Automation Engineer
Automation Engineer
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Work Schedule
Standard (MonFri)Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Office Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses gowning gloves lab coat ear plugs etc.Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Excellent Benefits Package
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Medical Dental & Vision benefitseffective Day 1
Paid Time Off & Holidays
401K Company Match up to 6
Tuition Reimbursement eligible after 90 days!
Employee Referral Bonus
Employee Discount Program
Recognition Program
Charitable Gift Matching
Company Paid Parental Leave
Career Advancement Opportunities
We are currently seeking an outstanding Automation Engineer to join our worldclass team at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in Florence. As a Controls Engineer you will play a key role in driving technological innovation and efficiently implementing automation solutions.
Provide support for a twentyfourhour production operation by diagnosing and resolving hardware and software issues to maintain system readiness and function for a wide variety of system platforms including but not limited to; AllenBradley (Rockwell) Wonderware Honeywell current DCS and data historians.
Complete projects and assignments independently and as part of a team on time and within budget. This requires innovation to analyze situations and develop appropriate designs. Ensure complete and detailed specifications and documentation through creation and/or review.
Develop and modify applications as required to meet changing production need. Also assure the successful startup of new operations by ensuring code and configurations meet specifications and all changes meet validation requirements.
Provide project team input on system capabilities and assist teams with system design decisions.
Maintain automation databases and procedures as needed.
Work in a safe and responsible manner to sustain an injuryfree and incidentfree workplace.
Stay in sync with all jobrelated safety and other training requirements.
Maintain innovative Automation systems solutions implementation strategies and trends.
Act as backup for Automation manager for duties such as audit support and signature authority.
Mentor and train team members and peers. Provide technical leadership and assistance to personnel at all levels.
Accept other duties as assigned.
Education
A bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related subject area is required.
Equivalent combinations of education training and relevant work experience may be considered.
Experience
Minimum of 3 years of confirmed experience with substantial expertise in a current DCS such as PlantPAx or Delta V is preferred. Experience in a cGMP environment is preferred. Experience in computer control system startups loop tuning bug fixes and control system modification and maintenance is required. Experience developing process or equipment control applications is required.
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills. Selfstarter that is independent and reliable.
- Effective time management and prioritization skills. Highly effective verbal and written communication skills. Must work well with a team.
- Experience with development of configurable control and supervisory system and historian type program development configuration and maintenance including the OSI PI Wonderware and AllenBradley (Rockwell)FT Historian data historians. Experience with at least one historian is required.
- Experience with AllenBradley (Rockwell) products ranging from independent SLC Micro Compact and ControlLogix applications to a full PlantPAx DCS including FTBatch. Experience with some of the products is required.
- Experience with Wonderware standalone and Wonderware System Platform as a supervisory system is helpful.
- Experience with IT and OT networking including VLAN management and Stratix switch configuration is helpful.
- Experience with Honeywell controls for BMS and Fire systems is helpful
- Experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industries is helpful!
We offer competitive benefits and compensation.
Employment Type
Full-Time
