Senior Automation Engineer Responsibilities:

• Automation Engineer strong in IT/IT-centric systems to help with troubleshooting, detecting issues
• Responsible for design and implementation of key automation aspects of an equipment project, often including PLC, vision, HMI programming.
• General Change management
• Independently understanding client’s quality standards, cGMP’s, and regulatory standards to support team in compliance of validation effort
• Independent verification of testing against specifications
• Supporting clients change management program – including authoring proposed changes, executing impact assessments/ regression analysis, and supporting client documentation of change results and release
• Authoring, editing, and executing technical commissioning, qualification and validation documentation for standard equipment/systems/ software, and processes as part of team as directed by the project leader.
• Running test scripts and documenting results.
• Adherence with project schedule for all assigned activities.
• Maintaining clear, detailed records qualification and validation
• Documenting impact and risk assessments as part of a team.
• Design and PLC programming (configuration of PLC program) on standard equipment/products
• Lead and perform complex quality checks which require an intricate understanding of the machine control systems and operations
• Your innovative use of communication tools and techniques will facilitate in explaining difficult issues and establishing consensus between teams
• Contribute to the completion of projects, manage own time on agreed targets, develop plans for own projects and leads small project teams
• Monitor, generate and complete the periodic review, validation master plan for the automation engineering program
• Demonstrate good planning, organizing, time management and team participation skills
• Responsible for routine and preventive maintenance work, ensure all the equipment and facilities work safely, efficiently and reliably
• Generate and develop standard operating procedures and system support
• Analyze operational process problems and recommend appropriate corrective and preventative actions
• Manage change control authoring and execution
• Participate in the site and network wide teams to provide cybersecurity alignment and direction
• Provide 24x7x365 support of automation systems and perform automation activities for capital and non-capital projects
• Modify moderately complex to highly complex control logic that requires a degree of scientific and/or manufacturing process expertise
• Clearly communicate progress and issues to peers

Requirements:

• Must have 3-5 years of industrial experience as an Automation Engineer
• Experience in creating SQL databases
• Understanding domain authentication
• Experience in working with IT to schedule implementations
• Able to complete software installs and/or updates
• Creation of databases
• Experience in upgrading system requirements for servers
• Understanding of Citrix application
• GMP and Good Documentation Practice knowledge
• Position requires onsite work in Indianapolis, IN
• Responsible for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting automated utility, processing, filling, inspection, and packaging equipment
• Generate user requirement specifications for control systems
• Able to make minor modifications to code and HMI graphics for smaller changes
• Must be able to read logic and perform programming as well as update control system documentation
• Contribute technical content to validation protocols on automation systems and perform execution of protocols

Principal Duties / Responsibilities:

· Promotes and adheres to the ATS safety culture.

· Identifies top potential issues leading to lost production and preventable maintenance spending. Communicates findings with leadership.

· Provides solutions to root cause deficiencies and demonstrates economic benefits to their correction.

· Actively drives the implementation of equipment improvement projects.

· Identifies and implements current and new processes / technologies to increase equipment performance and uptime

· Champions systems and best practice procedures towards a proactive manufacturing culture.

· Analyzes equipment performance, failure data, and corrective maintenance history to develop and deploy engineering solutions, improved maintenance strategies, preventative maintenance optimization, and other reliability techniques.

· Provides technical service to operations and manufacturing personnel on equipment related troubleshooting efforts.

· Utilizes predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance technologies and strategies designed to identify or control risks prior to failure and ensure optimum maintenance execution.

· Collaborates with the maintenance team to prioritize assets and actions by determining failure probabilities and evaluating the risk of compliance, supply, strategy, and cost.

· Provides training and coaching in ATS Root Cause and Reliability Analysis and takes ownership for ongoing corrective action tracking, implementation and follow up to ensure that all Root Cause Analysis projects are documented.

· Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and ATS policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:

Essential KSAs:

· Bachelor’s degree in engineering (ABET accredited)

· Minimum of five years of reliability experience

· Demonstrates ability to perform full array of reliability tool sets

· Strong technical understanding of electrical or mechanical components, tools, and designs

· Ability to complete a failure mode effects analysis, cause and effect diagrams, root cause failure analysis, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis

· Ability to research and apply new equipment technology / trends

· Robust problem solving, mathematical, analytical, and decision making skills

· Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications, including Microsoft Office

· Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills

· Strong reporting and technical writing capability

· Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships

Desirable KSAs

· Desire to develop into a leadership role

· Experience with data trend analysis, vibration analysis, motor current analysis, oil analysis, lubrication and hydraulic testing, laser alignment, nondestructive testing, infrared thermography, ultrasound technology, acoustic reliability technology, Weibull analysis, and Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing methodologies

· Knowledge of various government regulations such as, Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), National Electrical Testing Association (NETA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

· CMRP certification

· Green Belt certification

· STS certification

Competencies:

· Drive & Motivation

· Interpersonal Skills

· Task Management

· Strategic Skills

· Customer Focus

· Self-awareness

· Management & Leadership

ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. We also offer market leading benefit programs including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, PTO, a 401k retirement plans with employer matching, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Pay Range

$106,132 - $119,718

ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status. Review the privacy policy here.

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Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors.

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ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status. Review the privacy policy here.