Sr Automation Engineer

About the role

Catalyx specializes in the science of operational processes. With a footprint across North America and Europe, the company carefully automates and services R&D, production, packaging, and delivery processes—globally—with a sophisticated blend of products, technologies, and lifecycle services. The company was formed in 2022 after CXV Global (Crest Solutions, Xyntek, and VistaLink) and Panacea Technologies joined forces. For over three decades, Catalyx’s partnership-based culture has helped organizations in production-intense, highly regulated industries optimize their operational efficiency, performance, and safety.

Responsibilities

• Develop & manage plans to maintain & improve process control systems.
• Schedule & execute plans in coordination with manufacturing schedules.
• Operate as automation lead on projects that involve process control systems.
• Absorb & assist with developing & managing budgets for maintaining & improving process control systems.
• Develop & maintain automation standards, specifications & maintenance plans.
• Own self development & initiative to understand the site process control systems.
• Adhere to the automation standards & establish new automation standards when necessary.
• Lead the site in establishing automation direction & strategy (hardware & software standards).
• Lead troubleshooting for automation-related downtime.
• Function as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned areas/technologies.
• Support audits & inspections as SME for process control systems.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of stakeholder management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering/related field or equivalent combination of experience & education required.
• Minimum ten (10) years of engineering experience in process-based manufacturing, utility &/or packaging systems required.
• Experience troubleshooting automation & control systems & batch processes required.
• Experience working in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment required.
• Knowledgeable in SCADA (i.e. iFix, Ignition, FactoryTalk), PLC & HMI (Rockwell/AB, Siemens, etc.), historian/data collections required.
• Programming & configuration of process control systems required.
• Windows based operating systems & associated applications required.
• System interfacing & integration & user access management required.
• Virtual machines/environments (preferably VMWare) preferred.
• Knowledgeable in Oracle, MS SQL preferred.
• IT competencies to an understanding level: domain, networking, firewall, group policies/permissions, system backup & restore preferred.
• Knowledgeable in MES (PAS-X, etc.); MS SQL, databases preferred.
• Proven expertise in planning/organization & project execution required.

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