Automation Engineer - Delta-V

ACL Digital; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ACL Digital seeks a Plant Automation professional to lead project implementations of DeltaV DCS, Rockwell PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems across pharmaceutical facilities.

You will support post-implementation activities, train system owners, revise SOPs, and ensure compliance with engineering standards and safety regulations. This role emphasizes capital projects and NPI support in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Represent Plant Automation during project implementation of DeltaV DCS, Rockwell PLC, HMI, and SCADA hardware, software, and RT reporting scope.
• Represent Plant Automation during post-implementation activities, extending hyper-care support, training system owners and Manufacturing, revising SOPs and documents, delivering spare parts, updating Maximo and CMDB.
• Ensure compliance to Engineering and Operational standards, specifications, and procedures during design and implementation.
• Represent Plant Automation and support projects integrating new manufacturing technologies into clinical/commercial facilities.
• Support NPI or new technology introductions by performing automation assessments, implementing changes, and supporting process qualification runs.
• Support a safe working environment by complying with EH&S practices and regulations.

Job description

SCADA and PLC Experience, Compliance with regulatory requirements such

as 21 CFR Part 11

Responsibilities Include:

• 1. Represent Plant Automation team during the project implementation of new automation solutions, including DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS), Rockwell Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) related hardware, software, network infrastructure, and electronic Rt-reporting scope across various projects.
• 2. Represent Plant Automation team during the post-implementation activities, including operationalizing the new assets by extending hyper‑care support, training the System Owners and Manufacturing team, revising the SOPs, and training documents, delivering spare parts list, updating Maximo assets and CMDB systems.
• 3. Ensure compliance to Engineering and Operational standards, specifications, and procedures as applicable during the project design and implementation.
• 4. Represent Plant Automation team and support functional area projects focused on improving process equipment/utilities/facilities -to large/sophisticated capital projects to integrate new drug substance and drug product manufacturing technologies into clinical/commercial facilities.
• 5. As applicable to the capital project scope, represent the Plant Automation team and support new product introductions (NPI) or new technology introductions by performing automation engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes, and supporting engineering and process qualification runs.
• 6. Support a safe working environment by complying with applicable environmental health/safety practices, rules, and regulations.