Automation Engineering Consultant

PM Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in engineering solutions seeks an Automation Engineering Consultant for contract work in North East England. The consultant will support pharmaceutical projects, providing automation expertise, managing system implementations, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Candidates should have proven experience and a solid understanding of GMP and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of automation delivery on multiple projects in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and systems.
• Ability to manage workload independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist automation expertise and support to key client projects.
• Implement new automation systems and controls upgrades.
• Design and execute test plans and protocols.

Skills

Automation delivery

Stakeholder management

GMP requirements understanding

Job description

Automation Engineering Consultant

Position Type: Contract

Location: North East

Categories: Engineering, CQV

PM Group requires an Automation Engineering Consultant to support pharmaceutical projects in North East England.

Responsibilities

• Providing specialist automation expertise and support to key client projects.
• Implementing new automation systems and controls upgrades
• Managing and documenting controlled changes to IT systems
• Specification, implementation, and qualification of new HMIs
• Requirement analysis and process rationalisation
• User requirement specifications
• Creating design specifications
• Creating functional specifications
• Data protection, security and compliance
• Documentation creation and approval
• Data management tasks, e.g. importing records, sample checking, etc
• Designing, generating and executing test plans and test protocols
• Project delivery reporting
• Working within a client-led team to deliver a key client project
• Stakeholder management
• Experience of working with S88, PCS7 and GAMP 5

Qualifications

• Candidates must have proven experience of automation delivery on multiple projects in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Knowledge of industry standards and systems is essential, alongside a good understanding of GMP requirements for automated systems.
• The role requires delivery of results on time, in accordance with client standards and health and safety procedures.
• The successful candidate will be a self-starter, able to manage their own workload independently, but also able to work well with other engineers and engineering disciplines.