Manager, Automation Engineering- Onsite

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

We are seeking a result driven Manager- Automation and Controls to lead site Automation team within our pharmaceutical operation reporting into Digital Systems organization.  This role is responsible for leading the design, implementation, maintenance and optimization of control systems and automation technologies across the facility.

Responsibilities :

• Support a Safe working environment by aligning with all pertinent environmental health, safety & maintenance program practices, rules, and regulations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Quality, IT and Maintenance.
• Manage and supports control system including standalone Manufacturing equipment, systems upgrades, data migrations for DCS, PLC’s, SCADA, and Data Historian systems.
• Ensure all automation systems comply with regulatory requirements (FDA, cGMP, etc.).
• Mitigates risk within functions through sound design, early risk assessments and implementation of fallback strategies.
• Recommend and implement business strategies and engineering controls to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and drive world-class performance.
• Develop and manage staff through hiring, managing performance, developing talent and providing clear expectations.
• Provide technical leadership for Day-to-day operational shift support for Upstream and Downstream Drug Substance manufacturing.
• Oversee troubleshooting, upgrades and lifecycle planning of automation systems.
• Maintain documentation including functional specification, validation protocols and change controls.
• Experience in change control, nonconformance, corrective & preventative actions, and Commissioning & Qualification activities.
• Work with vendors and contractors for automation related projects and support.
• Lead and support Capital projects. This role involves the application of advanced automation engineering principles in the design, specification, construction, startup, commissioning and qualification of process equipment and systems for capital projects of significant scope and complexity. Demonstrated understanding of project life cycles is preferred.
• Executive presence & communicate complex automation topics in the simplest business language at various partner forums in the workplace.
• As a System SME, be accountable and responsible to provide the necessary support during the internal and external regulatory audits.

Qualifications

Additional Information

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