We’re looking for an Automation Engineer to lead the automation side of new and upgraded equipment in Device Assembly, Inspection, Labeling, and Packaging. You’ll play a key role in ensuring equipment reliability, smooth implementation, and long-term sustainability across our manufacturing network.
What you’ll do
- Own the automation requirements throughout equipment design, installation, and lifecycle.
- Write and review technical documentation (URS, FDS, HDS, SDS)
- Support installation, testing, and commissioning of equipment with a strong focus on network and cybersecurity compliance.
- Drive FAT, commissioning, and qualification activities to ensure seamless deployment
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the delivery of the Equipment Automation aspects according to project timelines
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI)on the site.
- Support the test phase at equipment vendor and on-site together with the project team
- Ensure equipment is secured with company standards of security software.
- Deliver progress reporting to (Project) Management
- Implement companys automation standards for hardware and software
- Install mandatory monitoring tools
- Participate in Data Integrity Assessments
- Conduct Automation Preventive Maintenance assessments
- Advise on Automation spare parts to create Asset Spare parts List
- Create and test backup/restore procedures/Work Instructions for configurable parts
- Create parameter and audit trail review procedures/Work Instructions
- Creation/update of Asset Parameter Lists (APL’s) of the equipment
- Support the connection to PI data historian
- Provide Automation training to the Maintenance and Engineering department and applicable Operators
- Provide operational hypercare support on the floor as needed
Basic Qualifications:
- Proven experience of independent project execution in a cross functional, global environment within IS and Engineering
- At least 5 years’ experience providing process control and information systems solutions and support to manufacturing organizations in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries.
- Proven Experience with labelling and packaging equipment
- Familiar systems: Industrial PC, PLC, HMI, SCADA and vision systems (Cognex)
- Direct experience with regulated environment (e.g. GMP, OSHA, EPA)
Interested? Send your CV to Daria at d.finikova@panda-int.com or call +31202044502