jobs updated september 16, 2020

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 The Packaging Automation Engineer is responsible for complete project    execution including system automation design, testing, documentation      management, installation and start-up.

• Aggressively drive packaging automation projects to achieve time, cost, functionality, and performance deliverables.      
• Develop great relationships with clients and partner to develop future opportunities to help them achieve their business goals. 
• Ability to handle multiple complex, high priority projects simultaneously.
• Experience with High Speed      Packaging in the Food and Beverage Industry, Consumer Products, or Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Strong working knowledge of      packaging control hardware, instrumentation, and software. 
• Knowledge of vision, bar code, and other identification or inspection systems.
• Excellent project engineering skills.
• Demonstrated experience in      Troubleshooting, Problem Solving and Productivity / System Improvement.
• Skill in effective collaboration      oral and written communication.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Microsoft Office and      Microsoft Project. 
• Ability to be self-motivated and  work effectively both independently and in a team.
• Expertise with Rockwell PLC and HMI products.
• Experience with Rockwell PlantPAx or DeltaV is required.

Education/Experience:  BS in Engineering or equivalent technical degree plus 5 or more years of project or packaging automation in the Food and Beverage, Consumer Products, or Pharmaceutical Industry desired.

Travel: Project Dependent up to 25%

 The ideal candidate will have experience in the life sciences and  must have knowledge of process manufacturing, field instrumentation, control system installation and implementation expertise in all of the following project phases: Requirements documentation, detailed design generation, implementation, system integration, testing and on-site startup. Plans and coordinates technical design and engineering implementation of project work.  Experience with Siemens PCS7, Rockwell PlantPAX or Emerson DeltaV required.  PLC experience required/MES experience highly desirable.  

                    Responsibilities:

• Design, Develop and Validate automation solutions using Emerson Syncade MES, Werum PAS/X, Siemens Simatic IT.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for MES configuration items.
• Lead cross functional meetings to gather requirements, scope, and business rationale for MES-related projects.
• Communicate proactively with peers, customers and management - highlighting and resolving issues, proposing solutions and driving project to completion.

                 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Electrical, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four (4) years of design, development and deployment experience in Emerson Syncade, Siemen's Simatic IT and/or Werum PAS/X MES.
• Thorough understanding of ISA S88 and S95 models.
• Hands-on experience with Distributed Control Systems such as Emerson Delta V is required.
• Being able to understand the business process and business process mapping.
• Knowledge of Computer Systems Validation, SDLC methodologies and GAMP is required.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work within a team, lead cross-functional teams, and work independently in dynamic environments.

                 Key Skills:

• MES, Syncade, Simatic IT or Werum PAS/X

Duties: Determine best practices and procedures Develop and update design specifications and tests, develop SOPs for system admins to perform patching. Develop Automation Change Requests and Testing, redline specifications, and build virtual machines. Install and configure software updates for firewalls, storage, and network infrastructure. Qualify new platforms, verify changes to infrastructure, execute test procedures, execute ACRs. System monitoring, troubleshooting, user account management. Coordinate with stakeholders to implement changes to infrastructure

• Six to Seven years’ experience in Automation systems in GMP manufacturing      environments
• IT, infrastructure, networking, systems and life sciences experience strongly desired.
• Strong  proficiency in system installation and troubleshooting principles and  techniques, and demonstrated ability in successfully applying that      knowledge.
• Effective  communication and interpersonal skills with technical, operations,      manufacturing, quality and engineering personnel as well as project personnel leadership.