Systems Engineer Level 4

at  Lonza

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
The Systems Engineer 4 will support ongoing Lonza operations through technical assistance as it relates to computerized systems infrastructure for process automation and QC laboratory systems. This person will act as a technical resource to operations customers to ensure that systems are designed and operating to meet production needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively recognize potential issues or problems and establish the necessary corrective actions
• Assist with the planning and execution of plant projects involving computerized infrastructure changes and process improvements
• Implementation experience of some number of the following;

o plant network infrastructure
o data historians
o process control systems (DCS & PLC/SCADA)
o laboratory information management systems

o manufacturing execution systems that meet Operations’ business requirements

• Provide infrastructure support (servers, networks, workstations, storage, and client devices) for Automation, Business Analytics, Quality Control, and any other information systems used to support Operations.
• Maintain system integrity and identify performance and security improvements
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide afterhours support to resolve issues outside of normal business hours
• Continuously aware of new methodologies pertinent to information systems and is able to introduce them with limited supervisory input
• Contributes to design of new applications and solutions
• Authoring of commissioning protocols (installation, operation, etc.)
• Own change requests and participate in all aspects of the change control system
• Learn, understand and comply with 21 CFR Part 11 regulations
• Assist the Quality department with deviation investigations
• Participate in RCAs as Operations Information Systems (OIS) representative
• Review/revise OIS and Manufacturing related SOP’s, Functional Specifications, and work instructions, as a result of CAPA, equipment/process changes, error prevention activities, etc.
• Remain up to date on all assigned training activities

Key Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience, preferably in Computer Science, IT, or engineering discipline

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite with focus on Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Ability to think critically and logically.
• Ability to work collaboratively and operate across functional boundaries, both internally and externally
• Ability to translate strategic opportunities and emerging technology solutions into tangible pragmatic executable plans

Ability to work onsite and on call hours as required

Significant work experience including the following preferred areas of expertise:

• Resource and performance management skills
• Designing information interfaces, data conversion, and network and infrastructure fundamentals
• Operating systems; Unix, NT and Linux
• Databases; Oracle and SQL Server 2000
• Deployment applications; Symantec Ghost
• Programming languages such as VB Script, VB6, or .Net, SQL
• Cisco and 3Com network switches and network monitoring utilities
• Citrix Metaframe

• Proactively recognize potential issues or problems and establish the necessary corrective actions
• Assist with the planning and execution of plant projects involving computerized infrastructure changes and process improvements
• Implementation experience of some number of the following