Automation Area Lead Eng

Role: Automation Area Lead Eng Location: Onsite - Southern Ave, Indianapolis, IN Must have's: Deep expertise/hands-on experience in DeltaV design, implementation and testing experience. Automation experience in the pharmaceutical/life science industry, with a preference for API/bulk manufacturing environments. Experience leading cross-functional automation teams. Job description: • Provide support or ownership of the technical scope for their assigned area of the automation project. • Act as an automation representative in cross-functional program leadership meetings, ensuring alignment between automation, process engineering, digital/MES, and quality teams • Serve as the key point of contact for client stakeholders and senior leadership regarding automation scope, progress, and risk mitigation of their assigned area • Collaborate with Program technical offices to ensure the automation solution is aligned with the overall program automation philosophy and standards • Provide technical support to the team working on their area of the project for the respective area/node and ensure that applicable standards are followed • Ensure consistency of the automation deliverables (requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes, etc.) • Participate in P&ID and lead control strategy design • Lead in defining the software components that need to be created or modified • Communicates progress, issues, and needs to automation project manager for the entire workstream/all areas of the project • Lead input, review, and approve of functional requirements and specifications • Lead design of Parameter and Recipe Specification philosophy • Responding to system integrator technical queries • Lead and collaborate on the development of software testing strategies • Identification of any remediation effort required on process control software • Identify and analyze risks of technical nature particular to the area and planning responses • Maintain compliance with training requirements • Provide training and support to junior engineers and other team members. • Champion the adoption of emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that improve automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability. Years of Experience: 16.00 Years of Experience

Created: 2026-03-10