Digital Plant Engineer

United Pharma; Indiana; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

United Pharma in Indiana seeks a Digital Plant Engineer with 7+ years in API/bulk pharmaceutical manufacturing. You will bridge process engineering, operations, IT and automation, translating operational needs into digital capabilities and leading data-flow efforts.

Join a project team delivering automation strategies, data architecture, and site infrastructure (Aveva PI, MES). Collaborate across disciplines to ensure compliant, effective digital solutions within GMP frameworks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of API/bulk manufacturing pharma industry experience.
• Experience delivering large automation projects in pharma.
• Ability to translate process needs into digital requirements.
• Experience bridging process engineering, operations, IT and automation teams.

Responsibilities

• Represent automation in Digital Plant discussions and forums.
• Lead data flow mapping activities for the project.
• Contribute to site data infrastructure delivery (Aveva PI, Logmate, etc.).
• Ensure GMP and computer system validation principles are followed.
• Interface with multiple disciplines to align project deliverables with business needs.

Skills

Automation

OT operations

DCS engineering

Batch manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

DeltaV Batch DCS

Aveva PI

MES systems

Job description

Background: Digital Plant Engineers are embedded into Project Automation Teams; are responsible for understanding the product manufacturing processes; and ensure digital solutions align with product processes, facility design and regulatory requirements. The role spans process control, automation-MES integration, historian delivery, PAT platform oversight, digital use case scoping, and data integrity compliance. The Digital Plant Engineer will have to interact with the Automation Project Team, Program Technical Office (PTO), Process Engineering, Process Technical Transfer, Information Technology and the End User.

Project:

• Join the dots between Business, Technology and Data architectures for the building
• Represent the automation function in Digital Plant discussions and forums
• Contribute to the Digital Strategy and Digital Plant Use Cases for the project
• Contribute to Data Architecture for the project
• Lead the data flow mapping activities for the project
• Contribute to the delivery of the site level data infrastructure (e.g. Aveva PI, Logmate etc.)
• Contribute to the overall automation philosophy for the program
• Communicate progress, issues, and needs to the Automation Project Manager
• Provide technical consulting and support as a member of the Project automation team
• Interface with other disciplines and stakeholders to ensure the Project deliverables meet business needs
• Maintain compliance with training requirements

Role Requirement:

• Strong automation and OT operations background (DCS engineering, batch manufacturing)
• Ability to translate process and operational needs into digital requirements
• Mixed background crossing daily operations, process/automation and digital/IT. Excels at bridging functional silos between process engineering, operations, IT, and automation teams.
• 7+ years’ experience in API/bulk manufacturing Pharmaceutical Industry
• Previous experience in the delivery of large Automation Projects in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• Previous experience in DeltaV Batch DCS
• Preferable, previous experience with MES systems
• Preferable, previous experience with Aveva PI
• Exceptional teamwork abilities
• Strong knowledge of GMP’s, regulatory requirements and computer system validation principles