Automation Systems Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Vacaville, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
20 days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a leading biotechnology company that combines technological insight with world-class manufacturing scientific expertise and process excellence and helps their customers to deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. Our client specializes in pharmaceutical ingredients Bioscience Biopharmaceuticals Custom manufacturing Biotechnology Life science ingredients Nutrition Microbial Control Agriculture Materials Science Personal Care and cell and gene therapy.
Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer / Automation Systems Engineer
Location: Vacaville CA - 95688
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Summary:
We are seeking an Automation Systems Support professional to provide technical and infrastructure support for manufacturing and Quality Control (QC) automation systems. This role supports Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Manufacturing Control Systems (MCS) PLCs BAS and QC systems while assisting with infrastructure maintenance troubleshooting system administration and automation projects in a regulated manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities:
- Provide system administration infrastructure design and technical support for MCS DCS PLC BAS and site QC systems.
- Support manufacturing and QC-related infrastructure including vendor software integrations and custom applications.
- Assist senior system engineers with projects aligned to the Automation and QC roadmap.
- Support user management activities for manufacturing and QC systems.
- Perform routine backup restore archival patching audit trail review and data retention activities.
- Assist in maintaining system availability and supporting infrastructure components such as firewalls and antivirus software.
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineering process science validation and quality assurance teams to implement effective solutions.
- Support troubleshooting root cause analysis CAPAs investigations and resolution of automation and QC system issues.
- Assist with infrastructure testing debugging startup and validation support activities.
- Provide troubleshooting and break-fix support for CCP1 CCP2 PLC and QC systems including after-hours/on-call support as required.
- Support documentation activities including requirements scope definitions design documents and drawings.
- Support ongoing manufacturing operations by evaluating discrepancies and implementing corrective action plans.
Required Skills
- Strong understanding of Process Automation Systems including DCS MCS PLC BAS and QC systems.
- Experience with system administration infrastructure support and automation troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with manufacturing and QC operations in a regulated environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to determine cause-and-effect relationships and recommend solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams and organizational levels.
- Ability to manage priorities and adapt to changing business conditions.
- Experience supporting infrastructure components such as firewalls antivirus software backup/restore processes and patch management.
- Ability to support investigations CAPAs and discrepancy resolution activities.
- Willingness to provide after-hours/on-call support when required.
