Engineer - Automation Engineering – Historian Admin and Data Architect

BioSpace; Lebanon (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A major pharmaceutical company based in Lebanon, Indiana is seeking an Automation Engineer to provide automation support for projects and operations. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in Biopharma engineering, proficiency with automation systems like OSI PI, and a B.S. in Engineering. This role involves collaboration across teams to ensure effective process control and data management systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of working experience in Biopharma engineering or manufacturing.
• Experience in design, development, and qualification of automated sites.
• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols like BACnet/IP and Modbus.

Responsibilities

• Provide automation support for projects and operations.
• Mentor the process control team in design and implementation.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Technical Expertise

Problem-solving skills

Good written and verbal communication

Knowledge of GMP and regulatory requirements

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

OSI PI

SCADA

DeltaV

PLC/HMI

Job description

Engineer - Automation Engineering – Historian Admin and Data Architect

The Engineer - Automation Engineering will work as a member of the Automation Engineering Department at Eli Lilly, Foundry. The engineer will provide automation support for one or more operating areas across site and/or for capital projects. Process Automation is core to delivering a right first time facility start up and continued support of ongoing manufacturing operations into the future.

The Engineer is a key technical expert with partners to influence and implement within the process control organization and across functional disciplines to support the process control technical agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance objectives. The engineer will provide Automation, Process Controls and Data Historian expertise and support historian systems operating areas across site. The Engineer will also function as the main Data Architect to ensure proper data contextualization and democratization of operational data for compliance and data analytics.

In the project delivery phase and startup phase of the project (startup expected 2025 to 2028), automation engineering roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Technical Expertise
• Mentor process control team, including design, controls philosophy, implementation and commissioning
• Process control work implementation and coordination
• Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan.

Operational Excellence

• Technically collaborate with Site Area leads and System Integrator including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, DCS Application Software, Test Specifications to ensure Data historization and architecture is considered.
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management
• Work with Engineering, Operations and many cross functional groups to trouble shoot issues, making changes to the site data historian system (OSI PI) in line with site change control procedures and site standards, responding to system events and performing routine system maintenance checks
• Maintain Data Historian System health and respond to issues as they arise
• Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions and other job aids to ensure the appropriate level of documentation is in place to train on, maintain and operate OSI PI, alarm management and alarm notification systems.
• Provide subject matter expertise on data historian systems design, development, installation, testing, validation, and lifecycle support.
• Ensure solutions are delivered by system Integrators, equipment vendors and others that can be integrated to the site data historian per the site standards and data management strategies.
• Design, configuration, and testing of the platform (OSI PI).
• Implement and support electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data
• Maintain the validated state of the site control systems in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation
• Automation support for capital projects including new product introductions
• Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance
• Developing a ‘network’ of corporate contacts and leveraging corporate expertise when needed

Organizational Capability

• In coordination with automation and compliance consultants, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in automation work products.
• Demonstrated initiative, good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines.
• Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
• Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation

Basic Requirements

• Minimum B.S. in Engineering and experience in Automation Engineering, preferably in major pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• 5+ years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
• Experience in design, development, commissioning and qualification of highly automated greenfield manufacturing sites utilizing SCADA, DCS and MES systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, etc).
• Experience with OSI PI and related applications
• Cybersecurity and IOT considerations when managing systems
• Awareness of integrating other process automation systems such as DeltaV, BMS, PLC/HMI and similar control systems in a manufacturing environment
• Industrial communication protocols such as BACnet/IP, modbus, HART, OPC DA & UA, Profibus, Ethernet/IP, RIO
• Systems performing backup and restore, disaster recovery
• Experience of developing documents with electronic document management system (Kneat, Valgenesis, ALM)
• Configuration and support of alarm management systems such as LogMate, Win911
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis methodologies

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