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.