Senior Automation Engineer

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Purpose

• Design, develop and maintain process automation systems to support manufacturing processes.
• Ensure good performance of the automation systems.
• Ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) regulations and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) within his/her purview.

Major Responsibilities

Project Support

• Automation representative in the site capital project i.e new product introductions or new technology introductions by performing automation assessments, implementation and qualification activities.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to automation engineer.

Operation Support

• Provide technical support to automation systems related issues in manufacturing operations.
• Maintain GMP compliant state of the automation systems.
• Ensure periodic alarm management/audit trail reviews are done
• Ensure periodic preventive maintenance is carried out for all automation systems.
• Support 24/7 on call operational support.
• Develop, revise and review SOP’s as needed.

Audit Support

• Automation representative in non-conformance investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Automation representative in external/internal compliance audits.

• Degree or Master’s in Engineering (Chemical / Electrical & Electronics / Instrumentation / Pharmaceutical)
• 8+ years of relevant work experience in Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical is highly preferred, Chemical / Oil & Gas industries is considered
• Proficiency in programming/troubleshooting in Control Systems (DCS/PLC) applications especially DeltaV, Siemens, Allen Bradley etc.
• Experience in Network Infrastructure/ Virtual Machines – Virtualization, Communication protocol i.e Devicenet, Ethernet/IP, Fieldbus, Profibus, Modbus TCP, Profinet, IO link etc
• Experience in Manufacturing Execution Systems like POMSnet etc
• Experience in Data Historian Systems like OSI PI etc
• Knowledge of GAMP/GMP and familiarity with documentation in regulated environment.
• An ideal candidate must be a self-driven team player and communicate technical solutions to stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead automation projects with experience in project management tools and mentoring teams of engineers.

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