Automation Engineer - PI Historian

Title: Automation Engineer - PI Historian

Location: Billingham, UK

We’re seeking an experienced Automation Engineer to own, develop, and maintain our site AVEVA PI data historian ecosystem. You’ll be the site SME for PI-integrating legacy process control systems and manufacturing equipment, enabling near real-time data availability, and helping teams transform raw data into meaningful insights for operations, quality, and leadership.

What you’ll do

• Act as the site PI System Administrator/SME-deploy, configure, and sustain AVEVA PI to ensure reliability, integrity, and availability.
• Manage maintenance and keep systems in a validated state aligned with site procedures, GMP, and GAMP expectations.
• Integrate data from control systems (e.g., Emerson DeltaV, Siemens) and manufacturing equipment; define optimal data acquisition strategies.
• Partner with Automation and Manufacturing to improve data availability, contextualization, and usability across the business.
• Develop and support PI Vision displays and coach users on effective data retrieval and visualization.
• Lead/own quality records including deviations, CAPAs, and effectiveness checks.
• Provide front-line technical support and prioritize issues and project deliverables with a high degree of autonomy.

What you’ll bring Minimum qualifications:

• HND (or equivalent, e.g., time-served apprenticeship) in EC&I or IT AND 7+ years in a front-line delivery role serving the Life Sciences industry.
• 5+ years hands-on configuring and administering AVEVA PI Historian systems.
• Strong experience integrating manufacturing data and implementing contextualization/presentation solutions.
• Solid understanding of DCS/PLC environments (preference for Emerson DeltaV and Siemens).
• Knowledge of batch processing and ISA-88.
• Experience maintaining software in regulated environments (GMP/GAMP), ideally bio/pharma.
• Ability to perform admin tasks in automation systems (e.g., DeltaV, PI, Infobatch).

Why join us

• Make a measurable impact by enabling data-driven decisions across a highly regulated manufacturing site.
• Work with modern automation tech and shape best practices, standards, and data models.
• Collaborate with a supportive, expert Automation team and cross-functional partners.
• Competitive salary, with 35 days holiday (Not including Public Holidays), annual incentive plan and up earn up to 21% on your pension

We are committed to equal opportunities in hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, and training-regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national or social origin, disability, or veteran status.