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Controls Engineer

  • Sector: Engineering
  • Contact Email: emma.barry@collinsmcnicholas.ie
  • Job Ref: 23839

Our client a Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturer is seeking to recruit a Controls Engineer to join their team in Westport, Co. Mayo.

The Controls Engineer will be required to support a multi-year software lifecycle management initiative involving the refresh of GMP applications in the pharmaceutical environment. The Controls Engineer will be expected to support all aspects of the development and installation of new hardware and software solutions as part of a site-wide systems remediation/upgrade project.

Responsibilities:

As a Controls Engineer you will:

  • Works as part of the project team on the design, installation and configuration of operating systems and other software applications on automated manufacturing systems.
  • Works with equipment vendor to design and build of secure, robust, highly available fit-for-purpose and future proofed application environments.
  • Design and implement data lifecycle management systems that meet or exceed regulatory expectation in respect of data integrity: data backup regimes and system recovery testing.
  • Creation of technical documents required to complete SDLC document set.
  • Testing and verification of installed software to ensure absence of run time errors or software “bugs”.
  • Provision of technical support and direction to Validation Engineers and OT support staff as part of project execution and transfer to production.
  • Provision of support for root cause problem solving and the implementation of CAPA’s.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related discipline / equivalent experience.
  • 2. 5+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical sector preferably with sterile filling experience with demonstrated involvement in long term projects of a similar nature.
  • Extensive experience delivering automation projects (PLC and SCADA), with expertise in the following technologies: SCADA, Historian, Thin Client Manager, Active Directory and group policy permissions, XML/XSL, SQL DBA and the development of SQL Queries, Stored Procedures and Reporting.
  • Extensive hands-on experience Siemens S7 400/1500, Allen Bradley, Rockwell FactoryTalk, iFix, Siemens WinCC, Wonderware.
  • System Admin Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022. 

For a confidential discussion about the Controls Engineer role and the organisation please contact Emma Barry today.

emma.barry@collinsmcnicholas.ie

091 706719