diagrams.
Proficient in SAP (work orders, history, maintenance plans).
Good knowledge of cGMPs, and experience in an FDA regulated environment.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Bachelor's in science in Engineering
Experience within Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Civil/Structural, Instrumentation & Controls
Technical knowledge of this the technology and ability to problem solve.
Works well on team, flexibility, time management, task prioritization, Strong communication skills, self-motivated
Ability to learn quickly, think creatively and apply new skills given rapid change in technology
Knowledge of Industrial communication protocols (Modbus, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet, BACnet, OPC UC, etc.)
Experience w/ Software(s): Kepware, Wireshark, Patch Manger, Service Now, Panorama, Tenable.IO, VM Ware, ESXi Host Manag. and familiar w/ Nutanix or other hyperconverged environments
Experience administering Windows Active Directory, Network Services (IP, DHCP, DNS and WINS), group management
Experience with serialization systems; experience with MES solutions; experience with laboratory automation; experience with databases.
Experience working in a regulated / GMP environment
Experience working onsite with local teams and remotely with global teams
Knowledge of Industrial Cybersecurity Standards
Available for On-Call as required

Responsibilities

Provide daily on the floor production support to value stream areas experiencing engineering/automation or instrumentation and controls equipment issues or failure.
Work with maintenance, engineering and production staff in developing and implementing a variety of equipment improvements, primarily in the areas of OEE, reliability engineering, safety, or process and/or quality improvements.
Work with maintenance staff in continuously evaluating corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance strategies on production equipment and systems by participation in continuous improvement projects.
Develop technical documentation including e-pips, Change Control Request, technical specifications, training documents, etc as directed by maintenance supervisor.
Provide mentoring and support to maintenance staff as required.
Support capability development of engineering techs (ET) by participating is skills assessments and training sessions.