Automation Engineering Technician

Are you looking for an opportunity to utilize your automation engineering expertise to provide services to buildings and facilities? If so, this is the role for you.

As Controls and Instrumental Engineering Staff you will be responsible for maintaining the central controls systems for operations process equipment. You will also ensure the operation and maintenance strategy is executed to support best in class services.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Experience in installing and troubleshooting programmable logic controllers, AC/DC Motors, Motor starters, Phase power distribution, solid state logic, process instrumentation, VFDs.

Manage the robotics ethernet data network while complying with all safety, quality, OSHA (Occupational Safety Health Administration), FDA regulations and local, state, and national electrical codes.

Troubleshoot microprocessor-based systems, measurement-optical systems, visions systems, controls and programming at the micro-controllers and PLC levels.

Install and repair electrical equipment from written specifications such as blueprints, equipment manuals, engineering sketches, and verbal instruction and update appropriate drawings to reflect changes under the guidance of a rigid Change Control Program operating in a regimental LOTO and Zero-Access environment.

Respond to internal customer needs and requests professionally, effectively, and efficiently.

Provide recommendations for standardization and establishing quantities of critical electrical spares.

Perform all job responsibilities in compliance with applicable regulations.

Maintain current knowledge of cGMP and FDA guidelines that are applicable to the scope of the role.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Associate degree and 3+ years’ experience in control-design electromechanical maintenance and controls with a background in troubleshooting systems or 5+ years’ experience in controls/maintenance engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Strong Teamwork capability and substantiated evidence of partnering with others to achieve performance goals.

Bachelor’s degree and/or 5+ years’ experience in industrial machine controls (design or build or support)

Knowledge in a highly technical advanced control setting

Demonstrated Ability to effectively communicate with others and work across boundaries.

Demonstrated Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.

Knowledge to seek opportunities to receive additional training from automation course.

Flexibility to work overtime and change shifts as needed.

Prior experience in controls/maintenance engineering , in a pharmaceutical facility Engineering environment preferred.

About the Zebulon Site 

GSK’s Zebulon site is a global supplier of Respiratory and Solid Dose medicines to patients around the globe and the largest GSK Pharmaceutical secondary manufacturing site in North America. The site is located less than 30 minutes from downtown Raleigh, Wendell, Knightdale, Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Wake Forest.

Key differentiators about GSK and Zebulon:

* Our commitment to inclusion and diversity – we see diversity as a critical advantage of ours

* Our focus on cultivating a positive work environment that cares for our employees

* Demonstrated opportunities for continued career growth driven by individual ambition 

* Leaders that care about their teams and growth of both individuals and the company

* A priority focus on Safety and Quality 

* Clean and GMP compliant work environment

* Onsite cafeteria

* Onsite gym

* Temperature-controlled climate

* Licensed, onsite Health & Wellness clinic

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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