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Job Summary Horizon Controls Group is seeking an experienced Senior ABB Automation Engineer to support automation systems across a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will …
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Full-time
Posted 44d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Responsible for supporting, maintaining, and enhancing Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control Systems within a GMP pharmaceutical environment. This includes designing control strategies, troubleshooting automation issues, and managing the lifecycle of automation hardware and software.
Requirements
Requires strong technical expertise in Emerson DeltaV DCS, including Batch, Control Modules, and System Administration. Experience in pharmaceutical automation and knowledge of GMP manufacturing standards are essential.
Full job description
We are seeking an experienced DeltaV Automation Engineer to join the Automation & Process Control team at MSD Ballydine. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting, maintaining, and enhancing Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control Systems (DCS) used within a highly regulated GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The role will involve working across manufacturing operations, capital projects, new product introductions (NPI), process improvements, and lifecycle management of automation systems while ensuring compliance with GMP, safety, and quality standards.
This is an excellent opportunity to work on one of Ireland's largest pharmaceutical manufacturing sites, supporting state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and contributing to operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
Provide day-to-day engineering support for Emerson DeltaV process control systems across manufacturing operations.
Design, configure, develop, test, and implement DeltaV control strategies, control modules, equipment modules, phases, and batch logic.
Develop and modify DeltaV graphics, alarms, historian configuration, trends, and operator interfaces.
Support manufacturing during engineering runs, PPQ batches, validation activities, and commercial production.
Troubleshoot automation issues, investigate system failures, identify causes, and implement robust corrective actions.
Support process optimisation initiatives to improve plant reliability, efficiency, and manufacturing performance.
Participate in capital projects, equipment upgrades, technology transfers, and new product introductions.
Prepare and review Functional Design Specifications (FDS), Design Specifications (DS), Software Design Specifications (SDS), test documentation, and commissioning protocols.
Execute software testing including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning, and qualification activities.
Support Change Control implementation in accordance with site procedures and GMP requirements.
Work closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Process Engineering, CQV, Validation, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and external vendors.
Participate in investigations, deviations, CAPAs, and audit support activities.
Maintain automation documentation in accordance with regulatory and company standards.
Support lifecycle management of DeltaV hardware and software.
Participate in an on-call support rota where required.
Requirements
Required Technical Experience
Candidates should possess strong experience with:
Emerson DeltaV DCS
DeltaV Batch
Batch Executive
Control Modules
Equipment Modules
Phases
Recipes
Continuous and Batch Manufacturing
DeltaV Live or Operate
DeltaV Diagnostics
DeltaV Historian
DeltaV Explorer
DeltaV Control Studio
DeltaV Operate
DeltaV System Administration
Alarm Management
Process Control
Instrumentation
GMP Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Automation
Automation Experience
Experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable:
Global tech company, specializing in automation consultancy, engineering and training within the Life Sciences Industry.
Industry
Industrial Automation
Company size
51-200 employees
Founded
2005
Headquarters
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
LinkedIn followers
5,980
Horizon Controls Group: A global leader in automation consulting, enabling both clients and employees to live on the forefront of evolving technology.
Horizon Controls Group is a modern, global technology company, specializing in automation consulting, engineering, and training. Founded on the belief that our people are the difference, we have grown entirely from customer references and successive projects. Our people and their established reputation are our most valued assets. This belief has created a great place to work, enabling us to attract the very best and to give our customers confidence in our superior solutions.
Our business is comprised of excellence at every level. We employ a pro-active and comprehensive approach to projects -- asking the right questions, analyzing client needs, and engineering a skilled solution. We are committed to understanding the entire spectrum of your automation challenges and to developing uniquely tailored innovative solutions.
Our decision to be vendor-independent enables us to offer tailored solutions and represent your needs free of any conflict of interest. We are aligned exclusively with our customers' goals and system requirements, enabling us to provide maximum value.
Ultimately, the ability to harvest maximum value from new systems is dependent on the quality and training of your people. Just as we expect and ensure absolute expertise in our people, we work with you to ensure your team is trained to the specific needs of your organization and remain at the forefront of industry trends.
We are a global company operating in the United States from our headquarters in Conshohocken, PA and offices in Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and California and from Cork in Ireland.
This is Horizon Controls Group’s official company LinkedIn page.
Offices: Four Tower Bridge, 200 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 400, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428, US · 701 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011, US · Building 1000 City Gate Mahon, Blackrock, Cork, Cork T12 W7CV, IE · Harvard Square, One Mifflin Place, Cambridge, MA 02138, Suite 400, Cambridge, MA 02138, US
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