Automation Engineer

About The Job

The MA Bio-Campus is home to Sanofi’s digital facility which won ISPE’s Facility of the Future and Facility of the Year 2020. The Manufacturing Systems & Automation group is responsible for executing Sanofi’s Digital Strategy to deliver innovative solutions. This group focuses on Digital 4.0, working on digital solutions for large capital projects as well as continuous improvement and optimizing existing solutions. They are responsible for designing, implementing, supporting, and maintaining digital systems aligned with site and company goals.

Main Responsibilities

This position is responsible for providing automation expertise for small to medium projects. These projects include continuous improvement and retrofit. This person will troubleshoot and support delivery of future enhancements for automation related systems. The Automation Engineer II will be responsible for maintaining and providing technical support, ensuring availability of the automation systems for multiple manufacturing facilities.

Leadership

Additional Responsibilities include: Providing leadership and direction to junior team members while embodying the principles of the Sanofi Global Leadership Model. Ensuring timely issue escalation to senior management and cross-functional support teams. Partnering with support teams i.e., Manufacturing, Quality, etc. to ensure deliverables are completed to meet production schedules.

Automation

Provide technical solutions to a wide range of process automation related design challenges. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives. Responsible for ensuring process equipment automation are available to support operations schedule requirements. Manage small departmental projects and ensure that the appropriate controls, approvals, and validation requirements are implemented. Integrate systems and data from a variety of skidded systems, analytical equipment, and process/building control systems. Develop robust solutions that have minimal downtime and ensure data integrity. Contribute to the development of automation standards.

Training / Deviations / Compliance / Safety

Complying with Sanofi requirements for training. Ensuring Inspection Readiness of assigned areas. Overseeing completion of investigations and deviations. Ensuring all assigned deviations and CAPA’s are closed in a timely manner. Ensuring that Automation documentation is compliant and inspection ready. Participating in inspections conducted by external regulators. Complying with requirements from Genzyme’s Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements.

Continuous Improvement

Working collaboratively with inter-department and cross-functional teams to lead necessary changes in a timely and productive manner. Partnering with Manufacturing to troubleshoot and drive resolution of process issues and proactively driving projects to improve manufacturing process. Partnering with Operational Excellence to drive process improvements through Kaizens, Kanban, 5S and VSM.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or related technological field and 2+ years of experience in the automation field preferably in the life sciences
• Master's degree with 1+ years of experience in the automation field preferably in the life sciences field
• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA)
• Experience with DeltaV automation
• Experience with multiple computerized systems (Ignition, Werum PAS-X, PI, etc.)
• Experience with SCADA/PLC systems such as Rockwell Factory Talk/RSLogix, Honeywell
• Understanding of network infrastructure
• Experience with systems/network/validation, preferable in the chemical, pharmaceutical, foods, or other process industries
• Electrical Engineer or Chemical Engineer
• Experienced in establishment of safe practices in a cGMP environment
• Understanding of virtual environments, VMWare, Hyper-V
• Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.
• Strong organizational skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable
• Prominent technical and analytical skills to quickly resolve automation system issues

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or related technological field and 2+ years of experience in the automation field preferably in the life sciences
• Master's degree with 1+ years of experience in the automation field preferably in the life sciences field
• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DeltaV automation
• Experience with multiple computerized systems (Ignition, Werum PAS-X, PI, etc.)
• Experience with SCADA/PLC systems such as Rockwell Factory Talk/RSLogix, Honeywell
• Understanding of network infrastructure
• Experience with systems/network/validation, preferable in the chemical, pharmaceutical, foods, or other process industries
• Educational background in Electrical Engineer or Chemical Engineer
• Experienced in establishment of safe practices in a cGMP environment
• Understanding of virtual environments, VMWare, Hyper-V
• Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.
• Strong organizational skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable
• Prominent technical and analytical skills to quickly resolve automation system issues

Special Working Conditions

• Required manufacturing operations support on a rotating “on call” 24/7 basis
• Requires working in an industrial manufacturing environment including gowning