2023-002 – Senior Project Engineer – Waterford Full Time

Purpose

The purpose of the role is to manage and support projects while providing technical input from an automation viewpoint.

Responsibilities

 To provide in-depth knowledge of company processes to support projects and manufacturing after startup
 To specify and procure equipment and manage projects from concept through to validation
 To identify areas for improvement within engineering or manufacturing
 Project manage / support projects across company divisions and geographical locations as required
 Provide technical support to projects, manufacturing/ operational staff in automation
 Manage Vendors and vendor selection process, getting feedback from operations on performance as well as project performance
 Manage, mentor and support project teams and junior engineers as required
 Self directed, demonstrates initiative and leadership
 Develop user requirement specifications with the end user and other technical documents to support tendering, construction and validation of equipment.
 Ensure projects are completed within budget and deliver on financial objectives
 Ensure project scope is defined early and managed throughout the project.
 Manage the project team to ensure tasks are completed to schedule
 At all times act in accordance with cGMP and company quality procedures and ensure projects are delivered to these requirements.
 Perform all tasks in accordance with company safety requirements and ensure all projects are designed in a safe manner
 Ensure handover of equipment and documentation to manufacturing in a complete and timely manner
 Demonstrates ability to analyse information and solve problems
 Good knowledge of vision systems, data collection, PLCs
 Effective communication with all stakeholders on complex technical topics
 Understand company metrics and business model. Clearly understands and aligns all activities to the Enterprise Excellence model
 Knowledgeable of appropriate regulations, standards and GMP
 Introduce new technologies or processes and is up to date with new technologies and business trends relevant to our business
 Write and implement standards and guidelines for engineering and project management practices

Requirements

 Engineering or science degree,
 Desirable with greater than 5 years’ experience or less with a relevant masters
 Experience in Medical device or pharmaceutical industry is desirable
 Project management qualification is expected and/ or further education in a specialist area or statistics, six sigma, PLC – AB, Siemens, B&R, SCADA/HMI vision systems – preferable Cognex.