Principal Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide daily production support, troubleshooting and repairs of existing process controls systems.
• Assure that automation functionality and batch recipes are in place to support existing products, routine campaign changeovers and equipment changes.
• Design, implement and maintain control systems safety requirements as indicated through process safety assessments.
• Assure that all system lifecycle management requirements are implemented and maintained (PMs, Patch Management, Antivirus, Backups, spare parts, etc.).
• Provide leadership for the automation design, development and implementation requirements associated with capital projects.
• Design, develop and implement automation modifications and/or batch recipes in support new products introduced to the site.
• Actively pursue and implement control system improvements that will positively impact manufacturing capability, consistency and compliance.
• Provide technical leadership relating to process control theory, software development, S88 Batch Control standards, instrumentation, validation compliance, and process information management.
• Provide mentoring of other process automation engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Chemical, Electrical, or Controls Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of process controls and plant experience.
• Experience with various process control platforms.
• Possess a broad knowledge of control theory, automation configuration, system architecture design, alarm management, human interface design, computer system validation, S88 batch standards, and batch and continuous production control applications.
• Exceptional computer skills.
• Possess both the technical knowledge and practical experience to solve process control, configuration and platform problems.
• Experience to lead major system upgrades and conversions.
• Skills in successfully overcoming challenges and identifying opportunities for improvements.
• Keep abreast of latest technology in order to make recommendations for change.