Job Description
Job description
About This Position
We are currently working with a successful and progressive hi-tech engineering consultancy company, who are undergoing a period of growth and expansion after the opening of our second brand-new building in Warwick. They are a multi-award winning employee owned business.
The companies expertise falls into two sub-brands: Pharma equipment covers our own equipment portfolio, designed to support customers through the different phases of their product’s lifecycle and Custom automation - our traditional area of business - where they seek to work collaboratively with customers in developing unique processes across pharmaceuticals, medical device, FMCG and confectionery industries.
They liaise daily with a prestige range of clients which include multinational blue-chip organisations to small startups and universities with our machines installed all around the world.
Job Responsibilities:
• The role includes PLC / HMI design, programming, commissioning, and problem solving throughout the full life cycle of a project from early-stage conception and sales support, through build and commissioning, and on to installation and aftermarket support.
• The role can also include Robot programming, Vision systems, and any other technology that is required to meet our customers’ requirements.
• As the majority of the work is in the pharmaceutical sector quality is of great importance, the projects are expected to be validated in line with cGMP guidelines such as GAMP 5 and comply with industry regulations such as FDA 21 CFR11 and EU Annex 11.
• Discussion with clients and internal staff as part of a multi discipline team to respond to requirements and design a concept.
• Aid with the development of cost estimates as part of our proposals work.
• Create validation documentation such as Software Design Specification, Test records, and machine supporting documentation such as O&M manual, Software Release, Disaster Recovery.
• Designing, coding, commissioning, testing, and aftermarket support for our worldwide bespoke machinery.
• System validation including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), and onsite validation and handover to customer.
Experience Required:
• Passionate about automation.
• Must be fluent in both spoken and written English language.
• Must be authorised to work permanently in the UK.
• Must be authorised and willing to travel internationally.
• Travel typically less than 5% of time.
• 5+ years of experience designing PLC and HMI/SCADA software from scratch and making amendments/upgrades to existing systems.
• Experience with multi axis motion control.
• Experience working with communication protocols e.g. EtherCAT, Profinet, CAN, IP, Serial etc.
• Familiarity with IEC(phone number removed) Structured Text, Object Orientated programming, and source control using git.
• Basic electrical knowledge and experience.
• Basic knowledge of mechanical and pneumatics principles.
• Beckhoff / Siemens control systems experience.
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Familiarity with GAMP / 21CFR11 / Eu Annex 11 / GMP.
• Experience with developing Robots, Machine vision, SCADA / MES.
• Experience with .net and SQL
About This Position
We are currently working with a successful and progressive hi-tech engineering consultancy company, who are undergoing a period of growth and expansion after the opening of our second brand-new building in Warwick. They are a multi-award winning employee owned business.
The companies expertise falls into two sub-brands: Pharma equipment covers our own equipment portfolio, designed to support customers through the different phases of their product’s lifecycle and Custom automation - our traditional area of business - where they seek to work collaboratively with customers in developing unique processes across pharmaceuticals, medical device, FMCG and confectionery industries.
They liaise daily with a prestige range of clients which include multinational blue-chip organisations to small startups and universities with our machines installed all around the world.
Job Responsibilities:
• The role includes PLC / HMI design, programming, commissioning, and problem solving throughout the full life cycle of a project from early-stage conception and sales support, through build and commissioning, and on to installation and aftermarket support.
• The role can also include Robot programming, Vision systems, and any other technology that is required to meet our customers’ requirements.
• As the majority of the work is in the pharmaceutical sector quality is of great importance, the projects are expected to be validated in line with cGMP guidelines such as GAMP 5 and comply with industry regulations such as FDA 21 CFR11 and EU Annex 11.
• Discussion with clients and internal staff as part of a multi discipline team to respond to requirements and design a concept.
• Aid with the development of cost estimates as part of our proposals work.
• Create validation documentation such as Software Design Specification, Test records, and machine supporting documentation such as O&M manual, Software Release, Disaster Recovery.
• Designing, coding, commissioning, testing, and aftermarket support for our worldwide bespoke machinery.
• System validation including Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), and onsite validation and handover to customer.
Experience Required:
• Passionate about automation.
• Must be fluent in both spoken and written English language.
• Must be authorised to work permanently in the UK.
• Must be authorised and willing to travel internationally.
• Travel typically less than 5% of time.
• 5+ years of experience designing PLC and HMI/SCADA software from scratch and making amendments/upgrades to existing systems.
• Experience with multi axis motion control.
• Experience working with communication protocols e.g. EtherCAT, Profinet, CAN, IP, Serial etc.
• Familiarity with IEC(phone number removed) Structured Text, Object Orientated programming, and source control using git.
• Basic electrical knowledge and experience.
• Basic knowledge of mechanical and pneumatics principles.
• Beckhoff / Siemens control systems experience.
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Familiarity with GAMP / 21CFR11 / Eu Annex 11 / GMP.
• Experience with developing Robots, Machine vision, SCADA / MES.
• Experience with .net and SQL
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