Owner's Representative Automation Engineering (IN)

Owners Representative - Automation Engineering

Large-Scale Life Science Project

Location:

Indianapolis IN

About Us:

Since 1990 Excel Engineering has differentiated its services from that of its competition by providing engineering solutions to achieve our clients business objectives. We offer full service Engineering Consulting services in the US and abroad.

Position Summary:

Excel Engineering is seeking an Owners Representative for Automation Engineering to act as the Owners subject-matter expert for DCS PLC SCADA BMS EMS and data historian systems. Ensures automation architecture software design and field execution meet GAMP 5 ISA-88/95 and cybersecurity (IEC 62443) requirements while maintaining alignment with URS and process control narratives.

Excel Engineering is focused on cultivating a high performing culture where a service-oriented approach continuous improvement and goal orientation are valued. If you enjoy working in a fast paced challenging and rewarding environment Excel Engineering is for you!

Benefits:

• Medical and Dental insurance
• Long-term Disability
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account with company match
• Voluntary Life Insurance/AD&D Vision Insurance Short-Term Disability Insurance
• 401(K) with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Flexible work schedule

Key Responsibilities:

1. Document Review & Red-Line Authority

• Scrutinize P&IDs control narratives cause & effect matrices I/O lists and HMI screen layouts for functional accuracy and alarm rationalization.
• Audit and edit Div. 25 specifications FRS DDS HDS and network architecture diagrams (ring star PRP/HSR redundancy).
• Verify tagging conventions data mapping to OSI PI historian and 21 CFR Part 11 audit trail implementation.

2. Field Verification & Walkdowns

• Conduct point-to-point verification of field instruments PLC I/O wiring and fiber optic terminations using loop drawings and termination diagrams.
• Confirm cabinet layouts respect IP66/NEMA 4X ratings purge systems (Type Z) and segregation of IS/non-IS circuits.
• Validate installation of managed switches firewalls and VLAN segmentation per IEC.
• Photograph and tag deviations (cable bend radius labeling grounding) in Procore/BIM 360.

3. Change Control & Risk Mitigation

• Lead automation FAT/SAT; enforce code review of ladder logic structured text and function blocks.
• Evaluate software change requests for impact on validated state and regression testing scope.
• Maintain live as-built loop drawings and PLC/DCS tag databases.

4. Commissioning & Turnover Support

• Witness integrated system testing (water runs media/ buffer simulations) and sequence of operations.
• Sign off on IQ/OQ protocols for DCS recipe objects phase logic and electronic batch records.
• Package native source code VM snapshots and backup scripts for handover.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Automation/Controls Engineering or Computer Science.
• 10 years implementing DeltaV Rockwell PlantPAx or Siemens PCS7 in GMP environments.

Qualifications

• S88 batch modeling ISA-18.2 alarm management and GAMP 5 software categorization expertise.
• Cybersecurity certification (GISCP ISA/IEC 62443) preferred.

Excel Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation disability age veteran status marital status or status with regard to public assistance.

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