Senior Automation Engineer 1, MES

FujifilmHolly Springs, NC
Onsite

About The Position

The Automation Senior Engineer 1, MES, provides support to the Drug Substance Manufacturing (DSM) facility. This includes implementing changes to the Automation systems, updating design documents, executing testing, troubleshooting events, and being part of Automation on-call support. This role will lead projects and handle complex changes while coordinating with other internal and external groups.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field of study relevant to Automation or Instrumentation & Controls with 8 years of Automation experience OR Master’s degree in a technical field of study relevant to Automation or Instrumentation & Controls with 6+ years of Automation experience.
  • Prior experience with MES that includes understanding behavior code, ET Configuration, EM Configuration, DeltaV DCS Configuration concepts, and SC Consumer Execution Group Configuration.
  • Personal ownership and proactive collaboration with external business partners and internal stakeholders
  • Effective communication, both written and oral
  • Advanced problem-solving skills
  • Ability to effectively present complex information to others
  • Ability to provide feedback to others, including leaders
  • Ability to remain up to date on regulatory and quality requirements for manufacturing

Nice To Haves

  • Prior experience and exposure to modelling BPR and eBR recipe components in a Manufacturing Executing System
  • Proficiency in the fundamental technologies used within DeltaV MES (Syncade), such as SQL Stored Procedures and xPath Matching.
  • Previous experience within pharma/GMP experience

Responsibilities

  • Spearheads the Automation team through activities, such as code configuration within several process areas and scope work
  • Leads the development for various specification documents (e.g., user requirements specification (URS), functional specification (FS), design qualification (DQ), etc.)
  • Supports global alignment of our implemented capabilities, maintaining and protecting our global platform concept
  • Leads the development for various test protocols and functional testing documents (e.g., installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), etc.)
  • Plans and implements the technical direction for the area of responsibility
  • Leads small teams through Automation changes and Tech Transfers
  • Makes complex decisions across single Automation systems
  • Contributes to Automation system hardware and software designs
  • Serves as on-call support for Automation inquiries and troubleshooting
  • Collaborates with other departments, such as Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Validation
  • Conducts training and presents information to the team or other stakeholders
  • Other duties, as assigned
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