Senior Engineer – Process Automation

2 days ago


Limerick, Ireland Eli Lilly and Company Full time

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Main Purpose and Objectives of Position:

The process automation engineer will work as a member of the Process Automation Department at Eli Lilly, Limerick. The engineer will provide automation support for automated process equipment across the Limerick site.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide day-to-day operation's support for automated equipment and skid vendor proprietary equipment. In this role, you will be working with Engineering and Operations personnel to troubleshoot issues, make changes to the control systems in line with site change control procedures and site standards, responding to system events and performing routine computer system maintenance checks.
- Provide subject matter expertise for automated system design, development, installation, testing, validation, and support.
- During Major projects:

- Technically lead and oversee the work and material the equipment vendor produces including Functional Requirements, Design Specifications, Network Architectures, Application Software, Test Specifications.

- Attend equipment and software FATs.

- Support commissioning.

- Provide periodic status updates to Project Management.

- Develop and implement programmable logic controller (PLC) automation system software design, coding/configuration, and testing (sequence logic, graphics, etc.).
- Design and develop Human-Machine Interface (HMI) systems for user interaction with PLCs.
- Project Management of related automation projects.
- Maintain the validated state of the logistics automated systems in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation.
- Promoting the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency, and compliance.
- Adherence to Lilly corporate and site safety procedures and developing automation solutions with these in mind.
- Developing a ‘network’ of corporate contacts and leveraging corporate expertise when needed.
- Interacting with external parties (e.g. vendors, consortiums) and assessing vendor solutions against user requirements and troubleshooting support needs.
- The role is expected to work very closely with a wide spectrum of disciplines/stakeholders across the organisation.
- Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions, and other job aids to ensure the appropriate level of documentation is in place to train on, maintain, and operate the automation systems.

Role Requirements:

- 5 years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
- Experience with Siemens PLC/HMI configuration (S7 1500s), IPCs, TIA portal, WinCC and IGel technology.
- Industrial communication protocols such as modbus, HART, Foundation fieldbus, OPC DA & UA, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, RS485.
- Demonstrated ability to participate in and facilitate decision-making.
- Demonstrated initiative, good planning and organisational skills, ability to prioritise tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines.
- Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement.
- Strong collaborative skills with an ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners.
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communications skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation.

Preferable:

- 7 years + as a controls engineer in a highly automated environment supporting various PLC related control systems.
- Direct hands-on experience of designing, coding, and testing with Siemens PLCs.
- Ideally have knowledge of pick and place equipment and logistic/ warehouse automation systems.
- SQL Databases.
- Server/Client systems.
- Automation networking.
- Automation system administration.
- S95 architecture design experience.
- Instrumentation and controls knowledge.
- Experience of troubleshooting automation systems and related integrated systems such as warehouse management system.
- Experience in Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
- Experience of developing design specifications, test protocols, and executing tests.
- Experience of developing documents with Kneat electronic document management system.
- Experience with data historians such as AVEVA PI, Version Dog, Octoplant, Domain related controls such as Simatic UMC.

Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly USA, LLC, and our wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively “Lilly”) are committed to helping individuals with disabilities to participate in the workforce and ensure equal opportunity to compete for jobs. If you require an accommodation to submit a resume for positions at Lilly, please email Lilly Human Resources ( Lilly_Recruiting_Compliance@lists.lilly.com ) for further assistance. Please note this email address is intended for use only to request an accommodation as part of the application process. Any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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