Senior Automation Engineer – DeltaV DCS​/Rockwell PLC & SCADA; GMP Biopharma Capital Projects

Job Title

Senior Automation Engineer – Delta

V DCS / Rockwell PLC & SCADA (GMP Biopharma Capital Projects)

JP15356

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

Contract

Advanced Technology & Automation

3 years (potential to convert to permanent)

05/08/26

$59 - $64/hour W2

Only qualified candidates need apply. Standard 8 - 5 Working Hours

Senior Automation Engineer Delta

V DCS / Rockwell PLC & SCADA for a consulting engagement with a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

Ideal candidate:
Must have background within Life sciences specifically Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. Emerson Delta‑V DCS Programming Experience, Rockwell Automation SCADA and PLC Experience, Compliance with regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11. Minimum of Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Biotech Engineering, or related life science engineering.

Our client’s Manufacturing and Clinical Supply (MCS) – Facilities & Engineering (F&E) Automation team is looking for Engineers to support Clinical & Commercial Plant Automation programs and Capital projects, including complex and challenging automation initiatives that require a solid understanding of various automation platforms, integration between different platforms, analytical problem‑solving techniques, project management, product lifecycle management, and operational excellence. They will require an extensive understanding and background in capital construction projects, design, programming, implementation, and lifecycle management of manufacturing process controls, automation, and field instrumentation technologies.

Supplement additional workload on team

• Direct programming experience in Rockwell and/or Emerson and/or HMI and/or Allen Bradley
• Life Sciences GMP experience
• Experience with supporting automation capital projects (qualification, testing)

• Support automation capital project software development, testing, commissioning activities, etc.
• Support day to day operations of the plant for automation related issues including on call rotation every 7‑8 weeks.
• Support Plant Automation team and participate in the preparation and implementation of detailed design, scope, schedule in partnership with cross functional teams.
• Support Plant Automation team during the project implementation of new automation solutions including Delta
  
  V Distributed Control System (DCS), Rockwell Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) related hardware, software, network infrastructure, and electronic Rt‑reporting scope across various projects.
• Support Plant Automation team during the post‑implementation activities including operationalization of the new assets by extending hyper‑care support, training the System Owners and Manufacturing team, revising the SOPs, and training documents, delivering spare parts list, updating Maximo assets and client CMDB systems.
• Ensure compliance to client’s Engineering and Operational standards, specifications, and procedures as applicable during the project design and implementation.
• As applicable to the capital project scope, represent Plant Automation team and support new continuous improvements by performing automation engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes, and supporting engineering and process qualification runs.
• Support a safe working environment by complying with all pertinent environmental health/safety practice, rules, and regulations.

• Doctorate degree and 3 years of experience
• Masters degree and 5 years of experience
• Bachelors degree and 7 years of experience
• Associates degree and 12 years of experience
• High school diploma / GED and 14 years of experience

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Biotech Engineering, or related life science engineering.
• Knowledge and experience in capital project lifecycle management including conceptual design, scope, resource estimate & cost…