Automation Engineer

We are supporting a major pharmaceutical manufacturing expansion program and are seeking experienced Automation Leads to support the design and delivery of new GMP manufacturing facilities.

This is a high impact role providing automation process design support within a complex regulated environment. Successful candidates will work alongside project teams, system integrators, engineering partners, and equipment vendors to develop and deliver automation solutions across critical manufacturing work streams.

• Support onboarding and technical integration of system integrator partners throughout project execution
• Review technical proposals, project documentation, and engineering deliverables to ensure alignment with project standards and requirements
• Support detailed design activities across automation, controls, and manufacturing systems
• Review recipe functional specifications, automation narratives, and hardware design specifications
• Collaborate with equipment OEMs and skid vendors to align automation strategies and interfaces
• Lead and participate in control panel, architecture, and system design reviews
• Support development of automation standards, control philosophies, and integration strategies
• Coordinate hardware and software integration activities across manufacturing equipment, process systems, and enterprise platforms

• Full stack automation background with capability to operate across hardware, software, controls, and integration activities
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, or GMP manufacturing capital projects, ideally greenfield or large expansion programs

Hands-on experience with:

• Hardware and software integration
• Control panel design and architecture reviews
• DCS systems and process automation environments
• IT/OT integration and manufacturing data flows
• S88 batch standards and recipe design principles

• Industrial networks and integration architectures
• Process control systems within GMP manufacturing environments