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We are seeking a strong Senior Automation Engineer to lead the automation scope within a complex pharmaceutical manufacturing program. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership capability, and hands-on delivery experience.
Top 3 Must-Have Skills
We are seeking a strong Senior Automation Engineer to lead the automation scope within a complex pharmaceutical manufacturing program. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership capability, and hands-on delivery experience.
Top 3 Must-Have Skills
- Deep hands-on expertise in DeltaV (design, implementation, and testing)
- Strong experience in pharmaceutical/life sciences automation, preferably API/bulk manufacturing
- Proven experience leading cross-functional automation teams
- Own and drive the technical automation scope for assigned project areas
- Represent automation in cross-functional leadership meetings, ensuring alignment across automation, process engineering, MES/digital, and quality
- Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders and leadership regarding automation deliverables, risks, and progress
- Ensure alignment with program-wide automation standards and architecture
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams across assigned nodes/areas
- Ensure consistency across:
- Requirements
- Functional specifications
- Control strategies
- Phases and recipes
- Participate in P&ID reviews and lead control strategy design
- Define and oversee software components development/modifications
- Lead functional requirement reviews and approvals
- Drive parameter and recipe specification design philosophy
- Respond to system integrator technical queries
- Lead and support software testing strategy and validation
- Identify and manage technical risks and mitigation plans
- Assess and lead remediation efforts for process control systems
- Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to the Automation Project Manager
- Mentor and support junior engineers and team members
- Promote adoption of modern tools, technologies, and automation best practices
- Extensive hands-on experience with Emerson DeltaV DCS
- Strong background in GMP-regulated pharmaceutical environments
- Demonstrated experience leading automation workstreams or teams
- Expertise in batch automation, control systems design, and validation
- Strong understanding of process control and recipe-driven manufacturing
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills