Automation Team Lead

Job Description

Job Description

At our Company's Manufacturing Facility in Elkton, Virginia we currently have an Associate Director of Automation position available. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply their enthusiasm and technical skills as leader of a multidisciplinary team supporting the operation of pharmaceutical product manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities Include:

• Managing a team of automation engineers, providing direction, priorities, feedback, and formal reviews.
• Providing lead automation support for various manufacturing projects and systems such as Programmable Logic Controllers, Distributed Control Systems, Original Equipment Manufacturer platforms, and Building Automation Systems.
• Providing leadership for automation upgrade and new installation projects.
• Evaluates automation and data systems to develop strategies to ensure quality and stability of automation systems through future expansion, replacement, or upgrade.
• Initiate and lead collaboration within the Operations, Quality and Technical organizations to resolve complex problems and deliver efficient solutions.
• Responsible for trouble-shooting challenging equipment / automation issues to improve manufacturing performance.
• (yield, cycle time, reliability, etc.) and maintaining the automation systems in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Principles (cGMPs).
• Must be willing to work closely with various site and central groups in order to ensure control systems are designed, implemented and maintained in a manner to ensure manufacturing requirements are met.
• Providing training and serving as a mentor for junior engineers.
• Designing solutions to ensure quality and stability of automation systems through future expansions, replacements, or upgrades.
• Using technical knowledge to assure the efficient operation of a variety of automated processing and information.
• technology systems. Takes a lead role in installing and placing new equipment into operation.
• Develops solutions for automation problems. Oversees investigations of automation anomalies to prevent recurrence.
• Understand and support all cGMPs, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Communicates daily with operation, technical, and quality representatives within area of support through the tier process.
• Periodically reviews automation documents, performs preventive maintenance, and revises or develops automation.
• Standard Operating Procedures.
• Develops and supports corrective actions associated with automation related deviations/investigations.
• Participates in audits and training programs in the area of responsibility.
• On the floor trouble shooting support of manufacturing activities.
• Identifies and implements process/equipment improvements and manufacturing efficiencies.
• Maintains all system life cycle documentation.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Systems, Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, or Information technology.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience as an automation development engineer or system administrator.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Emerson DeltaV, Allen Bradley PLC, OSI-PI, SQL, and Infobatch.
• Batch Processing and S88 standard.
• Knowledge of GAMP standard.
• Aseptic processing/sterile manufacturing experience.

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Requisition ID:R251026