Automation Engineer, Biotech Facilities & Engineering (JP15096)

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Thousand Oaks, CA - USA

profile Hourly Salary: $ 58 - 64
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Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Title: AutomationEngineer Biotech Facilities & Engineering (JP15096)
Location:Thousand Oaks CA. 91320
Business Unit:Facilities & Engineering
Employment Type: Contract
Duration:3 years with possible conversion to FTE
Rate: $58 - $68/hour - W2 with benefits or Market Rate for highly qualified candidates.
Posting Date:3/9/2028.
Note: Fully Onsite - Standard 8am-5pm Working hours.


3 Key Consulting is hiring! We are recruiting aPrincipal Automation/Control Engineerfor a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biotechnology company.


Ideal candidate: Must have background in within Life sciences specifically Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. Emerson Delta-V DCS Programming Experience Rockwell Automation SCADA and PLC Experience Compliance with regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11 Minimum of Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science Chemical Engineering Biotech Engineering or related life science engineering.


The company Manufacturing and Clinical Supply (MCS) Facilities & Engineering (F&E) Automation team is looking for Engineers to support Clinical & Commercial Plant Automation programs and Capital projects including complex and challenging automation initiatives that require a solid understanding of various automation platforms integration between different platforms analytical problem-solving techniques project management product lifecycle management and operational excellence. They will require an extensive understanding and background in capital construction projects design programming implementation and lifecycle management of manufacturing process controls automation and field instrumentation technologies.

Job Description & Responsibilities:
  1. Support automation capital project software development testing commissioning activities etc.
  2. Support day to day operations of the plant for automation related issues including on call rotation every 7-8 weeks.
  3. Support Plant Automation team and participate in the preparation and implementation of detailed design scope schedule in partnership with cross functional teams.
  4. Support Plant Automation team during the project implementation of new automation solutions including DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS) Rockwell Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) related hardware software network infrastructure and electronic Rt-reporting scope across various projects.
  5. Support Plant Automation team during the post-implementation activities including operationalization of the new assets by extending hyper-care support training the System Owners and Manufacturing team revising the SOPs and training documents delivering spare parts list updating Maximo assets and Amgen CMDB systems.
  6. Ensure compliance to Amgen Engineering and Operational standards specifications and procedures as applicable during the project design and implementation.
  7. As applicable to the capital project scope represent Plant Automation team and support new continuous improvements by performing automation engineering assessments implementing automation system configuration changes and supporting engineering and process qualification runs.
  8. Support a safe working environment by complying with all pertinent environmental health/safety practice rules and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science Chemical Engineering Biotech Engineering or related life science engineering.
  • Knowledge and experience in capital project lifecycle management including conceptual design scope resource estimate & cost estimate development business case development detailed design engineering commissioning validation and project execution as it relates to Plant Automation and process control systems with GMP biopharmaceutical production facility equipment/systems in support of Drug Substance Drug Product plant operations.
  • Has five or more years combined experience with the following automation systems:
    • Emerson Delta-V DCS system.
    • Rockwell Automation SCADA and PLC Platform.
    • ABB Robot and Mitsubishi roller bottle machine
    • Emerson Delta-V DCS system.
    • Electronic Batch Reporting Systems Design and implementation experience.
    • Process Control Network design including network segregation.
    • Process Control Systems: Virtual Infrastructure design and implementation.
    • System Integration using OPC Foundation Fieldbus Profibus and DeviceNet technologies.
    • Compliance to regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11 ASTM 2500 S88 S95 and GAMP.
Top Must Have Skill Sets:
1. Must have direct programming experience in Rockwell and/or Emerson and/or HMI and/or Allen Bradley
2. Life Sciences GMP experience
3. Experience with supporting automation capital projects (qualification testing)


Basic Qualifications:
Masters degree and 5 years of experience OR Bachelors degree and 7 years of experience OR Associates degree and 12 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 14 years of experience


Why is the Position Open
Supplement additional workload on team

Interview Process:
One Phone screen with Hiring Manager and One Panel Interview with team. Both Virtual.

We invite qualified candidates to sendyour resume to. Ifyou decide that youre not interested in pursuing this particular position please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our You are also welcome to sharethis opportunity withanyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.

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3KC Talent Acquisition Team

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Job Title: AutomationEngineer Biotech Facilities & Engineering (JP15096)Location:Thousand Oaks CA. 91320Business Unit:Facilities & EngineeringEmployment Type: ContractDuration:3 years with possible conversion to FTERate: $58 - $68/hour - W2 with benefits or Market Rate for highly qualified candidate...
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