Why Patients Need You

Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what’s possible and taking action.

What You Will Achieve

Working with Pfizer’s dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical role in the management of manufacturing information systems to improve manufacturing success rates and ensuring zero down time.

As a Senior Associate, your knowledge and skills will contribute towards the goals and objectives of the team.  Your focus and ability to meet team targets will help in completing critical deliverables. Your innovative use of communication tools and techniques will facilitate in explaining difficult issues and establishing consensus between teams.

It is your hard work and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Design and implement Automation and/or Digital solutions to support and optimize Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing operations.
• Maintain and ensure optimum performance and availability of the Automation and Digital systems/applications such as PCS/CMS (Delta-V), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), AMPS, Catalyst (Product Life Cycle Management System), Infrastructure and Cybersecurity and other digital transformation applications / systems used for manufacturing (such as IIoT, Advance Process Control).
• Provide support to ensure successful product manufacturing and projects execution.
• Participate in Process Centric Teams (PCT) in supporting the development of production recipes and devising automation solutions that improve productivity, business operations and safety/quality standards.
• Troubleshoot automation related issues in manufacturing operations. Lead or participate in quality or safety investigations and implement any automation solutions resulting from these investigations
• Actively attain knowledge of process unit operations.
• Participate in periodic alarm review/analysis and derive with solutions to reduce alarms.
• On Call Support for Operation team which includes after office hours support on rotation basis.
• Participate as automation representative in capital projects involving facilities, utilities and equipment.
• Responsible to raise Automation-related change controls in QTS system.
• Responsible to raise Automation-related incidents, events and QARs, and/or support cross functions in the investigation.
• Author or update existing Automation SOPs and/or system design documentation as part of periodic review.
• Ensure seamless data flow through all interfaces and hierarchies of system connectivity, within control system, and between other systems.
• Provide support and be subject SME in Audit.
• Lead any FAT / SAT tests as required.
• Validate new PCS systems and changes to existing systems.
• Perform Preventive Maintenance of Automation systems as scheduled.
• Identify and address issues at recipe level as well as 3rd party interfaces with Automation systems.
• Actively contribute to the building and leveraging of knowledge base within the automation team.
• Team player with proven performance records, creative thinking abilities, and excellent communication skills.
• Co-ordinate and work with Pfizer Global site Automation team members to investigate and troubleshoot critical issues
• Provide training related to Automation systems to relevant cross function departments!
• Customer-focused, positive attitude and a demonstrated passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Liaise with Vendors for troubleshooting of fundamental application software/architecture level issues
• Participate and actively support Digital for PGS initiatives involving system integrations, data connectivity, validation methods and value-based optimization of manufacturing via process control system

Core Competencies:

Technical Skills, Analytical Skills, Leadership, Communication Skills, Good team player

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4-7 years of experience in Process Automation, preferably in a batch manufacturing environment; Extensive knowledge and experience in process automation system, preferably in Emerson DeltaV

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with writing software test plans, user requirements, and system design documents
• Experience on Automation Compliance projects
• Familiar with process controls equipment
• Strong knowledge of Computerized Systems, Compliance regulations and standards
• Teamwork spirit, good communication skills and training abilities
• Excellent interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills {written and oral}

Nice-to-Have

• Master's degree
• Relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Understanding of programming, and proficiency in at least one language

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.