Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Senior Automation Engineer able to work in highly dynamic environment and a strong sense of responsability to join us in our Biologic Drug Substance Internal Capacity team located in our brand new high tech biomanufacturing plant in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium.

 

About the role

As our Senior Automation Engineer, you will ensure good engineering practices and design to ensure our new BioManufacturing Plant project meets UCB expectations and strategy for all assigned packages.

 

You will also implement tactical strategies in a lean and efficient way.You track and report the progress up to the model strategy implementation.

You ensure good engineering practices for automation

You ensure for your packages that deliverables will be provided timely and aligned with project planning with the right expected quality and according to the allocated budget

You partner closely with Automation Integrator company

You align design expectations with the other project disciplines : process, automation, Quality Assurance, Cleaning &Validation, …

You manage consultant engineers tems and sub-contractors to implement tactical automation strategy

You align and translate process strategies (production, cleaning, sterilization) between process equipment and automation systems

You align design expectations with the other

During plant operation, you provide guidance and assistance in term of automation and troubleshooting

You anticipate, manage and report risks from Detail Design till validation batches

 

Who will you work with

You will report to the Automation Lead and join a dynamic team in a very stimulating environment.

Your role is transversal and you’ll interact with several teams of our new manufacturing plant such as Process, Production, Qualité assurance, information & technology, Cleaning & Valdation, Operation and our external partners (e.g. Automation Integrators).

 

What will you do

Verify project documentation coming from Engineering Company and Automation Integrator

Challenge process design to ensure alignment between equipment

Participate and define overall automation strategy for our new BioManufacturing Plant (Library, Recipe structure, reporting, alarm strategy, etc.)

Manage the team of Engineers to deploy automation strategy

Follow up Automation Integrator and Vendor Packages during development and execution

Verify automation deliverables and anticipate any cost increase

Proactively report and manage risks

Organize operator training

Perform handover to operation and support team

Manage punch list related to its packages

Translate process improvement/modifications into automation requirements

Ensure efficient handover to operation teams and ensure they will be trained to operate the automated installation

After handover be part of the Automation Engineering local team and support manufacturing activities (24/24 guard)

Support and troubleshoot installations to guarantee process Drug Substance manufacturing

 

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

Master’s Degree

10 years‘ experience in Engineering projects in Good manufacturing practices environment / Bio-Process or Automation

Proven involvement in significant major engineering projects, including risk/mitigation management

Good level of French and English

Strong knowledge of cGMP

Strong knowledge in design, execution and Cleaning &Validation

Ability to translate and present expert concerns to facilitate findings

High communication skills (influence, negotiation, change management, facilitation)

High sense of responsibility

Ability to influence and argument

Ready to travel a limited period of time

 

To know more about our biotech activities visit our biomanufacturing career site

 

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Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you! 

About us 
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science. 

Why work with us? 
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential. 

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.
 
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