Automation Lead Engineer

Job Title : Automation Lead Engineer

Location : Indianapolis , IN

Duration : Long Term contract

Job Description:

• Own or support the technical scope for the assigned automation project area.
• Act as the automation representative in cross functional leadership meetings, ensuring alignment with process engineering, digital/MES, and quality teams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders and senior leadership regarding automation scope, status, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with program technical teams to ensure automation solutions align with overall automation philosophy and standards.
• Provide technical direction to the project team for the assigned area/node and ensure adherence to applicable standards.
• Ensure consistency and quality of automation deliverables, including requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes.
• Participate in P&ID reviews and lead control strategy development.
• Define software components that need to be created or modified.
• Communicate progress, issues, and resource needs to the automation project manager across the full workstream.
• Lead the development, review, and approval of functional requirements and specifications.
• Lead the design of parameter and recipe specification philosophy.
• Address and resolve technical queries from system integrators.
• Lead and collaborate on software testing strategies and execution.
• Identify and drive remediation efforts related to process control software.
• Identify, assess, and plan responses for technical risks within the assigned area.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable training requirements.
• Provide training, guidance, and mentoring to junior engineers and broader project team members.
• Champion the adoption of emerging automation technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance system efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.

Skills:

• DeltaV expertise deep hands on experience in DeltaV design, implementation, and testing
• Automation systems within pharmaceutical/life sciences environments
• Strong experience in API/bulk manufacturing automation
• Control strategy development and P&ID interpretation
• Functional Requirements, FDS, Control Strategies, Recipes, and Phases development
• Software design: defining, modifying, and validating automation software components
• Automation standards adherence and implementation
• Software testing strategies and execution
• Understanding of MES/Digital systems and integration touchpoints