Senior Automation Engineer

Founded in 2005, agap2 is a European company of engineering and operational consulting. We operate in the sectors of Energy, Infrastructure, Transport, Chemistry, Life Sciences and IT.

Today, the agap2 group has a team composed of over 5000 qualified doctors and engineers. We work on projects around the world from our offices in Europe - Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the UK.

We attach as much importance to the spirit, ambition, dynamism, and daring as to the expertise of our teams. Attached to these basic human values, we recruit high-value profiles to strengthen our technical teams and our industrial partners in Switzerland (offices in Basel, Zurich and Lausanne).

Tasks

Your Responsibilities

The Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for planning, designing, analyzing and managing automation systems and projects for manufacturing processes and systems in a regulated pharmaceutical industrial plant. Performs engineering design evaluations. Recommends alterations to development and design to improve the quality of products, and/or procedures. Maximizes efficiency by analyzing automation system composition, communication, logic, and workforce utilization.

Determines hardware, software, and network architecture necessary to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specifications. Leads project teams and drive project milestones to design, develop, and improve process automation.

Manages and directs automation / controls integrators across multiple internal and CAPEX projects.

Your Tasks

• Responsible for Design, Installation, and qualification of Automation systems for batch processing tanks, solvent recovery system, filter dryers, HPLCs, filtration system, Lyophilizers, ultra-low freezers, HVAC, solvent distribution and recovery system, compressed air, purified water, and waste water system.
• Develop and train cross-functional team members on utilization and maintaining new Automation systems for equipment and system by creating roadmap, improving existing process, creating new procedures, job aids, SOPs and protocols as well as training of staff for these expectations.
• Troubleshoot Automation Systems, and monitor and trend to ensure that equipment works to its specifications and appropriate capacities
• Lead engineering team and coordinates engineering activities to design, develop, and execute the automation part of strategic investment projects.
• Ensures compliance of company policies, procedures and objectives regarding processes, initiatives, and projects

Requirements

Your Profile

• Minimum a Bachelor s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years qualified work experience
• Working Knowledge of Industry Standards as it relates to Chemical, Pharmaceutical facilities or related facilities
• Technical knowledge of automation, controls, instrumentation, batch programming, Programmable Logic Controllers, Distributed Control Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, Building Automation Systems, IT and OT networks and technologies
• Knowledge of batch processing and recipe management
• Direct complete project life cycle from design, planning, and implementation to validation. Act as project manager across multiple projects
• Experience with electrical and program troubleshooting
• Ability to safely work with electrical circuits up to 480VAC
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (in English and German)
• Ability to effectively organize, multitask, and work in a fast-paced, deadline driven work environment
• Detail oriented with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
• Ability to work independently, manage one s time, and function well in a team environment
• Experience with Siemens or Delta-V automation platforms.

Benefits

At agap2 you will work with a Technical Manager at your side who will follow, support and prepare you for next steps in your career. In addition, you can expect work in a friendly and dynamic team, extensive development opportunities and growing responsibilities.

Applications from Switzerland and EU only will be considered.