Senior Automation Engineer

Entity: CSL Behring

Job Category: Engineering

Job Family: Automation

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia

Employer Reference: R-284701

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for the implementation, maintenance, support, and continuous improvement of manufacturing automation systems, including MES, PCS/DCS, and PLC platforms. This role owns process recipes and system configurations within the assigned manufacturing value stream, ensuring alignment with global standards, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing execution strategies while supporting both new and legacy systems.

As a technical subject matter expert, the Automation Engineer provides leadership and support across the lifecycle of capital and operational projects, including design, commissioning, validation, and ongoing operations. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable and compliant automation solutions, drive process improvements, resolve system incidents, and provide on-call operational support to maximize manufacturing efficiency, system performance, and facility uptime.

The Role

Responsible for the implementation and ownership of the Process Control Systems (PCS)/ Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) process recipes and systems related to the Bulk Manufacturing value stream

Provide life cycle support for Manufacturing Execution and Automation Control Systems including technical support for projects, operational support (including after hours support), preventative maintenance and continual improvement initiatives

Collaborate with respective Project Managers and stakeholders (including Quality, Facilities, Engineering, Manufacturing and Health & Safety) to ensure execution systems project deliverables are ready in time and of high quality for the different milestones throughout projects

Ensure the overall automation design and implementation meets Engineering and Manufacturing requirements for the operation of the manufacturing facilities

Ensure all work performed is of high quality and in compliance with pharmaceutical regulations and CSL procedures and provide a strong contribution to audit inspection activities

Required Skills and Experience

At least 5 years or more working experience in industrial automation / MES design and support

Direct experience designing, building, deploying and supporting Automation and MES Systems in a regulated large-scale process-based manufacturing environment

Demonstrated capability to fault find and resolve complex MES / Control System issues

Experience technically leading of complex DCS/PCS /Automation projects with integrated MES systems from initial development through validation

Hands on experience in recipe and workflow authoring as well as experience in configuring master data and equipment in MES.

Experience in process automation, MES and batch manufacturing industry standards (ISA S88 &S95)

Degree in the discipline of Computer Science; Mechatronics; Computer Systems Engineering or a similar field.

Pharmaceutical experience and a good knowledge of GMP principles is desirable.

Experience in Siemens PCS 7, Siemens Opcenter or JAG control systems would be beneficial.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients' needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

Our Benefits

For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.

You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging