A company has developed a brand$-$new ointment for treating infected lesions of the skin. The manufacturing site has been asked to supply this product to the market in $18$ months$$ time when regulatory approval is expected. $1\mathrm{.}5$ million has been approved to allow the site to install a new tube filling and packaging line to achieve this objective.

As a Controls Engineer, present to the Management Team the approach you would take to agree the system design with the vendor and commission and validate the control system.

As a minimum consider what sources you would use as part of the design phase, what testing you would do$,$ the documentation required and how you would work with other members of the team delivering the project. How would you judge the success of your involvement in the project? Finally highlight any considerations or assumptions you have made.