Principal Engineer

4 weeks ago


Athens, United States Astrix Full time

Our client is a global, research-driven pharmaceutical focusing on treatment options for diseases and conditions for which there is no satisfactory treatment option to date. The company is looking for a Principal Engineer to join the team. This is an amazing opportunity to work on cutting edge treatments and make a difference


Schedule: 1st Shift

Pay: $86-93/hr.

8 month development opportunity with the potential for this to turn into a direct hire with the company or extension


As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for providing advanced design, troubleshooting support and advancement of site automation technologies including production equipment and building automation. Additionally, you will provide design, programming and troubleshooting support of automated controls to plant services department for plant engineering, construction and maintenance work, and will also manage capital and expense projects and implement modifications to existing systems.


Responsibilities:

  • Manage capital and expense projects ensuring sustainable growth of site automation technologies.
  • Maintain building automation system including lifecycle management, modification and troubleshooting in compliance with BIAH SOPs and current industry standards.
  • Research and evaluate potential automation projects to determine feasibility.
  • Provide data and proposals to management to guide site investment strategy.
  • Develop and implement site automation improvement initiatives.
  • Act as automation and controls subject matter expert on large capital projects.
  • Support day to day site automation and controls needs, minimizing production loss.
  • Produce and implement CAPA plans to prevent future occurrences.
  • Lead root cause analysis initiatives as related to automation topics Research new technologies, gain competency and train others after implementation. T
  • Multitasking and frequent assessment of priorities to ensure that production and project goals are achieved in a fast paced environment Interfaces
  • Interface with all internal functions, depending on project.
  • Interface with operations, maintenance and engineering, validation and IT.
  • Interface with external contractors specific to project or system needs.
  • Interact with automation and to manage automation projects on a daily basis.


Education/Experience:

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering or Control Systems field+ 4 years professional experience
  • Expertise with automation (PLCs, HMI/SCADAs, building automation and robotics) and project management tools is required
  • Knowledge and understanding of biopharmaceutical regulations and good manufacturing practices is preferred.
  • Integrator level capability in the following: Low voltage controls (relays, safety circuits, drives, etc.)
  • Devices and interface technologies (sensors, IO modules, fieldbus and networking) PLC programming including ladder, function block and structured text.
  • RSLogix experience is preferred.
  • HMI/SCADA FactoryTalk View experience is preferred.
  • Proficiency in the following: Mechanical design methods and techniques using 30 CAD SolidWorks experience is preferred.
  • Building automation systems.
  • Siemens Insight or Desigo experience is preferred


**This job description is a complete list of all desired skills but not all are required. We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply. We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you**



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