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Position Summary

The Automation Manager will provide strategic guidance for automation and automation-related activities with support of day-to-day operations of the automation for the site along with people leadership.

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the team that deploys, operates, maintains, and supports onsite process automation systems, equipment and applications.
• Responsible for leading and supporting onsite Automation Engineering team activities.
• Lead site automation strategy, implementation, maintenance and support for the RTP site.
• Ensure team has strategic personal and professional development goals and plans.
• This position reports into the Engineering Management team at the site level.
• Manage local team that covers site end-user support, ongoing management and upgrades and changes of, quality and manufacturing systems.
• Lead complex, large and small mission-critical projects, site changes and strategies from inception through delivery. This includes major capital projects, change management, qualification and validation of GxP systems and adoption of the Resilience Digital Platform.
• Develop and execute automation systems strategic plans for RTP site in Durham, NC.
• Manage and partner with internal automation engineers, system service providers, contract resources and project execution resources.
• Support the design, configuration, administration and maintenance activities of manufacturing computer and automation systems, including process control systems, manufacturing systems, and data historian.
• Support site automation systems, including hardware/software design specification development, user / functional requirement development, integration, and validation in conjunction with IT Computer Systems Validation & QA Validation leads.
• Support automation issue identification and resolution, including all compliance aspects such as Deviation investigation, Change Control, Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA).
• Provide management of support for troubleshooting ongoing manufacturing operations, including managing and supporting on-call for after-hours remote support, 24x7 manufacturing cGMP operations
• Support the development of technical standards, guidelines, and procedures in accordance with industry best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong understanding of cGMPs and Good Engineering Practices (GEP), including ISA S88, Good Automated Manufacturing Practices (GAMP), ASTM E2500, ISPE guidance, etc.
• Extensive experience working in FDA regulated pharmaceutical or biotechnology company.
• Experience with HMI/SCADA packages, Historians, and PLCs

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/MS in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading technical teams
• Decision Making: Utilizing effective process to make decisions.
• Troubleshooting experience, both hardware and software, at a 24x7 manufacturing cGMP operation
• Experience with Rockwell FactoryTalk View ME/SE, OSI PI, and Rockwell/Siemens PLCs

The items described here are representative of those that must be met successfully to perform the essential functions of this job.

Resilience is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or characteristic, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state, and local laws. Requests for reasonable accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.