Job Description

Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Automation

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Digital Shop Floor Data Enablement Senior Specialist in our Manufacturing Value Team organization. This role will work within the Data Enablement product team to provide technical guidance, lead application support sub teams, implement proof of concepts, and contribute to all aspects of the platforms under the data enablement product across a global manufacturing network.

What you will do:

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation, and leadership to carry out the following:

• Work very closely with operations and support services to understand data requirements, business needs. Design and implement technology solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness of day-to-day manufacturing shop floor business processes

• Work very closely with process engineers and other key users to develop and maintain companywide manufacturing assets and process data requirements and standard templates

• Work very closely with automation leads and other shop floor application leads to develop and maintain data and system integration standards

• Lead large scale and complex deployment and upgrade of our data historian capabilities (AVEVA PI Data Archive, PI-AF, PI Notifications, PI Vision, PI Interfaces, and related components)

• Lead large scale and complex deployment and upgrade of our industrial data operations and data access suite of technologies (Data Brokers, Procol Convertors, Edge Technologists, etc.)

• Contribute to the maintenance and continuous improvement of all aspect of the Data Enablement product team business processes and best practices.

• Lead and provide technical oversight on the day-to-day support team, identify system management improvement opportunities

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role, you will more than likely have:

• A minimum of 5 years manufacturing or related experience, life sciences preferred

• Strong demonstrated experience with AVEVA PI System including system architecture and integration solutions such as integration with big data platforms

• Capability to articulate different PI System architectures including but not limited to virtual servers, PI DA, AF, Analysis, Notifications, Vision, DAS, and various PI interfaces

• Solid understanding of Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT platforms such as Ignition platform, data brokers such as HiveMQ and various OPC UA technologies e.g. Kepware and Matrikon).

• Solid understanding of IT infrastructure related topics that influence data system implementations including networking, virtualization, and storage technologies

• Familiarity with various shop floor data sources including (DeltaV, PLC/SCADA, BAS etc…)

• Familiarity with various shopfloor use cases of PI data including manufacturing analytics

• Familiarity with the application of SDLC Methodology and computer validation concepts

• Be self-driven and motivated

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering/Computer Science is preferred.

As a company, we are committed to ‘Inventing for Life’ in all that we do. We keep the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world’s most challenging healthcare needs.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment.

So, if you are ready to:

Invent solutions to meet unmet healthcare needs, Impact the future by driving one of the world’s leading healthcare companies, and inspire your team to reach their full potential and push the boundaries of science and technology, please apply today.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Availability Management, Availability Management, Business Processes, Change Controls, Computer Science, Computer Technical Support, Incident Management, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Innovation, Management Process, Management System Development, Motivation Management, PI Server, Problem Management, Project Manufacturing, Quality Assurance (QA), Self Motivation, Service Delivery, Shop Floor Management, SLA Management, Software Configurations, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Systems Delivery, Technical Consulting {+ 1 more}

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

08/31/2025

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