Base pay range
Location: Ireland (international travel required)
Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months
Rate: Up to €85 per hour
REF: DES - 1118
Overview
A new Project Lead / Project Engineer role has been created to support the Shop Floor Integration Layer (SIL) programme, which uses Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform across multiple sites. This is a critical initiative for manufacturing connectivity, ensuring real-time data flow, automation, and operational efficiency.
This position is designed to focus on coordination, planning, and issue escalation, without carrying the full responsibilities of a traditional Project Manager, while remaining deeply involved in site-level execution.
The role is ideally based in the EU to ensure close alignment with site operations and time zones, providing better collaboration with site teams and practical grounding for implementation.
Responsibilities
* Developing detailed project plans for each site, covering milestones, resources, and Ignition system setups.
* Collaborating with site Project Managers to adapt plans to specific local requirements and challenges.
* Monitoring daily and weekly tasks, ensuring progress remains on track through tools such as MS Teams or Ignition reporting.
* Providing weekly updates to global stakeholders on progress, risks, and integration metrics.
* Managing scope changes formally, including evaluating impacts on timelines and system integrity.
* Escalating issues promptly (technical or integration-related) for swift resolution.
* Coordinating support from global teams, including expertise and financial resources.
* Developing and documenting standards for shop floor integration to ensure consistency across all sites using Ignition.
* Gathering and analysing requirements from sites through workshops, consultations, and surveys.
* Driving forward project execution, ensuring solutions are grounded in practical realities at site level.
* Travelling up to 50% within the EU and globally to support deployment.
Requirements
* 5+ years’ experience in project engineering or project management in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
* Strong background in industrial automation with experience in Ignition SCADA/MES, shop floor integration, or automation project delivery.
* Ability to work across multiple sites and teams, with excellent communication and coordination skills.
* No direct reports, but extensive collaboration with site-level Project Managers and global teams.
Other
* Mid-level role, positioned between site operations and global programme leadership.
* Plays a key part in driving change management and execution of the SIL programme.
* Provides an essential bridge between global strategy and site-level implementation.
Note: This position is open only to candidates with an EU passport.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Industries
* Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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