AutomationControls Engineer onsite in North Chicago

Company Description

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Automation/Controls Engineer will be responsible for developing automation and/or controls technologies for Utilities control systems to maintain and improve site assurance of supply, quality and safety performance. In this dynamic role the Automation/Controls Engineer will ensure the success of Utilities generation and distribution utilizing an understanding and strong background in engineering, configuration, programming, installation, commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting of process controls, automation, electrical devices and field instrumentation technologies.

• Support a Safe working environment by aligning with all pertinent environmental health, safety & maintenance program practices, rules, and regulations.
• Understanding of cGMP processing with change control, nonconformance, corrective & preventative actions, and Commissioning & Qualification activities.
• Experience with the following product platforms (preferred):
  • Rockwell PLC Platform
  • Emerson DeltaV
  • ABB DCS
  • PI Data Historian System
• Day-to-day Operational Support:
  • 24 x 7 Onsite/On Call (as needed)
  • Troubleshooting support to Utilities operations
• Be a knowledgeable controls SME for all Utilities equipment operations by:
• Trouble shooting activities in partnership with the Operations, Engineering and Maintenance teams to enhance utilities uptime through the highest reliability of Automation systems.
• Being responsible for continuous improvement in partnership with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Process engineering and OpEx to drive operational efficiencies.
• Responsible for collaborating within the Abb Vie network to learn, implement and share Continuous improvement opportunities within the Abb Vie Global Operations network.
• This role involves the application of automation engineering principles in the design, specification, construction, startup, commissioning and qualification of process equipment and systems for capital projects of significant scope and complexity. Demonstrated understanding of project life cycles is preferred.
  • Candidate should be familiar with engineering processes from initial conceptualization through project turnover to operations. Responsible for developing & maintaining Engineering Specifications, documents, drawings, and Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) including Administrative SOPs and Job Aids.
  • Provide Abb Vie User requirements to OEMs/System Integrators during the development of process control applications applying Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
• Conversant with industry standards on quality and regulatory compliance requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11 (Data Integrity, User Security, System Disaster Recovery, Data Backup & Restore).
• Ability to communicate in the simplest business language at various partner forums in the workplace

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field is required.
• Minimum 2-4 years’ experience, developing and maintaining automation/controls software and equipment and PLC systems in a manufacturing environment; AI and machine learning experience, including experience with new technology development for new product introductions is a plus.
• Direct experience with system development and validation, including development of system specifications (DS, FS, URS) and risk-based validation strategies, and validation protocol development and execution.
• Demonstrated knowledge of 21 CFR Part 11 requirements for automated systems in the pharmaceutical or medical device industries.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and innovative…