JOB SUMMARY:

• The Automation role is reporting to the Engineering Manager and is responsible for Planning and implementing related maintenance projects with professional knowledge; Supports the maintenance technician's daily work on a technical level through the preparation of various Sops and document management; Ensuring that equipment and facilities are effectively maintained and improved to improve equipment performance or efficiency; Ensure that equipment and facilities are maintained in good working condition while achieving optimal maintenance costs.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Develop automation proposals to improve plant performance and in line with set automation evolution strategies.

• Lead all automation projects planned to improve site performance.

• Implement technical automation standards compliant with company-selected automation standards.

• Create, develop, and maintain automation & digitization SOPs.

• Support equipment, utility, and facility improvement projects relevant to energy efficiency, productivity, environmental compliance, and maintenance.

• Support the development of engineering team skills as relevant to automation, control, and digitization aiming to develop a competent, high-performing team of engineers and sociates.

• Sharing and leveraging best practices and expertise in areas of automation, control, and digitization.

• Implement training programs for staff, engineers, operators, and/or technicians where in areas of automation, control, and digitization.

• Manages instrumentation and metering maintenance and calibration program and assures instrumentation, metering, and respective systems integrity, operational consistency, and quality performance.

Maintenance & Calibration:

• Drive/improve technical availability, reliability, and condition of control, automation, and digitization assets.

• Establish cost-efficient repair and maintenance/calibration processes in compliance with local regulations, HSE, GMP

• Define and execute asset classification and lifecycle management of plant process control systems, automation, and digitization.

• Develop, monitor, and improve control systems, automation, maintenance & calibration plan.

• Investigate deviations and support troubleshooting and root cause analysis with stakeholders as relevant to process control, automation, digitization, and relevant systems.

Vendor & Contractor Management:

• Manage and implement company contractual policies and procedures as relevant to control, automation, digitization, and systems vendors/contractors and corresponding contracts implemented at the site.

• Develop, review, and approve vendors/contractors' contracts for control, automation, digitization, and systems.

Project Engineering & Control:

• Develop equipment specifications and system requirements for automation and digitization projects (e.g., User Requirement Specification)

• Develop and execute projects Health & Safety Risk Assessments (Equipment / Process)

• Develop test specification/plan for commissioning & qualification of automation and digitization projects

• Execute equipment FAT / SAT/inspections for automation and digitization projects

• Execute commissioning activities for automation and digitization projects

• Manage automation and digitization project deficiencies and deviations

• Perform provisional and final project handover for automation and digitization projects

Qualification:

Plan and implement periodic qualification/re-qualification plans for automation, digitization, instrumentation, and metering systems.

Automation:

• Develop & design Process Control Systems

• Develop & implement Coding / Recipes (DCS / SCADA / PLCs / Control Networks)

• Design, implement & maintain Historian Configuration for modules/visualization / OPEX

• Implement Software Change Controls associated with automation/system changes

• Design and implement Master Batch Records (MBR) for MES

• Establish & maintain Computer Systems Life Cycle Management

• Develop & deliver OT activities (e.g., Backup & Recovery / Patch Management / Remote Access / User Access)

• Establish & maintain new/modified end-to-end OT services/processes/procedures for Automation / Manufacturing / QC equipment

Related Job Qualification:

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics

• 3-5 years of relevant experience

• PLC technical certification

• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing and mechanical processes

• Knowledge of software design principals

• Detailed knowledge of PLC automation software and coding languages

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Experience with PLC S7-1500, S7-400

• Experience in PLC Programming language STL, SCL, LL

• Experience in HMI Programming

• Ability to coordinate with outside suppliers.

• Mechanically inclined, strong problem-solving skills, hands-on individual

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.