Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer: Automation - BAS​/PLC

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Lets do this. Lets change the world. As a Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer, you will provideautomationtechnical leadership to a group of automation engineers who are responsible for building and maintaining various automation systems and platforms that support the GMP Drug Substance Plant  Operations.

In this vital roleas a member of the Facilities & Engineering (F&E) Automation teamyou will work hand in hand with the capital project team to deliver robust building automation systems (BAS) and PLC based process and utility skid equipment to operate the new plant.

• Site design, construction, start-up, and operational readiness:
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand key process requirements and synthesize feedback from clients, customers or end-users to develop the best automation solutions using Amgen standard automation platform for building automation systems and process and utility skid equipment.
  • Develop and maintain engineering and maintenance documentation and associated procedures for delivered solutions and processes; work closely with QA partners while supporting computerized systems validation processes in a GxP environment. Maintain Data Integrity Assessments with the current Amgen and industry standards.
  • Support commissioning and qualification efforts including Automation Installation Verification/Automation Check Out (IV/ACO) in a fast-paced environment.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop a robust commissioning and qualification plan and/or qualification strategy for the building automation systems and process and utility skid equipment in support of the project delivery.
  • Work with platform leads to ensure standalone PLC based systems are designed with the proper network connectivity to enable centralized monitoring and alarming.
  • Support design phases to ensure equipment aligns with Amgens specifications, incorporates the latest technology and meets safety requirements.
  • Lead vendors FAT (for the automation testing) and ensure that control strategy and software code meet Amgens requirements. Emphasize on understand the benefits of a complete and successful FAT will be a contributive factor to successful and on time project delivery.
  • Understand the manufacturing operation and ensure the control strategy aligns with existing manufacturing operations to facilitate release and operation of equipment, especially applicable for retrofit type of projects adding to an existing control system.
• Site Operations:
  • Act as system owner for building automation system and standalone PLC based systems responsible for System Administration, maintenance procedures and job plans, spare parts and engineering documentation.
  • Responsible for owning and driving to completion Change Controls, CAPAs, and Deviations as applicable to the assigned automation system to ensure reliability and compliance.
  • Lead and support functional area projects focused on improving process equipment/utilities/facilities as well as large/sophisticated capital projects to integrate new drug substance manufacturing technologies into the facility.
  • Drive continuous improvement for utility and building equipment systems to improve operational workflows, safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.
  • Lead/support technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting on utilities and building automation systems.
  • Provide day-to-day Operational Support including:rotational on call operational Support for building automation systems and process and…