Associate Director - OT Integration Delivery Lead

• IT - Quality Management
• Contracting
• Vollzeit
• 01.11.2026 - 31.10.2027
• DCS, MES, DeltaV, Syncade MES, AVEVA PI

Contract Details

• Start date: 1 November 2026
• Duration: 12 months, until 31 October 2027
• Workload: 100%, 41 hours per week
• Location: Basel
• Work model: Primarily on-site
• Contract type: Temporary contract

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing and deployment of production-grade OT integrations.
• Deliver integrations across DeltaV, Syncade MES, AVEVA PI Historian and plant-side LIMS components.
• Configure and develop OT integration services using Ignition, MQTT, HiveMQ, connectors and industrial gateways.
• Define reusable message structures, data mappings, interfaces and source-to-platform transformations.
• Ensure manufacturing data is accurately mapped across batches, materials, equipment, recipes, process steps, parameters, events and quality information.
• Establish scalable, secure and vendor-supported integration patterns while avoiding fragile point-to-point solutions.
• Ensure code and configurations are version-controlled, documented, testable and aligned with DevSecOps standards.
• Support qualification and validation activities in accordance with GMP, CSV/CSA, cybersecurity and data-integrity requirements.
• Coordinate site automation teams, implementation partners, system integrators and technology vendors.
• Support hypercare and the transition of integrations into the agreed operational support model.

Your Profile

• Bachelor-s or Master-s degree in Automation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• Strong track record of delivering OT integrations across automation, MES, historian and manufacturing-data platforms.
• Deep practical understanding of DCS, MES and historian environments.
• Hands-on experience with DeltaV, Syncade MES and AVEVA PI.
• Experience with Ignition, MQTT, HiveMQ, industrial gateways and event-driven architectures.
• Good understanding of ISA-88, ISA-95, OT/IT integration and digital manufacturing architectures.
• Knowledge of APIs, message models, configuration management, version control and automated deployment practices.
• Practical experience within pharmaceutical or another GMP-regulated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of CSV/CSA, change control, traceability and data-integrity requirements.
• Experience managing technical vendors, automation teams and integration partners.
• Business-fluent English.