Automation Engineer (Pharma and Medical Device)

Roles & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Administer DeltaV system and support operation for manufacturing DeltaV systems.
• Execute periodic maintenance activities, including DeltaV Diagnostics review, Server Event Log review, Backup and Recovery verification, DeltaV Licensing review, Emerson Hotfix review, Batch Historian administration, and VCAT synchronization activities.
• Support DeltaV server administration, Windows Patching, Startup/Shutdown activities, HCI virtualization infrastructure management, VM migration, Backup & Recovery, and Disaster Recovery (DR) testing and restore activities to ensure system availability and business continuity.
• Monitor and troubleshoot DeltaV Servers, Workstations, Application Stations, Historians, network connectivity, and integrated system interfaces.
• Monitor and support DeltaV integrations with Werum PAS-X MES and OSI PI systems to ensure reliable data exchange, interface health, and system connectivity.
• Support PI daily operational activities, interface monitoring, historian connectivity, and data flow troubleshooting.
• Support OT cybersecurity compliance, audit readiness, and GMP periodic reviews.
• Support DeltaV upgrades, technology refresh, lifecycle management, commissioning, qualification, and validation activities.
• Provide administration support for NPI, expansion, and capital projects, including system configuration, FAT/SAT support, commissioning, qualification, startup, cutover, and post-implementation activities.
• Coordinate with Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, MES, OSI PI, OT Infrastructure, Project Delivery teams, and Emerson support teams to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.

What we expect from you

• At least bachelor’s degree in Lifescience, Automation, Instrumentation, Electrical, Electronics, IT, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience supporting DeltaV Systems.
• Strong experience in DeltaV Administration and Diagnostics, Licensing, Backup & Recovery, Batch Historian, Upgrade and Lifecycle Management, Windows Server Administration, VMware/Hyper-V/HCI Infrastructure, etc.
• Experience in operating under Data Integrity and Change Control in GMP environment.
• Ideally with DeltaV System Administration certification and/or equivalent hands-on DeltaV administration experience.
• Ideally with experience supporting pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing facilities.
• Preferably with OSI PI System experience (PI Data Archive, PI AF, PI Vision, Interfaces, and Historian) will be considered an added advantage.

Tell employers what skills you have

System Commissioning
Deltav
Validation
Systems Interface
System Availability
CGMP manufacturing
Emerson DeltaV
cGMP
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Control & Automation Engineering
VMware
Network Connectivity
Aveva
Automation Design
Workstations
System Configuration
System Administration
Database Design
Infrastructure
System Integration Testing