Hobson Prior are looking for a Head of Automation to join a top pharmaceutical organisation who are involved in the manufacture of human blood plasma products. This is a permanent position located in Hertfordshire. You will be part of the senior team that develops ways of working to deliver exceptional, effective and efficient service to internal customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Directing the technical activities of professional staff to achieve the business objectives through to the manufacturing floor as required.
• Accountable to lead, mentor and develop the team and extended team to develop skills and knowledge at ALL levels for now and the near term.
• You will provide technical leadership for automation to ensure a compliant and reliable supply of product and on time project execution.
• Developing a capable team to establish a robust succession plan within and potentially outside the function.
• Establishment of site automation strategy, standards and procedures to deliver industry best practice for future projects and obsolescence plan to mitigate risks to existing production.
• Creation and administration of disaster recovery procedures for automated systems and proposing solutions for systems requiring replacement or upgrade.
• Technical lead on control and automation projects providing best practice and compliance with regulatory and quality needs.
• Support root-cause investigations for automation related issues on PLC/SCADA system.
• Providing engineering support to commissioning and validation initiatives.
• Undertaking of other duties to support the department as necessary.

Key Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with direct team, peers and functional leads.
• Proven track record of analytical skills, problem solving and attention to detail.
• Strong safety leadership.
• Self-motivated, have good attention to detail, ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Be able to build effective internal and external relationships and be able to influence individuals across a variety of functions without a direct reporting relationship.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 3+ years of direct people management experience.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing principles/processes and ability to translate manufacturing and technology requirements into automation/control solution.

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