Plant OT Engineer – Manufacturing Applications

Automated Systems, Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Automated Systems, Inc. in Tampa, FL is seeking a Plant OT Engineer to own and govern site manufacturing applications, including MES, BMS, LIMS, and serialization systems. You will coordinate vendor activity, ensure GxP compliance, and support IT/OT interfaces to keep critical applications reliable.

Responsibilities include managing lifecycle plans, user access, backups, validation, and incident response. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in pharmaceutical IT/OT and strong cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, Automation, or a related field.
• Five or more years of IT/OT application experience in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing.
• Experience with MES and several of the following: CMMS, calibration systems, BMS, LIMS, or serialization.
• Knowledge of computerized-system validation, change control, data integrity, and application lifecycle management.
• Strong troubleshooting, vendor-management, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage site manufacturing applications, including MES, maintenance and calibration software, BMS, LIMS, and serialization systems.
• Serve as the primary site contact for application support, incidents, upgrades, integrations, and vendor coordination.
• Maintain system inventories, lifecycle plans, support documentation, licenses, and application roadmaps.
• Coordinate user access, system configuration, backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Manage application changes through approved change-control, testing, and validation processes.
• Ensure systems remain compliant with GxP,data-integrity, 21 CFR Part 11, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Support investigations, audits, regulatory inspections, and critical system recovery activities.
• Coordinate manufacturing equipment and business-system integrations.

Skills

MES

LIMS

BMS

Serialization

Calibration systems

GxP compliance

Vendor management

Change control

Data integrity

System lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/IT/CS/Automation

Tools

MES software

CMMS

21 CFR Part 11

Job description

Plant OT Engineer – Manufacturing Applications

Tampa, United States | Posted on 08/11/2026

• Industry Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research
• Salary $70 - $85 hourly
• State/Province Florida
• City Tampa
• Country United States

Job Description

Plant OT Engineer – Manufacturing Applications

Location: Tampa, FL – Onsite
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Oral Solid Dose Manufacturing

Contract: 6+ months with strong potential to go contract to hire

Role Summary

Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) isseeking an experienced Plant Operational Technology (OT) Engineer to providesite-level ownership, governance, and support for enterprise manufacturingapplications at Lonza’s Tampa facility. This individual will serve as theprimary liaison among Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, IT, Global OT,system vendors, and business process owners to ensure critical plantapplications remain reliable, secure, compliant, and fit for their intendeduse.

The Plant OT Engineer will oversee thefull application lifecycle for the site’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES),computerized maintenance and calibration management systems, BuildingManagement System (BMS), Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS),serialization systems, and associated interfaces. The role combines applicationownership, project coordination, vendor management, GxP compliance,cybersecurity, system lifecycle planning, and operational support.

KeyResponsibilities

• Manage site manufacturing applications,including MES, maintenance and calibration software, BMS, LIMS, andserialization systems.
  
• Serve as the primary site contact forapplication support, incidents, upgrades, integrations, and vendorcoordination.
  
• Maintain system inventories, lifecycleplans, support documentation, licenses, and application roadmaps.
  
• Coordinate user access, systemconfiguration, backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
  
• Manage application changes throughapproved change-control, testing, and validation processes.
  
• Ensure systems remain compliant with GxP,data-integrity, 21 CFR Part 11, and cybersecurity requirements.
  
• Support investigations, audits,regulatory inspections, and critical system recovery activities.
  
• Coordinate manufacturing equipment andbusiness-system integrations.
  

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT,Computer Science, Automation, or a related field.
  
• Five or more years of IT/OT applicationexperience in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing.
  
• Experience with MES and several of thefollowing: CMMS, calibration systems, BMS, LIMS, or serialization.
  
• Knowledge of computerized-systemvalidation, change control, data integrity, and application lifecyclemanagement.
  
• Strong troubleshooting,vendor-management, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.