Senior Controls & Automation Engineer

Position Summary

The Senior Controls & Automation Engineer champions the development and support of the site's production equipment controls and automation infrastructure. This individual keeps abreast of current controls and automation technology and can translate technology into opportunities, providing a competitive advantage to Pharmavite.

• Responsible for the assigned production sites’ controls and automation systems, along with the development and delivery of the sites’ automation and controls capital plans.
• Seamlessly deliver controls and automation projects, ensuring a deep level of input from the customer, leveraging Pharmavite’s project management methodology and best practice tools.
• Provides robust, timely support to manufacturing operations. Day‑to‑day production support is estimated to be approximately 15% of the time and may require occasional off‑hours support.
• Leads value creation by identifying, planning, and implementing new controls and automation systems, providing a competitive advantage to Pharmavite. As required, facilitates implementation across multiple production sites.
• Keeps abreast of controls and automation technology and understands how it may be applied to work centers and applied across the Pharmavite manufacturing network.
• Ensures controls and automation‑related projects are added to the site capital plans and multi‑year Master Plans.
• Serves as a partner with the following Pharmavite functional groups/roles:
  Operational Excellence, Technical Operations SMEs, Engineering project managers and project engineers, Information technology, Operations team leaders, operations engineers.
• Supports the capacity development of technicians who are the first line of defense for control system faults.
• Supports larger capital projects (under the leadership of a Project Manager) as the controls and automation lead. Provides leadership on controls and automation specifications and functional requirements, and ultimately ensures the controls aspects of the projects meet user requirements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Controls Engineering, or 10 years of equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Lean certification is a plus.

• Requires 4 to 6 years of experience in a production environment and has demonstrated the capability with different control systems (e.g., Allen Bradley, Rockwell), being able to write full control system logic when necessary.

• Ability to problem‑solve at a high level, leveraging structured problem‑solving techniques.
• Ability to lead collaboration of peers spanning multiple sites, ensuring common ways of working and standards are maintained.
• Ability to collect and assess data and translate data into robust business cases and actionable solutions.
• Ability to teach and coach technicians, controls technology fault finding and fault remediation, ultimately enhancing production system utilization.
• Ability to lead teams as well as be a good team member on large capital projects.
• Good project management skills and the ability to ensure the application of technologies across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Good communication/interpersonal skills.
• Proven success in recognizing business needs and creating and implementing technology solutions.
• Provide coaching and guidance as required to Controls & Automation Engineers.

• General office environment, ability to sit for long periods of time. Ability to move about an office.

• Exposure to disagreeable elements is moderate.

• The incumbent must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices without endangering their own or others’ health or safety.

• Travel may be required periodically, depending on business needs.

National Target Base Pay Range: $78,000.00 - $. For candidates in California and the New York metro, the Target Base Pay Range is $86,000.00 - $.

Base pay is one component of our total rewards offerings. Additional benefits may include an annual performance bonus,…