Automation Specialist

4 weeks ago

Windsor, Canada Catalent Full time

**Automation Specialist**

**Position Summary**

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee.

Reporting to the Engineer & Maintenance Manager, the Automation Specialist will be the primary point-person responsible for planning, executing, and delivering automation and process simplification projects on time, within budget, and in accordance to specifications at both Ontario softgel sites. Efficient delivery of project deliverables, effective quality control, and clear communication of expectations to stakeholders, and upward reporting to senior management are critical tasks that must be performed throughout each project’s lifecycle.

This position is located in Windsor, Ontario, one of two sites located in Canada offering softgel development and manufacturing capabilities for the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Health industries. We have a broad range of integrated formulation, manufacturing, analytical and packaging services to offer full-service turnkey solutions.

Regular working hours: Monday - Friday; 8:00 AM-4:30 PM or 8:30 AM-5:00 PM with a 30-minute unpaid lunch

**The Role**:

- Identify opportunities within the manufacturing plant for enhanced automation to reduce costs, increase repeatability and significantly improve quality and compliance.
- Full ownership of the programming aspect of all vision, PLC, and recipe-based process equipment in manufacturing ensuring all products are qualified to run at product launch and maintained through product life cycle.
- Define requirements of project in conjunction with stake holders, Translate user requirements to technical specifications.
- Develop, execute, and monitor project schedule to deliver projects under tight timelines and prepare and issue requests for quotation and scope of work documents.
- Provide guidance within project to ensure final product meets requirements of stakeholders and applicable regulations.
- Actively monitor & validate the progress of vendors and contractors and create and execute validation documents on equipment and facilities under GMP documentation practices including change management system.
- Provide timely, formal, and professional updates on project status including Scope / Schedule / Budget and identify and train a backup employee to cover automation needs in times when needed.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned and must be able to work extended hours, weekends as needed, especially when problems occur or when deadlines must be met.
- Industrial Automation Diploma or Degree or in related field is required.
- Industry related technical background will be considered an asset.
- Experience with PLC and recipe-based programming is required.
- Experience in project engineering/management is considered an asset.
- Experience and familiarity with pharmaceutical manufacturing and relevant GMP practices is an asset.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)
- CAD Experience (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Cadkey) is considered an asset.
- MS Office (Word, Excel, Project, etc.)
- Technical writing ability.
- Knowledge of general construction processes / ESA approvals / PSR events / TSSA regulations / building codes are an asset.
- While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear.
- The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard. Use of manual dexterity is required.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, bend or twist, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
- There is also the potential exposure to chemicals.

**Why You Should Join Catalent**:

- Comprehensive Benefit Package (Health, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance)
- Group Retirement Savings -Registered Pension Plan (RPP) with employer contributions.
- Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, banked time & personal time.
- Employee Reward & Recognition programs.
- Opportunities for professional and personal development & growth including tuition reimbursement.

**Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career** Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces mo

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