Automation and Control Specialist

7 days ago


Cambridge, Canada Septodont Full time

**General information**:
**Reference **:2024-1743

**Position description**:
**Job Title**:
Automation and Control Specialist

**Company Details**:
Novocol Pharma is a growing contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), specialized in sterile injectable cartridges and combination product manufacturing. We strive for excellence and customer-centricity to deliver value to global pharmaceutical clients through contract services for drug development and commercial manufacturing. With over 40 years in operation, our team of 600 employees and modern facilities, located in Cambridge, Ontario provide a personalized and responsive experience for our customers. We are focused on serving our strategic partners and patients with quality, integrity, and value.

Our employees are our number one asset We offer developmental opportunities, excellent compensation and benefit programs, discounted gym memberships, work/life balance programs, employee recognition, social events and spirit days.

We are a proud member of the Septodont group of companies. Septodont is a pharmaceutical and medical device company with a global leadership position in dental pain management. The group counts over 2000+ employees worldwide and has remained a 100% family-owned company for over 90 years. Our Cambridge facility serves as a significant manufacturing site within the Septodont group with high volume dental anesthetic production for a global customer base.

We have an opportunity for a Automation and Control Specialist.

**Job Summary**:
The Automation and Control Engineer (or Specialist) is accountable to the Project Engineering Manager and is responsible for all activities involving the design, implementation, and ongoing monitoring/support for process automation and control systems for automated and industrial IT systems. This encompasses all aspects of a controls lifecycle and includes conceptual and detailed design, installation, commissioning/qualification, start-up, maintenance/repair, monitoring, reporting, and decommissioning of process equipment computer and control/electrical systems.

**Responsibilities**:
**Automation**
- Own, lead & adapt the automation obsolescence program and manage the deployment of obsolescence program in conjunction with Septodont Harmonization Strategy. Participate to a multi-year capital plan definition.
- Leads lifecycle management for all critical control components installed across process equipment on site (industrial computers, PLCs, motion controllers, HMIs, etc.).
- Acts as Project Manager for all major Electrical and Control systems capital projects, reviews drawings and specifications, and serves as the main approver of all Electrical and Control system design.
- Participate in the design and specification generation process for electrical and control systems facility and process equipment, including design specifications, functional specifications, and user requirement specification for both facilities and process equipment.
- Troubleshoots, maintains, adjusts, repairs, calibrates, or installs all types of electrical equipment having complex interlocking or integration.
- Ensures that all electrical and automation work is completed according to respective codes.
- Maintain asset registry list of all system (industrial computers, PLC,) for each industrial system and equipment, also considering operating system, network, connectivity.

**Data Integrity**
- Evaluates data integrity compliance (applies to data collection, analysis, reporting and retention) defines guidelines for new systems, and deploys action plans for existing system if noncompliant. Leads and supports risk assessments for control systems for GMP and 21CFR Part 11 compliance using tools such as FMEA. Data integrity applies to
Industrial IT
- Cyber-security (working with IT): deploy the action plan to secure the different systems including, network segmentation, end point protection, system image back up, local administrator password solution, passive scanning agent, remote access and Active Directory security groupDefine the strategy for industrial manufacturing system patch management.
- Defines common and/or local rules and methodologies for IT industrial system operation (back-up/restore, data integrity, security). Evaluate the status of disaster recovery plan and implement relevant procedures.
- Develop and support implementation and monitor compliance with corporate standards for Electrical and Control Systems engineering, maintenance, and validation processes.

**Interpersonal**
- Build strong relationships with local internal stakeholders in each of the key business units.
- Work with internal stakeholders (Engineering, Technical Services, IT, Maintenance) within the different sites to deliver new Electrical and Control Systems equipment, facilities and capabilities.
- Follows GMP and regulatory requirements, and ensures quality standards are met.

**Qualifications**:
**Education**
- Bachelor of Engineeri



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