Partner with Connexaire to Deliver Innovation

At Connexaire, we enable brilliant minds and pioneering organisations to deliver impactful results across the Life Sciences industry and emerging fields such as Quantum Computing.

We’re actively building partnerships with independent consultants, start-ups, global companies, and technology innovators to support project delivery through flexible, B2B consultancy models. Our goal is to create a collaborative ecosystem that drives excellence and accelerates progress.

If you’re an expert or an organisation in any of the following disciplines, we’d love to connect:

🔹 Project Management & Construction

Project Managers, MEP Managers, Schedulers, Cost Controllers, HSE Leads, and more.

🔹 Engineering & CQV

Process Engineers, EC&I Engineers, CQV Specialists, Validation Leads, and Technical Directors.

🔹 Regulatory & Compliance

Regulatory Affairs professionals, QA/QC experts, Qualified Persons (QPs), and Compliance Directors.

🔹 MSAT & Manufacturing

Scientists, Biotechnologists, Technology Transfer Leads, and MSAT Managers.

🔹 Automation, Digital & Quantum

Automation Engineers, AI/ML Specialists, Robotics Experts, Software Developers, Data Scientists, and Quantum Computing innovators (algorithm design, quantum hardware integration, advanced simulation).

Whether you’re an individual consultant, a start-up with cutting-edge solutions, or a global enterprise seeking collaboration, Connexaire offers a clear, honest, and personalised engagement experience—from first contact to project completion.

Let’s collaborate to deliver excellence.

📩 Submit your profile or partnership details via our contact form and become part of a network that empowers innovation and drives results.

Location: Denmark

Engagement Type: Full-time, onsite consultancy

Duration: Until 2028 (12-month renewable contracts)

Start Date: May 2026

Assignment Overview

Connexaire is seeking an experienced Project Controls Lead (cost focussed) to deliver expert consultancy services for a major construction project in Denmark. This landmark initiative, valued at a few billion DKK, requires a seasoned professional to lead project controls and ensure successful execution.

Key Responsibilities

As a Connexaire consultant, you will:

• Lead and manage all aspects of Cost controls and take on a Project Controls overview for the following, including:

  • Cost management

  • Scheduling

  • Risk management

  • Change management

  • Performance tracking

• Ensure compliance with corporate standards and budgetary constraints.

• Collaborate with contractors, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.

• Support contract management activities (excluding procurement).

Requirements

• Proven experience in project controls leadership within large-scale projects.

• Broad expertise across cost, and understanding of risk, scheduling, and change management.

• Background in major construction projects, ideally within the pharmaceutical sector.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• SAP experience preferred.

• Fluency in English; Danish language skills are an advantage.

• Must be eligible to work in Denmark. International consultants will be engaged via a payroll partner and may benefit from Denmark’s Expat Tax Scheme.

 Work Environment

• Full-time, onsite presence required (Monday–Friday).

Collaborative office culture with close interaction across engineering and facilities teams.

Why Partner with Connexaire?

At Connexaire, we connect exceptional consultants with high-impact projects. By joining our network, you gain:

• Access to prestigious assignments in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector.

• Streamlined engagement through our payroll partner for international consultants when working in Denmark.

• Support from a consultancy that values expertise, integrity, and client success.

Location: Germany
Engagement Type: Contract or permanent
Start Date: June 2026
Sector: Biotech / Biopharma / Life Sciences

Connexaire is seeking an experienced Automation Manager to support a next-generation biotech manufacturing environment focused on advanced biologics production.

This role will support a highly automated GMP facility covering Drug Substance, Drug Product, fill & finish, packaging, Quality Control, warehouse, and supply chain operations. The successful candidate will lead automation activities across manufacturing and supporting systems, ensuring strong project delivery, compliance, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

As a Connexaire consultant or placed professional, you will:

• Lead automation activities across GMP manufacturing and supporting systems.

• Manage automation projects from design through to commissioning, qualification, and handover.

• Provide technical leadership across DeltaV DCS, Siemens PLCs, OT networking, and process control systems.

• Support automation strategy across USP, DSP, fill & finish, QC, packaging, warehouse, and supply chain operations.

• Ensure automation systems meet GMP, validation, data integrity, and regulatory expectations.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, IT/OT, QC, Supply Chain, vendors, and system integrators.

• Drive reliability, process control, alarm management, data traceability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Proven automation leadership experience in Pharma, Biotech, Biologics, CDMO, Biosimilar, or another GMP-regulated environment.

• Demonstrable experience leading automation projects in Pharma or other regulated industries.

• Strong hands-on experience with DeltaV DCS and Siemens PLCs.

• Practical experience with OT networking, automation infrastructure, and system integration.

• Strong understanding of GMP documentation, validation, change control, data integrity, and automation lifecycle management.

• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Fluency in English, German is advantageous.

• Must be eligible to work in the EU.

Advantageous Experience

• CDMO or biosimilar manufacturing.

• Fed-batch processes.

• SUB and SUM technologies.

• AVEVA OSIsoft PI Historian.

• EMS systems.

• LabWare LIMS.

Work Environment

• Advanced biotech / biopharma manufacturing environment.

• GMP-regulated facility with high automation and data traceability.

• Cross-functional collaboration with technical, quality, manufacturing, and external partner teams.

• Contract or permanent engagement considered.

Why Partner with Connexaire?

Connexaire connects specialist consultants and technical professionals with high-impact opportunities across pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences projects.

You will gain access to confidential opportunities, professional engagement support, and assignments where technical expertise, integrity, and delivery quality matter.

Location: Germany
Engagement Type: Contract or permanent
Start Date: June 2026
Sector: Biotech / Biopharma / Life Sciences

Assignment Overview

Connexaire is seeking an experienced Senior Automation Engineer to support a next-generation biotech manufacturing environment focused on advanced biologics production.

This role will provide hands-on automation engineering support across a highly automated GMP facility covering Drug Substance, Drug Product, fill & finish, packaging, Quality Control, warehouse, and supply chain operations.

The successful candidate will support process control systems, OT infrastructure, GMP automation systems, commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting, and lifecycle activities.

Key Responsibilities

As a Connexaire consultant or placed professional, you will:

• Support automation engineering activities across GMP manufacturing and supporting systems.

• Configure, troubleshoot, optimise, and maintain DeltaV DCS, Siemens PLCs, and OT infrastructure.

• Support design, testing, commissioning, qualification, and operational readiness activities.

• Participate in FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ, and validation-related documentation.

• Support integration with historian systems, EMS, LIMS, and manufacturing-related systems where applicable.

• Investigate and resolve automation issues in live GMP manufacturing environments.

• Prepare and maintain specifications, test protocols, change controls, technical reports, and lifecycle documentation.

• Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, IT/OT, QC, Supply Chain, vendors, and system integrators.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on automation engineering experience in Pharma, Biotech, Biologics, CDMO, Biosimilar, or another GMP-regulated environment.

• Strong practical experience with DeltaV DCS and Siemens PLCs.

• Experience with OT networking, industrial communication, automation infrastructure, and system integration.

• Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of GMP automation systems.

• Good understanding of GMP documentation, validation, change control, deviation/CAPA support, and data integrity.

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

• Fluency in English, German advantageous.

• Must be eligible to work in the EU.

Advantageous Experience

• CDMO or biosimilar manufacturing.

• Fed-batch processes.

• SUB and SUM technologies.

• AVEVA OSIsoft PI Historian.

• EMS systems.

• LabWare LIMS.

Work Environment

• Advanced biotech / biopharma manufacturing environment.

• GMP-regulated facility with high automation and data traceability.

• Hands-on technical role working with manufacturing, engineering, validation, and IT/OT teams.

• Contract or permanent engagement considered.

Why Partner with Connexaire?

Connexaire connects specialist consultants and technical professionals with high-impact opportunities across pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences projects.

You will gain access to confidential opportunities, professional engagement support, and assignments where technical expertise, integrity, and delivery quality matter.

Location: Germany
Employment Type: Permanent Staff Position
Salary: €100,000 – €120,000 + Bonus
Sector: Biotech | Biopharma | Advanced Biologics Manufacturing

Lead Automation for Next-Generation Upstream Biologics Manufacturing

Connexaire is partnering with a leading biotechnology organisation investing in next-generation biologics manufacturing.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Automation Engineer – Upstream Processing (USP) to take ownership of automation systems supporting critical drug substance manufacturing operations within a highly automated GMP environment.

This is a strategic technical leadership role focused on modern upstream manufacturing processes including cell culture, seed train, media preparation, fed-batch production, single-use bioreactor technologies, and DeltaV-driven process control systems.

You will play a key role in ensuring automation reliability, supporting manufacturing performance, leading improvement initiatives, and driving operational excellence across complex biologics production operations.

Key Responsibilities

As Lead Automation Engineer, you will:

• Provide technical leadership across automation systems supporting Upstream Processing operations.

• Act as the SME for DeltaV DCS architecture, configuration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management.

• Lead automation activities from design through commissioning, qualification, validation, startup, and GMP operations.

• Support automation systems associated with:

  • Cell culture operations

  • Seed train systems

  • Bioreactors and single-use bioreactors

  • Media preparation and transfer systems

  • Upstream processing skids and utilities

• Drive system reliability, process optimisation, alarm management, and control strategy improvements.

• Support FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ and validation-related activities.

• Ensure compliance with GMP, data integrity, and regulatory expectations.

• Partner closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Process Development, Engineering, and IT/OT teams.

• Lead automation investigations, deviation support, CAPAs, and change control activities.

• Support integration with historian, MES, and manufacturing execution platforms.

• Mentor engineers and act as a technical escalation point for critical manufacturing issues.

• Contribute to automation roadmaps, continuous improvement programmes, and future manufacturing expansion projects.

What We're Looking For

• Significant automation engineering experience within Biotech, Biologics, Pharmaceutical, CDMO, or GMP-regulated manufacturing environments.

• Demonstrated experience leading automation initiatives within Upstream Processing or Drug Substance Manufacturing.

• Strong hands-on DeltaV DCS expertise.

• Practical understanding of:

  • Fed-batch biologics manufacturing

  • Cell culture processes

  • Single-use technologies, SUB/SUM

  • Process control and batch execution systems

• Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, validation, and operational readiness.

• Strong knowledge of GMP documentation, data integrity, deviation management, CAPA processes, and change control.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Fluent English; German advantageous.

Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following would be highly advantageous:

• DeltaV Batch

• AVEVA OSIsoft PI Historian

• MES integration

• LabWare LIMS

• Siemens PLCs and SCADA systems

• Biosimilar manufacturing

• CDMO environments

• Greenfield or large-scale facility expansion projects

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a growing biotechnology manufacturer where automation is central to production success.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Lead automation strategy across critical biologics manufacturing assets.

• Work within a highly automated GMP facility.

• Influence future automation initiatives and digital manufacturing capability.

• Collaborate with technical experts across manufacturing, engineering, and process development.

• Join an organisation committed to innovation, quality, and operational excellence.

Package

• €100,000–€120,000 base salary

• Annual performance bonus

• Relocation support

• Permanent staff position

• Long-term career growth within a leading biotech manufacturing environment

Location: Germany
Employment Type: Permanent Staff Position
Salary: €100,000 – €120,000 + Bonus
Sector: Biotech | Biopharma | Advanced Biologics Manufacturing

Lead Automation for Advanced Downstream Biologics Manufacturing

Connexaire is partnering with a leading biotechnology organisation investing in next-generation biologics manufacturing.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Automation Engineer – Downstream Processing (DSP) to take ownership of automation systems supporting critical biologics purification and recovery processes within a highly automated GMP manufacturing environment.

This is a strategic technical leadership role focused on downstream manufacturing operations including chromatography, filtration, viral clearance, buffer preparation, product recovery, and DeltaV-driven process control systems.

You will play a key role in ensuring automation reliability, supporting manufacturing performance, leading improvement initiatives, and driving operational excellence across complex biologics production operations.

Key Responsibilities

As Lead Automation Engineer, you will:

• Provide technical leadership across automation systems supporting Downstream Processing operations.

• Act as the SME for DeltaV DCS architecture, configuration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management.

• Lead automation activities from design through commissioning, qualification, validation, startup, and GMP operations.

• Support automation systems associated with:

  • Chromatography skids

  • UF/DF systems

  • Tangential Flow Filtration, TFF

  • Viral inactivation and viral filtration systems

  • Buffer preparation and transfer systems

  • Product recovery and hold systems

• Drive system reliability, process optimisation, alarm management, and control strategy improvements.

• Support FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ and validation-related activities.

• Ensure compliance with GMP, data integrity, and regulatory expectations.

• Partner closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, MSAT, Engineering, and IT/OT teams.

• Lead automation investigations, deviation support, CAPAs, and change control activities.

• Support integration with historian, MES, and manufacturing execution platforms.

• Mentor engineers and act as a technical escalation point for critical manufacturing issues.

• Contribute to automation roadmaps, continuous improvement programmes, and future manufacturing expansion projects.

What We're Looking For

• Significant automation engineering experience within Biotech, Biologics, Pharmaceutical, CDMO, or GMP-regulated manufacturing environments.

• Demonstrated experience leading automation initiatives within Downstream Processing or Drug Substance Manufacturing.

• Strong hands-on DeltaV DCS expertise.

• Practical understanding of:

  • Chromatography processes

  • UF/DF and TFF systems

  • Viral filtration and purification operations

  • Process control and batch execution systems

• Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, validation, and operational readiness.

• Strong knowledge of GMP documentation, data integrity, deviation management, CAPA processes, and change control.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Fluent English; German advantageous.

Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following would be highly advantageous:

• DeltaV Batch

• AVEVA OSIsoft PI Historian

• MES integration

• LabWare LIMS

• Siemens PLCs and SCADA systems

• Biosimilar manufacturing

• CDMO environments

• Greenfield or large-scale facility expansion projects

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a growing biotechnology manufacturer where automation is central to production success.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Lead automation strategy across critical biologics purification and recovery assets.

• Work within a highly automated GMP facility.

• Influence future automation initiatives and digital manufacturing capability.

• Collaborate with technical experts across manufacturing, engineering, and process development.

• Join an organisation committed to innovation, quality, and operational excellence.

Package

• €100,000–€120,000 base salary

• Annual performance bonus

• Relocation support

• Permanent staff position

• Long-term career growth within a leading biotech manufacturing environment

Location: Germany
Engagement Type: Contract / Project-Based
Sector: Biotech | Biopharma | GMP Manufacturing | QC Digitalisation
Start Date: Anticipated project start subject to client award

Project Overview

Connexaire is building a shortlist of experienced Waters Empower / LIMS Integration Consultants for an anticipated GMP digitalisation project at a growing biologics manufacturing site in Germany.

The project is expected to support the implementation and integration of laboratory and manufacturing data systems across QC, IT, Automation, Validation and Engineering.

The initial focus is expected to be around Waters Empower / Empower CDS and LIMS integration, with wider site digitalisation scope potentially involving PI Historian, DeltaV, MES, PLC / HMI, SAP / ERP, EDMS and QMS platforms.

This role will suit consultants with strong experience in regulated laboratory systems, QC digitalisation, CSV, GMP data integrity and laboratory equipment integration.

Key Responsibilities

As Waters Empower / LIMS Integration Consultant, you will:

• Support the implementation, configuration and integration of Waters Empower / Empower CDS within a GMP QC laboratory environment.

• Support LIMS deployment and integration with laboratory equipment, QC workflows and wider site systems.

• Work with QC, IT, Automation, Validation, Engineering, vendors and system integrators.

• Support integration between laboratory systems, PI Historian, DeltaV, MES, SAP / ERP and other manufacturing or quality platforms where applicable.

• Review and support user requirements, functional specifications, interface requirements, data flows and system configuration.

• Support CSV documentation including URS, FRS, risk assessments, test scripts, traceability matrices and validation reports.

• Participate in FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ and system testing activities.

• Support GMP data integrity, audit trail, user access, electronic records and electronic signature requirements.

• Troubleshoot system integration issues across lab systems, interfaces, infrastructure and connected equipment.

• Help ensure systems are compliant, scalable and suitable for future site digitalisation.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience implementing, integrating or supporting Waters Empower / Empower CDS in a GMP or regulated laboratory environment.

• Strong understanding of LIMS, QC laboratory workflows, chromatography systems or lab informatics.

• Experience with computerised system validation, CSV, GxP and data integrity.

• Ability to work across QC, IT, Automation, Validation and Engineering teams.

• Experience with system interfaces, equipment integration or manufacturing data systems.

• Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills.

• Fluent English; German advantageous.

Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following would be highly advantageous:

• Waters Empower enterprise deployments

• Empower CDS administration, configuration or validation

• LIMS implementation or integration

• AVEVA PI / OSIsoft PI Historian

• DeltaV or MES integration

• SAP / ERP interfaces

• Veeva, TrackWise or EDMS / QMS systems

• PLC / HMI or SCADA environments

• 21 CFR Part 11 / EU Annex 11

• Biotech, biologics, CDMO or pharmaceutical manufacturing

• Greenfield, brownfield or fast-track GMP site projects

Why Register Interest?

This is an opportunity to support the digitalisation of a growing biologics manufacturing site at a critical stage of development.

The wider programme may include laboratory systems, QC digitalisation, historian integration, automation systems, manufacturing execution, equipment integration and GMP data infrastructure.

You will help shape how laboratory, QC, automation and manufacturing systems are connected, validated and deployed into a GMP-ready operating environment.

Engagement Details

• Anticipated project-based engagement

• Germany-based biotech manufacturing site

• Contract / consultant model expected

• Initial focus expected around Empower / LIMS integration

• Wider digitalisation scope may include PI Historian, DeltaV, MES and PLC / HMI integration

• Final start date, scope and duration subject to project award

About Connexaire

Connexaire connects specialist consultants and technical professionals with high-impact projects across biotech, pharmaceutical, automation, validation and digital manufacturing environments.

We are currently speaking with experienced Waters Empower, LIMS, CSV and lab systems integration specialists for upcoming project opportunities in Germany.

Final project scope, timelines and engagement model will be confirmed following client award.

More details to come