Principal Automation Engineer

Principal Automation Engineer

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

We are searching for the best talent Principal Automation Engineer. This Hybrid position can be based in Athens, Georgia.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $120,000 to $172,500.

Duties & Responsibilities

Ready to integrate a strongly motivated and capable team, provide leadership and specialist input? As such:

• Lead the execution of automation projects, to achieve business goals, meet production schedules and realize value. Own timely delivery of project work, budget, plan and documentation.
• Ensure that computerized systems are fit for the intended use and aligned with applicable standards throughout the entire system life cycle.
• Build and transfer knowledge to the Team, Users and Maintenance teams.
• Develop functional, system and business strategies, roadmaps and capabilities related to our automated systems. Lead cost-benefit and priority determination of automation projects and initiatives.
• Work closely with colleagues from Operations, Logistics, Safety, Facilities, Maintenance or Quality in the identification of business opportunities or needs. Proficiently partner with external contract companies and suppliers.

In a collaborative role, we may invite our new colleague to support additional (ad-hoc, optional) automation responsibilities:

• Support the development of our Automation Network, Process Analytical Tools (PAT), Data Integrity (DI), or cybersecurity.
• Study, adopt and build traction for efficient emerging technologies, challenge the status quo and drive improvement).

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Bring the following technical expertise:

• Deploy Control Systems expertise: infrastructure, design (Hardware / Software), with an advantage for life sciences expertise.
• Bring knowledge in OSI-PI/historians and PI Asset Framework, MVA, CPV.
• Strong Delta V, Recipe, GMP expertise is a must.
• Project Team leadership / Vendor management
• Financial, Safety, CSV and Process knowledge
• Very strong written and verbal communication
• Technological & Digital capabilities

Improve coordinative capabilities as part of our strong, variate Automation Team:

• Enhance your proven record in project delivery, organizational change and engineering, including design, construction, commissioning and qualification, project hand-over and start-up.
• Take ownership to optimally deliver and contribute to smaller regional projects and larger global programs, while maintaining oversight and zooming into detail as required.
• Independently plan and prioritize work to ensure completion of multiple projects running in parallel.

Infuse our group with the following values:

• Deploy collaborative leadership for multi-functional teams, as well as contribute to the individual development of colleagues within the department.
• Focus on our customers with delivery excellence in mind, amplified by continuous and proactive communication.
• Be responsible for effective decision making and problem-solving, powered by integrity and an innovative drive.

Required Qualifications:

• A Technical Degree in Industrial Automation, Information Technology or Engineering.
• 10 years of Industrial experience is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.