What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automation Lead Engineer (DeltaV) position at Lorven Technologies, Inc.?
Our client is looking Automation Lead Engineer (DeltaV) for long term Contract position located in Indianapolis, IN and below is the detailed requirements.
Job Title : Automation Lead Engineer (DeltaV)
Location : Indianapolis, IN
Job Mode : Contract
Job Description:
- Own or support the technical scope for the assigned automation project area.
- Act as the automation representative in cross‑functional leadership meetings, ensuring alignment with process engineering, digital/MES, and quality teams.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders and senior leadership regarding automation scope, status, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Collaborate with program technical teams to ensure automation solutions align with overall automation philosophy and standards.
- Provide technical direction to the project team for the assigned area/node and ensure adherence to applicable standards.
- Ensure consistency and quality of automation deliverables, including requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes.
- Participate in P&ID reviews and lead control strategy development.
- Define software components that need to be created or modified.
- Communicate progress, issues, and resource needs to the automation project manager across the full workstream.
- Lead the development, review, and approval of functional requirements and specifications.
- Lead the design of parameter and recipe specification philosophy.
- Address and resolve technical queries from system integrators.
- Lead and collaborate on software testing strategies and execution.
- Identify and drive remediation efforts related to process control software.
- Identify, assess, and plan responses for technical risks within the assigned area.
- Maintain compliance with all applicable training requirements.
- Provide training, guidance, and mentoring to junior engineers and broader project team members.
- Champion the adoption of emerging automation technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance system efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
Skills:
- Strong hands‑on experience in DeltaV design, implementation, and testing
- Automation systems within pharmaceutical/life sciences environments
- Strong experience in API/bulk manufacturing automation
- Control strategy development and P&ID interpretation
- Functional Requirements, FDS, Control Strategies, Recipes, and Phases development
- Software design: defining, modifying, and validating automation software components
- Automation standards adherence and implementation
- Software testing strategies and execution
- Understanding of MES/Digital systems and integration touchpoints