Systems Engineer

The Role:

• Systems Engineer
  
• Ballina Co. Mayo
• Onsite role with Shift Work (Weekends and Nights)
• Permanent or Contractor Opportunity

Role Brief:

The successful candidate will be responsible for recipe design data uploads from the packaging machines & new PLC phase (&/or soft phase) creation/modifications.
You will also participate in automation and controls system projects towards specification design startup and commissioning in a cGMP environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Creation of universal Batch templates to eliminate site specific recipes at the batch layer and match proposed SAP phases and structures
• Modification of middleware download process to match the changes for the new recipe templates
• View client application changes to integrate planned functional changes primarily
  • Integration of MII Quality and Instruction views
  • Integration of resource selections made in SAP with shop floor resource selections (Tanks Attach Attaching Filling etc)
• New PLC or Soft Phase creation to match SAP recipe designs
• Data extraction mechanism to create event messages for SAP from existing entries in the Batch History table (batchhis)
• Creation of a comprehensive upload package for all packaging machines to provide SAP with event times (like start/stop) SPC and performance events

Skills Brief:

• Familiar with SLC500 & ControlLogix. Experience in Transaction Manager Intouch Archestra Ignition for the purposes of collecting discrete event data would be highly desirable.
  
• Familiar with VB6 C# SQL. Experience is RSBatch soft phases would high highly desirable.
• Previous experience of SAP Hanna upgrades would be high highly desirable.

Person Brief:

Candidates must have a B.Sc. degree in Engineering or equivalent with emphasis in software development electrical electronic or automation discipline with a minimum of 3 years experience in a high tech manufacturing environment. Food and Beverage industry experience or experience in a pharmaceutical biotechnology blue chip or relevant GMP or regulated manufacturing environment is essential. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and strong problem skills.

The role is based in Ballina Co. Mayo and you must be living within a reasonable commute of the site as the role is not a remote role. You must also be available to work a shift pattern that may include weekends and nights as required.

Opportunity Brief:

This is an excellent opportunity to work with clients who are global leaders in their field helping to develop and improve upon industry leading technology solutions. SL Controls offers a supportive environment committed to employee development and wellness along with a competitive and rounded compensation package which rewards high performers.

Company Brief:

SL Controls are experts in the area of Equipment System Integration and System Support. We specialise in assisting our customers including many of the worlds top multinational companies in the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors achieve their Six Sigma and OEE targets.

Over the past 20 years we have grown our business from a Sligo based enterprise into an international business with additional offices in Galway Limerick Leinster and Florida USA.

We pride ourselves on our expertise in industrial IT integration and regulatory compliance in support of global end users OEMs and Technology providers.

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