Building Management System (BMS) Automation Engineer

Eli Lilly and Company; Ireland; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare leader located in Limerick, Ireland, is looking for a BMS Custodian to oversee the Building Management System operations. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in Biopharma engineering and robust expertise in automation technologies like PLCs and Siemens Desigo. You will develop strategies for system maintenance while promoting automation to enhance productivity and compliance. Join us in shaping a culture of digital excellence in a highly automated environment.

Benefits

Philanthropy opportunities

Great culture and work environment

Qualifications

• 5 years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols such as BacNet/IP and Modbus.
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, and computer system validation.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations of Building Management Systems.
• Lead and oversee work by equipment vendors.
• Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions, and other job aids.

Skills

Siemens Desigo CC application

PLC/HMI configuration

Strong collaborative skills

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Siemens PLCs

AVEVA Pi

SQL Databases

Job description

Organization Overview

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Organization Overview

Lilly has built a Next Generation Biotech Drug Substance Manufacturing Facility in Limerick, Ireland. This facility will be Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing site and will include next-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will deliver improvements in safety and quality, and increased productivity and process performance. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the process automation team standing up a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help expand the existing organization and foster a culture of digital excellence enabling GMP manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

This role will require support of day-to-day operations across the site’s campus where the Building Management System (BMS) is in use. This includes manufacturing, warehousing, central utility plant and labs. The role will involve working with Engineering and Operations personnel to troubleshoot issues, making changes to the control systems in line with site change control procedures and site standards, responding to system events and performing routine computer system maintenance checks. You will be a key member of the Utilities process team. In addition, responsibilities will include:

• Providing subject matter expertise for BMS design, development, installation, testing, validation and lifecycle support.
• As the BMS Custodian, you will:
  • Lead and oversee the work being delivered by equipment vendors and trade partners. This includes developing requirements for the system in line with industry and Lilly standards
  • Ensure BMS software design, coding/ configuration and testing meet standards and operational needs
  • Review and approve functional requirements, design specifications, network architectures, application software, panel design, graphics and test specifications.
  • Attend equipment and software FATs when required
  • Support commissioning of changes to existing or new equipment
  • Communicate effectively on system status and any related system performance to management
  • Develop standard operating procedures, work instructions and other job aids to ensure the appropriate level of documentation is in place to train on, maintain and operate the automation systems.
• Manage the system and related upgrade projects.
• Develop strategies to ensure the system is maintained compliantly while also meeting operational needs
• Promote the use of automation to improve productivity, operational efficiency and compliance.
• Adhere to Lilly corporate and site safety procedures and developing automation solutions with these in mind.
• Develop a ‘network’ of corporate contacts and leverage corporate expertise when needed

Basic Requirements

• 5 years working experience in Biopharma engineering, operations, or manufacturing.

Experience with

• Siemens Desigo CC application
• PLC/HMI configuration (S7 1500s) , IPCs, TIA portal, WinCC and Igel technology
• Industrial communication protocols such as BacNet/IP, Modbus, HART, Foundation fieldbus, OPC DA & UA, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, RS485
• Siemens Simatic Login, User Management component
• Systems performing backup and restore, disaster recovery
• Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement
• Strong collaborative skills with an ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communications skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation

Additional Skills/Preferences

• 5+ years as an engineer in a highly automated environment supporting Building Management System in a pharmaceutical/ life science industries
• Experience with:
  • Siemens PLCs, Octoplant
  • AVEVA Pi, Pi Vision and Asset framework
  • SQL Databases
  • Cyber security best practices and measures
  • Server/Client systems
  • Automation networking
  • Automation system administration
  • BMS panel design
  • Change Control
• Instrumentation knowledge
• Experience of troubleshooting automation systems and connected equipment such as air handling units, pumps and room environmental monitoring
• Experience is Root Cause Analysis methodologies
• Experience of developing design specifications, test protocols and executing tests
• Experience of developing documents with Kneat electronic document management system

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