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 Supportfor 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.