Controls & Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Is responsible for the assigned production sites controls and automation systems, along with the development and delivery of the sites automation and controls capital plans.
• Seamlessly deliver controls and automation projects, ensuring a deep level of input from the customer, leveraging Pharmavite’s project management methodology and good practice project management tools.
• Provides robust, timely support to manufacturing operations. Day-to-day production support is estimated to be approximately 15% of the time and may require some occasional out-of-hours support.
• Led value creation by the identification, planning, and implementation of new controls and automation to provide a competitive advantage to Pharmavite.
• Keeps abreast of controls and automation technology and understands how it may be applied to work centers.
• Serves as a partner with the following Pharmavite functional groups/roles: Operational Excellence, Technical Operations SME’s, Engineering project managers and Project Engineers, Information Technology, Operations Team leaders, Operations Engineers.
• Supports the capability development of technicians who are the first line of defense for control system faults.
• Serves as the controls and automation lead for larger capital projects, acts as the controls and automation lead, provides leadership on controls and automation specifications and functional requirements, and ensures the controls aspects of the projects meet user requirements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical/controls engineering or 5 years of equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Certification: Lean certification is a plus.
• Requires five years of experience in a production environment and has demonstrated the capability with different control systems, being able to modify Ladder Logic effectively.
• Allen-Bradley experience is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to problem-solve at a high level, leveraging structured problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with peers spanning multiple sites, ensuring common ways of working and standards are maintained.
• Ability to collect and assess data and translate data into robust business cases and form actionable solutions.
• Ability to teach and coach technicians controls technology, fault finding, and fault remediation, ultimately enhancing production system utilization.
• Good project management skills.
• Good communication/interpersonal skills.
• Proven success in recognizing business needs and creating and implementing technology solutions.

Physical Requirements

• General office environment, ability to sit for long periods of time. Ability to move about an office.

Environmental Factors

• Exposure to disagreeable elements is moderate.

Safety

• The incumbent must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices without endangering their own or others' health or safety.

Pay

Base pay is only one component of our total rewards offerings, and we will take the full offering into consideration when presenting an offer of employment. Our total rewards package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, Medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) match, and other wellness benefits.