Specialist I&C Engineering

Company Overview Our Company is a global biopharmaceutical leader with a portfolio of prescription medicines, oncology, vaccines, and animal health products. We are driven by our purpose to develop and deliver innovative products that save and improve lives. With employees operating in more than 140 countries, we offer state‑of‑the‑art laboratories, plants and offices that are designed to inspire our employees as we learn, develop, and grow in our careers.

We are proud of 125 years of service to humanity and are one of the world’s biggest investors in research and development.

As a member of the Utility Energy Operations Electrical and Control Systems Department, the Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Engineer’s primary role focuses on supporting the department as a technical resource for the maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of instrumentation, control systems, and data systems owned and operated by the department. This role will manage expense and capital project portfolio and budget for I&C related projects in the department and ensure robust management of change.

This role will be responsible for conducting incident investigations and RCA for control system related events and will partner with the utilities department to ensure we deliver safe, compliant, reliable and cost‑effective utilities to our internal customers.

• Provide engineering support for the maintenance and troubleshooting of powerhouse instrumentation and controls systems.
• Own cybersecurity compliance requirements for department OT data systems.
• Partner closely with the operations team to ensure distributed control system meets operational needs. Provide training when necessary.
• Support the development and maintenance of process knowledge management and system engineering basis.
• Manage I&C expense budget.
• Through the I&C master planning process, identify inputs to long‑range capital plan.
• Act as system owner for review of operating procedures for utilities and facility systems.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis and incident investigations and provide timely follow‑up of corrective actions.

• High school diploma or GED + 4+ years of control systems, I&C automation design, and/or operations experience in power, utilities, chemical, facilities or similar industries.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree and 1‑3 years of control systems, I&C automation design, and/or operations experience in power, utilities, chemical, facilities or similar industries.

• Technical problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to handle and prioritize many simultaneous assignments and quickly adapt to changes in business priorities.
• Ability to quickly address issues and develop solutions to minimize compliance risk and improve utility and facility reliability.
• Applied professional work experience demonstrating knowledge of environmental compliance requirements, safety, and regulatory and code compliance.

• Strong preference for candidates with ABB Symphony Plus experience.
• 5+ years of control systems, I&C automation design, and/or operations experience in power, utilities, chemical, facilities or similar industries.
• Experience evaluating OT data systems against cybersecurity requirements.
• Experience in OPC DA/UA.
• Experience developing job plans, preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance plans.
• Experience in leading Failure Mode Effects Analysis.
• Experience in Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems and regulations.
• Experience working in a collective bargaining unit based environment.
• Experience facilitating alarm rationalization.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Working knowledge of NFPA 70, 70E, 85, ISA 18.2.
• Relevant professional experience supporting pharmaceutical industry, including manufacturing, research labs, pilot plant and utilities operations.

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