Automation Engineer III

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Title: Automation Engineer III

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.

Position will sit onsite at the Florence SC site and will support the Drug Substance Division (DSD) at Thermo Fisher Scientific. This role reporting to the Automation Manager ensures the flawless import of materials and goods at our Florence South Carolina locations.

Work schedule will be standard 8-5 M F fully onsite

As an Automation Manufacturing Engineer III at Thermo Fisher Scientific you will optimize production processes implement new automation technologies and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Youll work with cross-functional teams to ensure the efficient manufacture of high-quality products while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. This position offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully by enabling our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer through innovative manufacturing solutions.

• You will manage process improvement projects provide technical automation systems expertise for new product introductions and implement industrial controls and automation systems solutions.

• Working with IT Quality Production and other departments youll optimize existing automated processes while ensuring consistent product quality and regulatory compliance.

• Your analytical skills and engineering expertise will help drive cost reductions improve efficiency and enhance manufacturing capabilities across our operations.

• Design configure and troubleshoot industrial I/O systems including sensors actuators and field instrumentation ensuring accurate signal mapping and reliable integration with control systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting & Support:Providerotatingon-call (24/7) technical support troubleshooting and optimization for manufacturing systems including but not limited to; Allen-Bradley (Rockwell) family productsEmerson DeltaVWonderWare Honeywell current DCS and data historians.

• System Design & Implementation:Contribute to automation and control system design; oversee contractors during implementation commissioning and validation of systems (e.g. D3 DCS Siemens Allen-Bradley) for both production and utility systems.

• Documentation:Develop review and maintain documentation including but not limited to functional design specifications (FDS) software design documentation and validation protocols.

• Compliance & Validation:Ensure all systems comply with cGMP GAMP 5 and FDA regulatory requirements.

• Project Execution:Partner with cross-functional teams (Process Engineering Operations Validation Quality IT) to execute automation projects manage vendors and support system upgrades and lifecycle management.

Supervision:

• Leads multidisciplinary project teams and manages third-party contractors and engineering service providers as required. Supervisory responsibilities and mentorship of less-experienced engineers may be required.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field required.

• Advanced degree highly preferred.

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering within regulated industries (pharmaceutical medical device or similar) required.

• Experience developing and supporting either Rockwell PlantPAx or Emerson DeltaV as a commercial Distributed Control System including is required.

• Hands-on experience with some of a broad range of Allen-Bradley PLCs and PanelView display products is preferred.

• Experience with data historian program development configuration and maintenance with at least one of the following historians is required: OSI (AVEVA) PI Rockwell FTHistorian DeltaV continuous historian.

• Experience with virtual machine environment and hypervisor software is preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and technical drawings with working knowledge of basic electrical circuits as related to I/O specification selection and configuration is required

• Exhibited knowledge of S88 batch control and configuration is required

• Exhibited knowledge of batch reporting

• Working knowledge of database structure including SQL Server with experience in data queries support and basic database management.

• Working knowledge of IT/OT networking including managed switch VLAN and firewall configuration and management

• Strong knowledge of GMP and life sciences regulatory requirements.

• Proficiency in PLC programming HMI/SCADA systems DCS platforms and industrial networking.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus healthcare and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation!