The purpose of the role is to provide Automation and Equipment Engineering support to site systems and process equipment and to ensure they are operated, improved and maintained to meet Customer and compliance requirements.

The Position

• Facilitate internal resources and outside vendors in developing technical solutions for automated equipment.
• Interface with equipment vendors to ensure successful equipment delivery, integration and validation.
• Maintain PLC automation systems in a validated state in compliance with site change control.
• Understand the requirements of computer systems validation and ensure compliance is maintained.
• Act as operations support for Fill Finish and Biologics Tech Development.
• Interface with Operations, IT, QS and QA groups to successfully validate software systems and adherence to life cycle management and system maintenance
• Provide automation requirements and implement solutions for new products and/or capacity expansions
• Support disaster recovery and back up procedures and processes to ensure business impact is minimised in the event of a failure.
• Provide technical and automation core competency support, including possible off-hours, remote and onsite coverage. This also includes operations/engineering training on basic troubleshooting
• Management of Automation vendors during equipment troubleshooting and upgrade activities.

The Person

• Engineering degree in Electronics, Electro-mechanical or equivalent training/experience.
• Minimum of 5 year's engineering experience within Pharma Industry.
• Experience with Siemens S7 PLCs and WinCC flexible desirable.
• Experience with Fill Finish equipment required.
• Experience working in a cGMP/FDA/HPRA regulated environment.
• Experience with Industrial Ethernet and Scada system.

To discover more about this opportunity please apply online or contact Darragh on +353 87 934 5234 for a confidential discussion.