Senior Facilities Engineer - Automation

Edwards Lifesciences; Moncada; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking a seasoned facilities and automation leader based in Moncada, Spain, to oversee SCADA, PLC automation and Building Management Systems across critical facilities. You will drive upgrades, troubleshoot, and ensure lifecycle improvements with GMP validation and strict change-control adherence.

You will partner with Engineering, Quality, IT/OT, vendors and Operations to resolve complex automation issues, support reliability initiatives, and lead preventive maintenance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5 years' manufacturing experience with facilities and building systems.
• Experience leading SCADA, PLC automation and BMS/EMS.
• Experience driving automation upgrades including GMP validation and change-control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support SCADA, PLC automation and BMS/EMS for facilities.
• Drive automation upgrades, troubleshooting and lifecycle improvements with GMP validation.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, IT/OT, vendors and Operations to resolve issues.
• Support reliability through alarms, trends, and performance data.
• Lead projects for system upgrades and validation requirements.
• Develop preventive maintenance programs to improve reliability.
• Review asset lifecycle and propose improvements to facilities and equipment.
• Lead cross-functional teams to resolve facilities and quality issues.
• Review tasks and supervise technicians maintaining reliability.
• Ensure regulatory, quality and EHS compliance; participate in audits.
• Identify maintenance contracts and supervise safety of contracted work.
• Assist in budgeting and spend alignment with objectives.
• Take on incidental duties as assigned by Leadership.

Skills

SCADA

PLC automation

BMS/EMS

GMP validation

Change control

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Spain - Moncada - Valencia

Full time

Req-51376

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Lead and support SCADA, PLC automation, and Building Management Systems (BMS/EMS) associated with critical facilities and utility systems.
• Drive automation system upgrades, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle improvements, including applicable GMP validation and change-control requirements.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, IT/OT, vendors, and Operations to resolve automation and controls-related issues.
• Support reliability and continuous improvement through system alarms, trends, monitoring, and equipment performance data.
• Lead in the system upgrading and/or improvement projects including validation requirement.
• Lead the development of preventive maintenance program to maintain and improve all facilities and building systems reliability.
• Asset Lifecycle management review of building systems and production equipment, recommend improvement or upgrading as needed.
• Lead cross functional operation and quality team to resolve facilities system or quality related issues. Lead facilities operations meetings to discuss preventative maintenance projects.
• Review, approve and assign day to day tasks to technicians maintaining facilities reliability and support internal customers’ requests.
• Monitor and maintain facilities systems and procedures to comply to regulatory, quality and EHS system. Prepare and participate in Quality and EHS audits.
• Identify and recommend maintenance contracts.
• Achieve plant EHS goals by monitoring (supervising) technicians/contractors to ensure that their work is performed safely.
• Provide training and guidance to facilities technicians to achieve department goals.
• Review, establish and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Participate in annual budgeting process and ensure spending meets objectives.
• Other incidental duties assigned by Leadership

What You Will Need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
• 5 years experience of working in the manufacturing environment and with good engineering background on facilities and building systems
• Experience in leading SCADA, PLC automation, and Building Management Systems (BMS/EMS)
• Experienced in driving automation system upgrades, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle improvements, including applicable GMP validation and change-control requirements.

What Else We Look For (Preferred):

• Experience working in a medical device manufacturing environment
• Construction Projects experience
• Proven expertise in usage of MS Office Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills including consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Demonstrated conflict resolution skills
• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to influence change
• Proven success adhering to and leading project schedules and managing projects
• Substantial understanding and knowledge of facilities systems and preventive maintenance programs
• Substantial knowledge of facilities related government regulations, GMP, and EHS
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Good leadership skills and ability to influence change
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively elevate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams and key contact representing the organization on contracts or projects
• Adhere to all EHS rules, regulations and risk assessments and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as prevention of pollution to the environment.

Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Through breakthrough technologies, world-class evidence and partnerships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, our employees are inspired by our patient-focused culture to deliver life-changing innovations to those who need them most.