PI System Engineer: Real-Time Data & Automation

Cognizant Life Sciences Manufacturing; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Life Sciences Manufacturing is seeking an AVEVA PI Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team supporting the PI Historian Operational Service across multiple sites. The role focuses on monitoring the system to ensure continuous production at the manufacturing site.

The ideal candidate has extensive PI System experience (DA, AF, Analytics) and related historians, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a proactive, self-motivated approach to learning new technologies.

Qualifications

• Higher academic or technical education within IT, Engineering, Automation with extensive experience with PI System tools (integration, installation and configuration, support)
• Strong understanding of the PI System Architecture
• Strong PI System experience (PI DA, AF, ANAlytics, Interface, Batch interfaces)
• Able to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as a team member as well as alone, unsupervised
• Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly
• Self-motivated
• Passion for quality and excellence
• Experience with other historians (Ignition, IP21)
• Experience with SCADAs or OPC Servers (Kepware, DeltaV, Rockewell)
• Experience with third party tools (SynTQ, Seeq, Qlik, SIMCA)
• Programming and integration skills
• GMP/GXP experience

Responsibilities

• Help on analyzing, proposing and implementing solutions to client challenges in the area of real-time data solutions
• Provide PI System guidelines and best practices
• Implement/manage the managed services solutions for the customer’s portfolio
• Support colleagues with the day to day work as well as resolve/troubleshoot issues escalated to you
• Align with customers on initiatives and improvements
• Draft technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, training materials

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Self-motivation

Fast learner

GMP/GXP awareness

Education

Higher academic or technical education in IT/Engineering/Automation

Tools

PI System (DA, AF, Analytics)

Ignition

OPC Servers (Kepware, DeltaV, Rockwell)

Third party tools (SynTQ, Seeq, Qlik, SIMCA)

SCADA systems

Job description

Cognizant Life Sciences Manufacturing is seeking an AVEVA PI Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team supporting the PI Historian Operational Service across multiple sites. The role focuses on monitoring the system to ensure continuous production at the manufacturing site.

The ideal candidate has extensive PI System experience (DA, AF, Analytics) and related historians, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a proactive, self-motivated approach to learning new technologies.