Automation Engineer II - 1st and 2nd Shift

Civica is searching for an Automation Engineer II with experience in pharmaceutical drug product manufacturing. The Petersburg site serves as Civica’s new fill-finish facility, dedicated to the manufacture and supply of essential generic sterile injectable medications.

As a member of the IT/OT Automation Team, the successful candidate will be required to support system automation initiatives and perform troubleshooting that requires a good understanding of analytical problem-solving techniques, project management, lifecycle management, network, and virtual environments. The position requires a good understanding of programming, design, installation, and lifecycle management of manufacturing process controls, packaging equipment, aseptic filling lines, automation, industrial networks, virtual environments, and field instrumentation technologies.

• We are seeking a skilled individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment to support and implement our Automation solutions across our facility. As an Automation Engineer II, your job responsibilities include:
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA), preferably Rockwell’s Factory Talk View Systems and Siemens.
• Trouble-shoot process control applications (Rockwell and Siemens PLCs) utilizing Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Human Machine interface (HMI)
• Support Rockwell’s Data Historian, Asset Centre, Factory Talk Directory, etc.
• Support database administration and SQL.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day issues and provide guidance to junior engineers.
• Good understanding of control system philosophy, control system standards, instrumentation configuration, programming, and design in a cGMP environment.
• Development of detailed specifications, engineering documents, SOPs, test scripts, and engineering standards.
• Effectively interact and collaborate with cross-functional departments, and clients to meet company expectations.
• Independent, self-motivated, organized, able to multi-task in a dynamic environment and embrace a team-based culture that relies on collaboration for effective decision-making.
• Support ownership and administration of process control automation in a GMP-regulated environment.
• Generate and follow proper change control for any automation/process changes within the system.
• Lead root cause analysis, incident investigations, and troubleshooting on process control issues related to electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
• Support new product introductions or new technology introductions by performing engineering assessments, engineering studies, implementing automation system configuration changes, and supporting engineering runs.
• Design and testing of newly installed and currently installed automation-based process and packaging equipment.
• Assist in the support of network advancements and new technologies as they pertain to networking architectures.

• Master’s degree and 6+ years of Engineering/Automation experience or bachelor’s degree & 8 years of Engineering/Automation experience or associate degree and 10+ years of Engineering/Automation experience (Preferably Electrical or Computer Engineering)
• Familiarity with 21 CFR Part 11, Data Integrity, and GAMP 5.
• Experience and understanding of Data Integrity and how it applies to the Pharmaceutical Industry with a specific focus on guidelines from the FDA.
• Experience in a GMP environment, change control, nonconformance, corrective and preventive actions, and validation practices.
• Candidates must have hands-on knowledge of at least one major PLC platform:
  Allen Bradley PLCs (Control Logix or Compact Logix) Studio 5000 software, or Siemens PLCs (TIA Portal).
• Candidates must have hands-on experience with at least one of the following: working in virtual environments (ESXi version 7.0, VMware Workstation, or virtual network configuration), or batch reporting.

• Experience in sterile fill-finish facility manufacturing.
• Experience with regulatory inspections.
• Experience of Thin Manager and Clients
• Experience of Factory Talk Directory, Factory Talk Asset Centre, Factory Talk Data Historian, Factory Talk View…