Associate - Automation & Instrumentation

Use Your Power for Purpose
Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need, precisely when they need them. By collaborating with our forward-thinking engineering team, you'll play a key role in accelerating the delivery of medicines to the world. Your innovative ideas and proactive actions will help us imagine new possibilities and bring them to life, ensuring that vital medications reach those in need more swiftly and efficiently. Your contributions will be instrumental in enhancing manufacturing information systems, boosting success rates, and ensuring zero downtime. By integrating manufacturing processes, operational knowledge, equipment control, and data into cohesive systems, you will enforce seamless operations across various departments. Your dedication will be pivotal in meeting project objectives and goals, fostering a collaborative team environment, and driving your colleagues towards success.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:

• Detailed knowledge of the following:
  
  • Maintenance of PLCs, DCS, SCADA and various Electronic field instruments and sensors
  • Operation and maintenance of pharmaceutical equipment
  • Building Management Systems and Environmental Management system
  • Troubleshooting of Automation & Instrumentation related issues
  • Good Automated Manufacturing Practice guidelines for validation of automated systems
  • Basic GMP/QA knowledge
  • Knowledge on Clean room requirements, behavior, Good documentation work and Regulatory Guidelines
  • Documentation Preparation and review skills
  • Effective problem solving capabilities
  • Excellent Interpersonal, written and communication skills
  • Effective coordination between departments
  • Co-ordinate in Design, engineering and technology selection (related to automation)
  • Generation and revision of specifications (URS)
  • Programming of automated systems
  • Prepare engineering drawings
  • Create, update and review Automation Life Cycle documents
  • Coordinate with CFTs for URS/DQ/IQ/OQ and PQ of all relevant equipment
  • New equipment installation support (related to automation)
  • Provide onsite support in start-up and commissioning of new equipment or upgrades to existing equipment on aspects related to automation
  • Supports or leads new equipment initiatives by applying existing controls and instrumentation solutions
  • Initiate change controls for automated aspects and procedures.
  • Preventive and corrective maintenance
  • Identify, implement and execute preventative maintenance of equipment
  • Ensure controls and instrumentation maintenance activities conform to GxP's, SOP's, OSHA, and environmental requirements
  • Ensure that all applied technologies are practical, operator friendly, and reliable
  • Should act with Integrity in each and every activity
  • Should raise concerns and encourage colleagues to report Integrity issues

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor's degree with Instrumentation/Electronics/Electrical/Computers with 3+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent
• Hands on experience in Industrial Automation/Instrumentation.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices
• Ability to provide 24x7x365 support for automation systems

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

• Experience in pharmaceutical industry engineering
• Familiarity with Preventive Maintenance Procedures for process control systems
• Ability to monitor issues and develop preventative solutions
• Experience with manufacturing information systems
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
• Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use

Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
Engineering