Automation Systems Engineer

TekWissen LLC

Vacaville, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$30–$38
SKILLS
Agriculture, Analysis Skills, Anti-Virus Software, Automation, Automation Systems, Biology, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Communication Skills, Control Systems, Corrective Action, Customer Support/Service, Data Recovery, Debugging Skills, Design Document, Disease, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Diversity, Firewalls, Gene Therapy, Identify Issues, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Analysis, Manufacturing Management, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Systems, Material Science, Medical Products, Nutrition, On Call, Operational Support, Personal Care, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Management, Process Validation, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Requirements Management, Root Cause Analysis, Software Patches, Startup, Support Documentation, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Engineering, Systems Maintenance, Technical Support, Technical/Engineering Design, Testing, Workforce Management, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Vacaville, CA
POSTED
1 day ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a leading biotechnology company that combines technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise, and process excellence and helps their customers to deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. Our client specializes in pharmaceutical ingredients, Bioscience, Biopharmaceuticals, Custom manufacturing, Biotechnology, Life science ingredients, Nutrition, Microbial Control, Agriculture, Materials Science, Personal Care, and cell and gene therapy.
Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer / Automation Systems Engineer
Location: Vacaville, CA - 95688
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Summary:

We are seeking an Automation Systems Support professional to provide technical and infrastructure support for manufacturing and Quality Control (QC) automation systems. This role supports Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Manufacturing Control Systems (MCS), PLCs, BAS, and QC systems while assisting with infrastructure maintenance, troubleshooting, system administration, and automation projects in a regulated manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities:
  • Provide system administration, infrastructure design, and technical support for MCS, DCS, PLC, BAS, and site QC systems.
  • Support manufacturing and QC-related infrastructure, including vendor software integrations and custom applications.
  • Assist senior system engineers with projects aligned to the Automation and QC roadmap.
  • Support user management activities for manufacturing and QC systems.
  • Perform routine backup, restore, archival, patching, audit trail review, and data retention activities.
  • Assist in maintaining system availability and supporting infrastructure components such as firewalls and antivirus software.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, process science, validation, and quality assurance teams to implement effective solutions.
  • Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, CAPAs, investigations, and resolution of automation and QC system issues.
  • Assist with infrastructure testing, debugging, startup, and validation support activities.
  • Provide troubleshooting and break-fix support for CCP1, CCP2, PLC, and QC systems, including after-hours/on-call support as required.
  • Support documentation activities including requirements, scope definitions, design documents, and drawings.
  • Support ongoing manufacturing operations by evaluating discrepancies and implementing corrective action plans.
Required Skills
  • Strong understanding of Process Automation Systems, including DCS, MCS, PLC, BAS, and QC systems.
  • Experience with system administration, infrastructure support, and automation troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with manufacturing and QC operations in a regulated environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to determine cause-and-effect relationships and recommend solutions.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams and organizational levels.
  • Ability to manage priorities and adapt to changing business conditions.
  • Experience supporting infrastructure components such as firewalls, antivirus software, backup/restore processes, and patch management.
  • Ability to support investigations, CAPAs, and discrepancy resolution activities.
  • Willingness to provide after-hours/on-call support when required.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/