Facilities Automation Engineer

Summary

The Facilities Automation Engineer is responsible for overseeing the operation of the Building Management System (BMS), policies, and procedures for maintaining the system in a compliant GMP status. Responsibilities include compliance with the alarm response procedure, making changes under change control, writing system requirement documents, assisting with validation, modifying existing SOP’s and creating new documents as directed. Works with and directs contractors to modify, commission and validate changes to the BMS.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Applies basic engineering and scientific principles to define user requirements for the operation of the automated Building Management System.
• Oversee day to day operation of the Building Management System. Interface with IT, Facilities and other departments as necessary to ensure proper operation of system and components (controllers, sensors, and alarms).
• May lead teams or collaborates with Validation and Facility personnel in the testing of mechanical systems air handling systems, differential pressures, cold rooms, and stand-alone refrigeration units
• Generate reports using the BMS data to demonstrate compliant operations.
• Execute engineering tests, commissioning and validation protocols following Good Manufacturing Practices
• Collaborates with Quality Assurance, Validation, QC, Warehouse, and Manufacturing groups. 
• Effective communicator of goals and results within Facilities
• Interacts with other functional groups on specific tasks.
• Authors internal reports at appropriate milestones with minimal guidance. 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science with 1 years’ experience in facilities. Preferred a degree in chemical/biochemical/ mechanical/ electrical engineering, or information technology related disciplines.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of Building Management System Operations preferably Siemens Desigo and Insight.
• Basic understanding of applied physics as it relates to HVAC and refrigeration systems.
• Basic understanding of programming logic
• Follow written and verbal directions in a safe and GMP compliant
• Executes validation and commissioning protocols without guidance.
• Regularly required to talk and hear; to exchange ideas accurately, loudly or quickly through oral communication. Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate, but it may be required to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• Required to perform repetitive tasks such as typing, use of mouse, screwdriver and other hardware. Consistently required to perform sitting, standing for sustained periods of time, reaching, twisting, handling, fingering, and feeling objects such as tools and controls. Frequently required to climb stairs, ramps and step ladders. Occasionally it involves stooping, balancing, kneeling, crouching and feeling. 
• Required to work within a manufacturing facility and laboratory environment where employees may be exposed to risk group 2 agents.
• Required to work within the manufacturing facility and must be able to gown appropriately and don required personal clothing to enter controlled manufacturing facility including sterile environments. Required to wear protective eyewear, tyvek suit, nitrile gloves (double gloves) and safety shoes. 
• Occasionally will work within a laboratory environment.
• Required to work outside of the building in the equipment yards and roof buildings. May be exposed to close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, manholes, small, enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia. May be subject to oils where there is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids. 
• The employee may be required to work at heights when performing standard facilities work. May be exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body. Required to work in some areas where there Is poor lighting. 
• May be exposed to pressurized vessels. 
• Occasionally exposed to thermal hazards. May be required to work in temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as humidity and wind. 
• May be exposed to one or more of the following conditions which may affect their respiratory system: dusts, fumes, odors, vapors or mists.
• On occasion, the employee may work on weekends or nights, or on-call as needed.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions for this position.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, 
• Effective communicator of project updates and results.
• Works effectively in teams.