Automation Engineer, Building Automation

Sanofi; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global healthcare company is seeking an Automation Engineer to enhance manufacturing processes through advanced automation solutions. This role involves leading projects, providing technical expertise, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Join a dynamic team that values your contributions and offers opportunities for professional growth. You'll play a crucial role in maintaining and optimizing building management systems, ensuring operational excellence, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. If you're passionate about technology and healthcare, this is your chance to make a significant impact.

Benefits

High-quality healthcare

Wellness programs

Parental leave

Career growth opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in engineering with a focus on automation.
• Experience with Building Management/Automation Systems for at least 3 years.
• Knowledge of validation requirements in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation projects and provide technical solutions for design challenges.
• Ensure availability of building automation systems for operations.
• Mentor junior engineers and manage contractors for project roles.

Skills

Leadership

Automation Solutions

Project Management

Technical Support

Data Integrity

Compliance

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in engineering

Tools

Building Management Systems (BMS)

SCADA/PLC systems

Data Historian

Windows

VBA

MS Word

Excel

Access

Job description

Job Title: Automation Engineer, Building Automation

Location: Framingham, MA

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

The MA Bio-Campus campus is home to Sanofi’s digital facility which won ISPE’s Facility of the Future and Facility of the Year 2020. As such, the Manufacturing Systems and Automation group is responsible for executing Sanofi’s Digital Strategy to deliver innovative solutions. Focused on Digital 4.0, this group is involved in delivering operational technology solutions as well as continuous improvement and optimization of existing solutions.

The Manufacturing Systems and Automation group is responsible for design, implementation, support, and maintenance of OT systems aligned with site and company goals. The group is responsible for maintaining stable, qualified, and highly available computing infrastructure and OT software applications. This encompasses work processes that originate with the identification of a new or revised OT systems, the design, installation, verification and validation of the system, the maintenance of the system in its commissioned/qualified/validated state and the retirement of the system at the end of its life.

This position is responsible for providing automation expertise for site projects to optimize manufacturing and supporting operations. This person will design, architect, troubleshoot, and deliver future enhancements for automation related systems.

The Building Automation Engineer will be responsible for technical system ownership as the system Technical System Owner (TSO) of the site building management system (BMS) and qualified Environmental Monitoring System (EMS). The TSO will be responsible for maintaining and providing technical support, ensuring availability of the automation systems for multiple manufacturing facilities.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Leadership

• • Providing leadership and direction to junior team members while embodying the principles of the Sanofi Global Leadership Model

  • Leading automation related projects

  • Managing contractors for staff augmentation or project roles

  • Ensuring timely issue escalation to senior management and cross-functional support teams

  • Partnering with support teams i.e., Manufacturing, Quality, etc., to ensure deliverables are completed to meet to production schedules

  • Mentoring junior automation engineers to ensure that the team applies compliant, efficient solutions to projects

• Automation:

• • Provide technical solutions to a wide range of process automation related design challenges. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives

  • Responsible for ensuring building and facilities are available to support operations schedule requirements

  • Managing departmental projects and ensuring that the appropriate controls, approvals, and validation requirements are implemented

  • Integrate systems and data from a variety of systems, and building control systems

  • Developing robust solutions that have minimal downtime and ensure data integrity

  • Contribute to the development of automation standards

• Training /Deviations /Compliance/Safety:

• • Complying with Sanofi requirements for training

  • Ensuring Inspection Readiness of assigned areas

  • Overseeing completion of investigations and deviations

  • Ensuring all assigned deviations and CAPA’s are closed in a timely manner

  • Ensuring that Automation documentation is compliant and inspection ready

  • Participating in inspections conducted by external regulators

  • Complying with requirements from Sanofi’s Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements

• Continuous Improvement:

• • Working collaboratively with inter-department and cross-functional teams to lead necessary changes in a timely and productive manner

  • Partnering with Manufacturing to troubleshoot and drive resolution of process issues and proactively driving projects to improve manufacturing process

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or related technological field and 5 to 7 years of experience or Master’s with 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience

• Experience with Building Management/Automation Systems a minimum of 3 years

• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA)

• Demonstrated knowledge of bus technologies and Instrumentation

• Demonstrated knowledge of validation requirements for control systems in CGMP and/or ASTM environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with multiple automation/computerized systems (BAS/BMS, EMS, Data Historian, etc.)

• Experience with SCADA/PLC systems such as Rockwell Factory Talk/RSLogix, Honeywell, Ignition

• Understanding of network infrastructure

• Experience with systems/network/validation, preferable in the chemical, pharmaceutical, foods, or other process industries is preferred

• Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical Engineer

• Experienced in establishment of safe practices in a cGMP environment.

• Understanding of virtual environments, VMWare, Hyper-V

• Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.

• Strong organizational skills

• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable

• Proven technical and analytical skills to quickly resolve automation system issues

Special Working Conditions:

• Required manufacturing operations support on a rotating “on call” 24/7 basis for urgent time critical issues

• Requires working in an industrial manufacturing environment including gowning

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention andwellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.