Engineer, Automation (PLC/HMI/SCADA), Operational Support – Biotech (JP15150)

Job Title: Engineer, Automation (PLC/HMI/SCADA), Operational Support – Biotech (JP15150)

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA. 91320

Employment Type: Contract

Business Unit: Advanced Technology & Automation

Duration: 3 years with possible conversion to permanent

Posting Date: 03/17/2026

Pay Rate: $36 - $42/hour W2 with benefits

3 Key Consulting is hiring an Engineer, Automation (PLC/HMI/SCADA), Operational Support for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain process control automation solutions utilizing Rockwell and Siemens Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA).
• Support functional area projects focused on improving process equipment/utilities/facilities -to- sophisticated unit operation skids to integrate new drug product manufacturing technologies into clinical/commercial facility.
• Lead/support technical root cause analysis, incident investigations, and solving problems related to process control issues within plant operations.
• Lead and support new technology introductions by performing automation engineering assessments, implementing automation system configuration changes, and supporting engineering and process qualification runs as applicable.
• Provide Continuous Improvement initiatives including Safety, Reliability, Efficiency and Environmental sustainability improvements to meet company’s goals
• Maintain Data Integrity Assessments with the current company and Industry standards
• Collaborate with Drug Product Plant network to improve the automation design for ATO Drug Product Plant Operations.
• Own and close deviations/CAPA within agreed upon timelines.

Day-to-day Operational Support including:

• Participate in the 24 x 7 Onsite/On Call rotation.
• Troubleshooting Support to Mfg. Operations
• Automation System Administration
• Automation System Operating Systems (OS) and HotFix assessments and rollout
• Daily manufacturing and engineering work center team meetings
• Preventative and corrective maintenance
• Automation System spare parts management
• Drive true root cause investigations and resolutions by interfacing with equipment Vendors.
• Business Process Improvements including departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Why is the Position Open?

Supplement additional workload on team.

Top Must Have Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering
• Programming in Python
• Familiarity with PLCs

Basic Qualifications:

Master degree OR Bachelor degree and 2 years of experience OR Associate degree and 6 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of experience

Interview process:

Video interviews.

We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@3keyconsulting.com. If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this particular position, please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our website www.3keyconsulting.com/careers. You are also welcome to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.