Senior Facilities Engineer - Automation

Edwards Lifesciences Gruppe; Valencia; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences Gruppe is seeking a Facilities Automation Specialist to lead SCADA, PLC automation and Building Management Systems (BMS/EMS) across plant facilities. You will drive upgrades, troubleshoot, and ensure lifecycle improvements with GMP validation and change-control, while coordinating with Engineering, Quality, IT/OT, and Operations to resolve issues.

Prior experience in a medical device manufacturing environment is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5 years experience in manufacturing environment with facilities and building systems.
• Experience leading SCADA, PLC automation, and Building Management Systems (BMS/EMS).
• Experience driving automation system upgrades, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle improvements, including GMP validation and change-control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support SCADA, PLC automation, and Building Management Systems (BMS/EMS) in facilities and utility systems.
• Drive automation upgrades, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle improvements with GMP validation and change-control.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, IT/OT, vendors, and Operations to resolve automation issues.
• Support reliability and continuous improvement through monitoring and data analysis.
• Lead preventive maintenance programs to maintain building systems reliability.
• Review and optimize asset lifecycle and equipment performance.
• Lead cross-functional teams to resolve facilities and quality issues.
• Participate in audits and ensure compliance with regulatory, quality, and EHS requirements.

Skills

SCADA

PLC automation

BMS/EMS

Automation upgrades

Preventive maintenance

Leadership

Problem-solving

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

The patients we serve are at the heart of Edwards Lifesciences’ culture. We help our teams achieve this mission by building safe, clean, and innovative workspaces so our people can feel effective with their work. As part of our Facilities team, we’ll provide you with the resources needed to ensure you can keep our offices, plants, and facilities running smoothly so they may be a supportive and dynamic place to work. Your commitment to creating an effective and healthy working environment helps co-workers connect and feel engaged, allowing teams around the world to better contribute and focus their renewed energies on the patients we support.

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 escalation 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.