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Automation Engineering Consultant

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3 weeks ago
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Automation Engineering Consultant
Position Type: Contract
Location: North East
Categories: Engineering, CQV
PM Group requires an Automation Engineering Consultant to support pharmaceutical projects in North East England.
Responsibilities

  • Providing specialist automation expertise and support to key client projects.
  • Implementing new automation systems and controls upgrades
  • Managing and documenting controlled changes to IT systems
  • Specification, implementation, and qualification of new HMIs
  • Requirement analysis and process rationalisation
  • User requirement specifications
  • Creating design specifications
  • Creating functional specifications
  • Data protection, security and compliance
  • Documentation creation and approval
  • Data management tasks, e.g. importing records, sample checking, etc
  • Designing, generating and executing test plans and test protocols
  • Project delivery reporting
  • Working within a client-led team to deliver a key client project
  • Stakeholder management
  • Experience of working with S88, PCS7 and GAMP 5
    Qualifications
  • Candidates must have proven experience of automation delivery on multiple projects in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Knowledge of industry standards and systems is essential, alongside a good understanding of GMP requirements for automated systems.
  • The role requires delivery of results on time, in accordance with client standards and health and safety procedures.
  • The successful candidate will be a self-starter, able to manage their own workload independently, but also able to work well with other engineers and engineering disciplines

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