At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Job role:

Senior automation and controls engineer providing technical support to facilities, utilities and equipment used in the development and clinical manufacture of a range of solid dosage forms. An individual contributor role that applies comprehensive technical, control system and engineering knowledge to develop equipment, process understanding, automation and digital connectivity. The role will also include some validation, safety and asset lifecycle management activities. Colleague will work closely with operational, technical and digital teams across Pfizer to deliver robust manufacturing and informatics solutions to solid dose manufacturing activities. Colleague will be expected to interact with Drug Product Supply, Global Operations, Quality Assurance and Drug Product Design to support the manufacture of solid oral dosage forms for clinical supply and solid dose process development activities.


Job Description (includes but not limited to):

• Colleague will be a recognized SME in automation and controls engineering with a matrix management approach providing Subject Matter Expertise in multiple focus areas : Controls and Automation, System Validation, Facility support, Process Development.
• Colleague will work closely with operational and technical teams in the manufacturing group to deliver robust manufacturing solutions interacting with Global Operations (GO) Quality (QA) Drug Product Design (DPD) Pfizer Global Sourcing (PGS) to support the manufacture of oral clinical supplies and solid dose process development activities.
• Colleague will work closely with site engineering and Pfizer Digital teams to lead, develop and implement the digital strategy, ensuring connectivity (site historian) and data integrity requirements are met.
• Responsible for manufacturing equipment and process development support which may include preparation and execution of qualification and validation protocols for computer control and utility system. Colleague will support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) of process equipment and manufacturing systems.
• Undertakes activities associated with provision of process scale up, knowledge management and tech transfer coupled with immediate troubleshooting and complex issue resolution during SDM manufacturing operations.
• Develop and maintain a technology management strategy which includes evaluation of future equipment / technology against user requirement specifications for the operation.
• Collaborate with Global Operations to ensure maintenance of equipment computer systems are carried out to the required standard.
• The role will evaluate, manage and report the process capability of SDM equipment developing an understanding of operating windows and the impact of process parameters on product development. Appropriate data gathered and communicated to demonstrate control of equipment and processes and use of data in a diagnostic and predictive manner.

Requirements (include but not limited to):

• Educated to degree level in and engineering discipline.
• Ability to provide specialist process control system technical expertise is essential supporting facilities, operations, equipment, engineering, and project teams including :-

• Ability to diagnose and rectify faults and vulnerabilities in PLC - Siemens S5 / Siemens S7 / Siemens TIA Portal / Allen Bradley / Mitsubishi based control systems.
• Knowledge of SCADA - Wonderware, ifix
• Configuration of site historians.
• System Administration
• Comprehensive understanding of data integrity
• Comprehensive understanding of computer systems validation.
• Configuration of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) for real time process feedback

• Knowledge of solid dose manufacturing techniques and process development including continuous manufacturing is desirable.
• SME in computer system validation, automation, controls and data handling.
• Knowledge of process analytical technology for continuous process feedback is desirable.
• Comprehensive knowledge of equipment, facility, computer and utility asset lifecycle management from initial design and procurement through to validation and operational use.

The closing deadline for applications is November 3rd.

All applicants must have the relevant authorisation to live and work in the UK.