Engineering & Automation Strategy Manager

AbbVie'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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

We are looking for an Engineering & Automation Strategy Manager for our Campoverde site, with following responsibilities:

Job core responsibilities GMP:

1. Project Lead, design and development interface from IT Systems (OSI-PI/MES/Maximo) versus OT system 
2. Design, implement and maintain an infrastructure Network (MCN), Hardware and Software for automation systems that allows the integration of information flows between field process control systems.  
3. Support and facilitate future integration of PCS (process control system) with OT Core Systems.
4. Being the point of reference for the Automation projects in the plant and the connection with the international structures to signal the local experience and contribute to the development of international projects on the Site.
5. Ensuring the development, operation and maintenance of information and Automation systems for the application areas of competence, formulating solutions that optimize the cost/performance ratio in compliance with company standards and applicable regulations.
6. Coordinate and support multi-functional teams in the study, design, implementation, and functional verification of automation systems in compliance with corporate and industrial standards and applicable regulations
7. To periodically check the progress of projects in terms of costs, risks, scheduling and results by communicating and interacting with the specific and appropriate company functions

• Master’s degree in Management and Automation Engineering or related
• Analysis, design and implementation of SCADA systems in the pharmaceutical field realized with visual basic technology and Database ServerSQL server. Consulting on complex IT architectures
• Project management activities: cost control, resource management, relationship with suppliers, drafting of GMP documentation.
• Management and coordination of distributed control systems (DCS) and PLC-SCADA related to production equipment such as fermenters, bioreactors, utilities and automatic machines.
• Experience in Documentation writing of RAS, URS, SFS, NDS, HDS. Writing and execution of FAT / SAT and IQ / OQ qualification protocols
• Deviation Management and CAPA with Quality Assurance and Production for the resolution of known problems
• Application and usage of quality validation directives and methods such as CFR21 part 11, GAMP and S88 standards

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