Automation Engineer – Projects Team (Capital Projects €500k–€5m)
Location:
East Cork
•
Reports to:
Projects Director
•
Function:
Core Engineering / Projects
Overview
Join a high-performing
Projects Team
delivering
capital projects from €500k to €5m
in a highly automated, GMP-regulated biotech facility. You'll support day-to-day operations
and
lead automation scope on new installs, upgrades, and optimisations across platforms including
Emerson DeltaV (S88)
,
Siemens
,
Allen-Bradley
,
Honeywell
, and
OSIsoft/AVEVA Historian
.
Key Responsibilities
* Project delivery (€500k–€5m):
Own automation workstreams—scope, design, code/configure, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and handover—within multi-discipline capital projects.
* Sustaining support:
Provide timely floor support to production; diagnose and resolve automation issues to protect throughput and quality.
* Code & change control:
Implement software/hardware changes under formal
GMP change management
(impact assessments, test evidence, approvals, release).
* Lifecycle documentation:
Author and maintain
URS/FS/DS
, test protocols (
IQ/OQ/PQ
where applicable), and validation reports to keep systems in a validated state.
* Continuous improvement:
Drive reliability, data integrity, and performance improvements across DCS/PLC/SCADA and historian layers.
* Compliance & data integrity:
Ensure automation practices meet
GMP
and
ALCOA+
principles.
* Collaboration:
Work closely with Process/Utilities/Quality/IT, vendors, and system integrators; support start-up/commissioning on new assets.
* Other:
Perform duties as assigned by the Automation Lead.
Qualifications & Experience
* Degree
in Electrical/Electronic, Chemical Engineering, or related field; substantial experience in sustaining/project environments.
* 5+ years
as an Automation Engineer in
biotech/pharma GMP
, delivering
Emerson DeltaV (S88)
solutions and/or advanced
PLC/SCADA
systems with integration experience.
* Proven record executing automation scope on
capital projects (€500k–€5m)
—from design through commissioning and validation.
* Strong
DeltaV coding
capability (essential).
* Excellent
organisation, communication, and cross-functional leadership
skills.
* Desirable: project coordination/management experience; exposure to
Six Sigma/Lean
.
Preferred/Advantageous
* Experience with
process plant commissioning
and
automation design & commissioning
packages.
* Familiarity with
fully automated plants
,
GMP change control
, and CSV/validation expectations.
* Hands-on with
OSIsoft/AVEVA PI
(Historian) and related analytics.