MES Recipe Author Syncade

Cognizant Life Sciences Manufacturing; Cork; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Life Sciences Manufacturing is seeking a dedicated MES Engineer to join our expanding team in Cork, Ireland. The ideal candidate will have MES Recipe Authoring experience, as well as strong programming skills in Visual Basic, and experience in a regulated environment. Responsibilities include development, implementation, and support of MES recipes, troubleshooting problems, and generating validation documentation.

This role demands strong communication skills, a focus on delivery, and the ability to work well across multiple teams. Join us and become a part of our innovative team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in supporting IT applications.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Development, implementation and support of MES recipes.
• Troubleshoot problems and provide solutions.
• Generate computer system validation documentation.

Skills

MES Recipe Authoring experience

Knowledge of Emerson DeltaV MES (Syncade)

Experience with Visual Basic programming

3-5 years in supporting IT applications

Experience in a regulated environment

Experience with MS SQL server

Strong communication skills

Job description

Cognizant is a world leader in delivering digital transformation solutions to Life Sciences. Through our knowledge and expertise in Automation, MES & Digital, we deliver stable manufacturing systems that are optimized to improve operational efficiencies, whilst maintaining compliance.

Our specialist engineering teams have the aptitude to deliver and support Pharma 4.0 architectures and solutions covering all IT, OT and IoT applications, infrastructures and services.

Operating across 5 continents and with over 300.000 skilled employees, Cognizant partners with the leading Life Sciences companies globally to provide performance improvements, reduced costs and improve time to market. We are your single end to end partner for consultancy, design implementation, optimization and support for all applications in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Manufacturing stack.

We're looking for dedicated, innovative and driven talent to join our expanding team.

Location: Cork, Ireland

Responsibilities

• Development, implementation and support of MES recipes.
• The ability to produce high-quality, well documented configuration that is easily maintainable
• Work with various site teams to configure and support interfaces to other systems that MES interacts with such as ERP, Automation and Lab systems.
• Investigate and troubleshoot problems which occur and determine solutions or recommendations for changes and/or improvements
• Implement system design changes in accordance with company Quality Standards and Practices
• Translate business requirements into design and perform testing of new MES recipes and changes
• Generate computer system validation documentation in accordance with site procedures and GMP guidelines
• Recognise the importance of the quality control function in pharmaceutical production, the MES Engineer should display a high level of integrity in the performance of his/her work.
• S/he should be capable of relating well to other people with whom s/he comes in contact, both within and outside of the MES Team

Requirements

• MES Recipe Authoring experience, knowledge of the Emerson DeltaV MES (Syncade ) solution
• Knowledge of programming and Visual Basic with experience in configuration management and deployment of developed code advantageous.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in supporting IT applications.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a regulated environment.
• Minimum 3-5 years hands on experience with requirements gathering, design documentation, test case development, system & integration testing, custom off the shelf (COTS) implementations and validation deliverables
• MS SQL server experience would be an advantage
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required, with proven ability to communicate and build relationships cross-functionally.
• The successful candidate must be a highly motivated individual who is delivery focused and has experience of working successfully across multiple business & functional teams.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment