Plant OT Engineer: MES & Compliance Lead

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

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