Senior Automation Engineer Montà

Senior Automation Engineer
Montà
Piemonte, Montà

Role Purpose:

Supports the automation organization, which is responsible to establish, maintain and improve the automation processes with respect to buildings, equipment and utilities in the assigned region / site.

The senior automation engineer coordinates all automation projects and initiatives.

He/she provides cost-effective and efficient technical solutions, standards, strategies and act as a competence center for automation and interface to IT.

Major Accountabilities:

Strategy & Organizational Development:

- Support internal and external audits

- Implement technical standards

- Implement AAA and/or relevant Novartis GOPs

- If needed, create regional / site SOPs & templates

- Lead or contribute to equipment, utility, facility improvement projects (e. g.

energy efficiency, productivity, environmental compliance, maintenance)

- Implement sharing and leveraging of best practices and expertise in the automation area

Maintenance & Calibration:

- Drive / improve technical availability, reliability and condition of assets

- Establish cost efficient repair and maintenance / calibration processes in compliance with local regulations, HSE, GMP

- Support asset strategy and proper asset lifecycle management for process control systems in assigned region / site

- Develop, monitor and improve KPI for maintenance & calibration

- Investigate deviations (Root Cause Analysis)

Vendor & Contractor Management:

- Develop contractual strategy and framework to manage vendors / contractors and corresponding contracts in assigned region / site

- Establish vendor/ contractor contract

Project Engineering & Control:

- Prepare Equipment Specifications and System Requirements in project (e. g.

User Requirement Specification)

- Prepare Functional Specifications

- Prepare / execute Project Health & Safety Risk Assessments (Equipment / Process)

- Develop test specification / plan for commissioning & qualification in projects

- Perform new equipment FAT / SAT / inspections in project

- Perform commission activities

- Manage project deficiencies and deviations

- Perform provisional and final project handover

(Re-) Qualification:

- Design and/or approve periodic re-qualification plan for automation systems

Automation:

- Develop & design Process Control Systems

- Develop & implement Coding / Recipes (DCS / Scada / PLC's / Control Networks)

- Design, implement & maintain Historian Configuration for modules / visualization / OPEX

- Implement Software Change Controls associated with automation / system changes

- Design and implement Master Batch Records (MBR) for MES

- Establish & maintain Computer Systems Life Cycle Management

- Develop & deliver OT activities (e. g.

Backup & Recovery / Patch Management / Remote Access / User Access)

- Establish & maintain new / modified end-to-end OT services / processes / procedures for

Automation / Manufacturing / QC equipment

Technical Services Operations:

- Drive / improve Technical Services (infrastructure, utilities), availability, reliability