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Position Summary
- This position serves as a sub-team lead or senior individual contributor on the Process Automation Team within Devens Cell Therapy. The role involves overseeing and implementing changes and updates to the Process Automation Systems, Building Automation System, and Site Historians.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Function as a DeltaV, PI, and Building Automation System Subject Matter Expert and System Administrator for multiple systems to support the operation of all GMP and non-GMP control systems and other auxiliary equipment at the Devens Cell Therapy Facility.
- Member of a team of automation engineers that investigate, design, configure/integrate, and test process control solutions to a variety of complex technical problems.
- Member of cross-functional teams that develop requirements and perform qualification and validation activities.
- Provide troubleshooting and guidance support to automation systems in support of Manufacturing as part of daily responsibilities and a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- Exercise sound judgment in making decisions and recommendations within generally defined practices and policies and notify senior management when necessary.
- Monitor and support the delivery of automation team deliverables and function as the application system owner for automation systems.
- Reporting Relationship
- This position reports to the Automation Systems Lead at the Cell Therapy Facility, Devens, MA.
Qualifications
- Expert understanding of S88, S95, and batch processing operations required.
- Understanding of engineering documentation such as P&IDs, network diagrams, process flow diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Strong understanding of Validation Lifecycle Management.
- Excellent communication skills including oral, written, and formal presentations.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced multi-tasking team environment.
- Ability to troubleshoot network and control systems from the field element up through operator interfaces and databases.
- Experience with DeltaV, PI, IT Infrastructure and BAS systems required.
- Experience with Control System Networking Technologies and PC networking technologies required.
- Experience with IT Ticketing Systems and Agile Methodology.
- Experience working with SQL, Server, Oracle, or other relational databases preferred but not required.
- Experience with Validation Lifecycle Management Systems preferred, but not required.
- Experience with .Net scripting preferred but not required.
Education/Experience/ Licenses/Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or its equivalent.
- Specific technical skills with 4-7 years’ experience working with control systems (DeltaV, PI, BAS and PLC’s) in the Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology sector.
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On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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