PCS7 Engineer

Darwin Recruitment; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a PCS7 Batch / Recipe Engineer for a 6-month freelance engagement in Liverpool, UK. Hybrid work with client site attendance as required; you will lead recipe design, batch documentation, and review configuration work from the batch engineering team on a regulated pharmaceutical/industrial automation project.

You will act as the go-to PCS7 Batch expert, drive FAT activities with internal and customer teams, and ensure compliance with GAMP5 and ISA-88 principles,

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Siemens PCS7 and SIMATIC Batch (BatchCC).
• Knowledge of ISA-88 batch control principles and recipe design.
• Experience writing and reviewing recipe definitions, FDS, DDS and test specifications.
• Reviewing configuration work packs and guiding batch configurators through issues.
• Lead internal FAT and support customer FAT, SAT and commissioning.
• Familiarity with GAMP5 guidelines in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead PCS7 Batch/Recipe design and batch documentation.
• Review batch engineering configurations and guide teams.
• Drive internal FAT and support customer FAT, SAT, and commissioning.

Skills

PCS7 experience

SIMATIC Batch

EPH/EM configuration

ISA-88 batch principles

Batch recipe design

FAT/commissioning

GAMP5 knowledge

end-user requirements gathering

Tools

CMT libraries

Plant Generator

SIMIT simulation

Job description

PCS7 Batch / Recipe Engineer (DRWN)

Job title – PCS7 Batch / Recipe Engineer

Client Location – Liverpool, UK

Remote work offering – Hybrid (remote, with customer site attendance as required)

Client Industry – Industrial Automation / Pharmaceutical

Contract Length – 6 months

Contract type – Freelance

Project focus:

Delivery of a PCS7 Batch control solution for a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing process. You will lead recipe design and batch documentation, review configuration work from the batch engineering team, act as the go-to technical expert on PCS7 Batch, and see the scope through internal and customer FAT.

Key skills and Experience required:

• Extensive hands-on experience with Siemens PCS7 and SIMATIC BATCH (BatchCC), including EPH and EM configuration
• Strong working knowledge of ISA-88 batch control principles and recipe design
• Proven track record writing and reviewing recipe definitions, FDS, DDS and test specifications
• Reviewing configuration work packs and guiding batch configurators through technical issues
• Leading internal FAT and supporting customer FAT, SAT and commissioning
• Working to GAMP5 guidelines in a regulated environment, ideally pharmaceutical or life sciences
• Gathering batch process requirements directly with end users and translating them into technical solutions
• Familiarity with CMT libraries, Plant Generator and SIMIT simulation is a plus
• Able to attend customer site in Liverpool as required and work within a cyber secure environment