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Pay Range: $65 to $75 an hour.
Client Industry: Pharmaceutical
Job Mode: Remote
Duration: 12 Months Contract, with potential extension based on performance and business needs.
Job Summary:
Lead industrial robotics and automation projects across multiple manufacturing sites, from initial opportunity assessment through implementation and startup. Partner with site teams and external system integrators to develop scalable automation solutions for existing manufacturing environments. Evaluate technical feasibility, integration constraints, operational risks, safety requirements, and long term maintainability.
Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, stakeholders, and vendor deliverables while supporting continuous improvement and automation expansion.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead robotics and automation projects from initial assessment through implementation and startup.
Assess existing processes, infrastructure, space, material flow, utilities, and operational constraints.
Evaluate solution feasibility, safety, integration risks, process variability, and maintainability.
Define project requirements, deliverables, success criteria, and business value.
Coordinate manufacturing, engineering, operations, quality, safety, digital teams, and vendors.
Review vendor proposals, technical concepts, schedules, and risk assessments.
Track project progress, budgets, risks, decisions, and implementation milestones.
Coordinate proof of concept activities and recommend next steps based on results.
Identify repeatable automation opportunities and document project learnings.
Required Qualifications:
Experience deploying or evaluating industrial robotics and automation in existing manufacturing or operational environments.
Project management experience covering scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder coordination.
Experience managing system integrators, equipment suppliers, or external technical partners.
Strong knowledge of industrial robotics, collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision, material handling, safety systems, controls, and legacy equipment integration.
Ability to translate operational workflows into user requirements, scopes of work, success criteria, and implementation plans.
Strong technical assessment, problem solving, communication, and cross functional leadership skills.
Ability to work independently and travel across United States sites and Puerto Rico as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, food, or chemical manufacturing.
Knowledge of GMP, validation, quality systems, and IQ, OQ, and PQ.
Experience as a system integrator, applications engineer, automation supplier, technical program manager, or automation consultant.
Experience with multi site deployments and scalable automation solutions.
Experience in early stage opportunity assessments and business case development.
Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)