MES Engineer - Syncade

About the role:

Looking for an MES (Syncade) Recipe Author who will be part of a growing MES team. The MES System supports Electronic Batch Records at a large multi-national Biotech manufacturing facility in Cork.

The Recipe Author will be responsible for design and configuration of MES recipes in the Manufacturing site. S/he will need to have experience of supporting IT applications. S/he is expected to be self-motivated and develop an understanding of the business.

Experience of working in a pharmaceutical API manufacturing operation is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Development, implementation and support of MES recipes.
• The ability to produce high-quality, well documented configuration that is easily maintainable

• Work with various site teams to configure and support interfaces to other systems that MES interacts with such as ERP, Automation and Lab systems.

• Investigate and troubleshoot problems which occur and determine solutions or recommendations for changes and/or improvements

• Implement system design changes in accordance with company Quality Standards and Practices

• Translate business requirements into design and perform testing of new MES recipes and changes
• Generate computer system validation documentation in accordance with site procedures and GMP guidelines
• Recognise the importance of the quality control function in pharmaceutical production, the MES Engineer should display a high level of integrity in the performance of his/her work.
• S/he should be capable of relating well to other people with whom s/he comes in contact, both within and outside of the MES Team

Requirements:

• MES Recipe Authoring experience, knowledge of the Emerson DeltaV MES (Syncade ) solution

• Knowledge of programming and Visual Basic with experience in configuration management and deployment of developed code advantageous.

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in supporting IT applications.

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a regulated environment.

• Minimum 3-5 years hands on experience with requirements gathering, design documentation, test case development, system & integration testing, custom off the shelf (COTS) implementations and validation deliverables

• MS SQL server experience would be an advantage

• Strong oral and written communication skills are required, with proven ability to communicate and build relationships cross-functionally.

• The successful candidate must be a highly motivated individual who is delivery focused and has experience of working successfully across multiple business & functional teams.

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment