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Why Patients Need You
Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what's possible and taking action.
What You Will Achieve
Working with Pfizer's dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical role in the management of manufacturing information systems to improve manufacturing success rates and ensuring zero down time.
As a Senior Associate, your knowledge and skills will contribute towards the goals and objectives of the team. Your focus and ability to meet team targets will help in completing critical deliverables. Your innovative use of communication tools and techniques will facilitate in explaining difficult issues and establishing consensus between teams.
It is your hard work and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
- Participate in Product Centric Teams (PCTs) for support in understanding and deployment of Unit Operations, production recipes on PCS, design of automation solutions to enhance productivity, business operations and safety/quality standards.
- Troubleshoot automation control system issues in manufacturing operations. Participate and lead quality /safety investigations and implement optimal automation solutions resulting as CAPA from these investigations
- Participate as automation representative in capital projects involving automation systems interface for Equipment, Tank Farm, Waster Water, Production, facilities and utilities environment
- Periodically review and validate new automation systems and changes to existing site systems. Review, audit, improve and update existing system documentation and procedures
- Perform automation systems preventive maintenance, identify and address issues at control logic and recipe level, 3rd party interfaces with PCS, Enterprise Historian, MES
- Perform complex preventive maintenance activities on Process Control System in conjunction with vendors
- Identify and address fundamental software issues across the Process Control System through knowledge sharing discussions
- Identify and address complex system level / architecture level issues and get these accepted by global sites
- Provide training to end users related to PCS (process control system)
- Lead and resolve various Automation systems application software / architecture / infrastructure related issues, along with support from vendors
- Lead and participate in the data management across integration of various Automation systems
- Collaborate with Pfizer Global Automation team members to investigate issues and implement the Pfizer standards across various Automation systems
- Team player with proven performance records, creative thinking abilities, and excellent communication skills.
- Customer-focused, positive attitude and demonstrated passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Bachelor's Degree
- 8+ years of demonstrated experience in Automation Engineering
- Experience with writing software test plans, user requirements, and system design documents
- Experience on Automation Compliance projects
- Familiar with process controls equipment
- Strong knowledge of Computerized Systems, Compliance regulations and standards
- Teamwork spirit, good communication skills and training abilities
- Excellent interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills written and oral
- Process Automation, preferably in a batch manufacturing environment; preferably in Emerson DeltaV,
- Network infrastructure for Controls Systems management.
Nice-to-Have
- Master's degree
- Relevant pharmaceutical experience
- Understanding of programming, and proficiency in at least one language
Work Location Assignment: Flexible
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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