Controls & Automation Engineer
Listed on 2026-08-22
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Engineering
Automation & Mechatronics Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Job title: Controls & Automation Engineer
Location: Holly Springs, North Caolina
Hourly rate: $75 p/h - $90 p/h
Employment Type: 12-month contract
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Advanced Manufacturing / Automation
We are looking for an experienced Controls & Automation Engineer to join a specialist engineering team to deliver complex automated manufacturing systems for the pharmaceutical industry.
This is an excellent and exciting project for an engineer with strong Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC programming experience who enjoys developing sophisticated automation solutions from concept and software development through to commissioning and validation.
The Role:
As a Controls & Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development and commissioning of control systems used within complex pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. You will a vital role in delivering equipment used to save everyday lives!
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and programming Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC systems
- Developing HMI and SCADA applications
- Designing control strategies for complex automated machinery and manufacturing processes
- Producing functional design specifications and software documentation
- PLC/HMI testing and debugging
- Commissioning automated systems on customer sites
- Fault finding and optimisation of control systems
- Working closely with electrical, mechanical, process and validation engineers
- Delivering systems in accordance with pharmaceutical industry standards and GMP / GAMP requirements
About You:
- Experience with Control Logix and/or Compact Logix
- HMI or SCADA development
- Industrial communication networks such as Ether Net/IP
Previous experience within pharmaceutical, life sciences, biotechnology or another highly regulated manufacturing environment would be particularly advantageous.
Experience with areas such as Factory Talk, servo/motion control, robotics, vision systems, batch/process control or safety PLCs would also be beneficial.
You must have valid right to work in the US to be considered for this role
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