Senior Automation Engineer - Pharmacy Systems

Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services; Whitestown (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services is seeking an Automation Engineer Senior Analyst (Electrical Mechanical Technician) to keep our pharmacy automation assets operating at peak performance. You will diagnose complex issues, perform preventive and corrective maintenance, and drive reliability improvements in a high-volume, highly automated environment.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, and quality teams to enhance safety, quality, and throughput, while supporting on-call

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience maintaining automated equipment in manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceutical, or industrial environments.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and computer-controlled electro-mechanical systems.
• Working knowledge of PLC-controlled equipment, sensors, motors, drives, field devices, and automation systems.
• Experience performing preventive and corrective maintenance on complex equipment.
• Familiarity with CMMS platforms such as MAXIMO or similar.
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to safely repair, adjust, calibrate, and validate precision automation equipment.
• Flexibility to support various shifts as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of critical pharmacy automation systems.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, controls, and automation issues to minimize downtime and restore production quickly.
• Execute preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities on automated production equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair PLC-controlled systems, robotics, electrical controls, mechanical assemblies, sensors, motors, drives, and pneumatic equipment.
• Analyze equipment performance data, maintenance history, and failure trends to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Conduct routine inspections and equipment assessments to proactively identify reliability risks and performance degradation.
• Utilize MAXIMO or similar CMMS platforms to document work activity, equipment history, labor, parts usage, and maintenance findings.
• Recommend and support equipment upgrades, process improvements, and reliability initiatives that increase safety, quality, throughput, and maintainability.
• Interpret alarms, fault codes, diagnostics, and system data to eliminate recurring issues and prevent future failures.
• Collaborate across operations, engineering, maintenance, and quality teams to support production readiness and continuous improvement efforts.
• Participate in on-call support as needed to maintain uninterrupted operation of critical automation assets.

Job description

Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services is seeking an Automation Engineer Senior Analyst (Electrical Mechanical Technician) to keep our pharmacy automation assets operating at peak performance. You will diagnose complex issues, perform preventive and corrective maintenance, and drive reliability improvements in a high-volume, highly automated environment.

You will collaborate with operations, engineering, and quality teams to enhance safety, quality, and throughput, while supporting on-call