Job Title: Data Historian Engineer (OSI PI) III

Location: Framingham, MA

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Your job, as Data Historian (OSI PI) Engineer II within our Digital Operations Technology group, will be to provide data historian expertise for projects including continuous improvement, retrofit, and large capital investments to optimize manufacturing and supporting operations. You will design, architect, troubleshoot, and deliver future enhancements for data historian related systems.

• Support the execution of data historian related projects
  
• Assist with the coordination of contractors for staff augmentation or project roles.
  
• Ensuring timely issue escalation to senior management and cross-functional support teams
  
• Partnering with support teams i.e., Manufacturing, Quality, etc to ensure deliverables are completed to meet to production schedules
  
• Mentoring junior automation engineers to ensure that the team applies compliant, efficient solutions to projects
  

• Technical:
  
  • Provide day-to-day production support for the PI system including the PI Data Archive, PI AF, and PI Vision.
    
  • Develop asset framework structures, attribute templates, event frame templates, visualization templates, data organization principles, etc
    
  • Ensure appropriate process and equipment data is collected/organized according to user requirements (day to day operational perspective as well as to support back-end data analytics, deviation investigation, SPC, process improvement, etc)
    
  • Provide day-to-day support for third-party batch data historians associated with process control systems.
    
  • Provide installation, configuration, and monitoring support for the PI system servers and various PI system data interfaces.
    
  • Assist end users with the use of PI tools including PI System Explorer (to build PI AF templates, calculations, event frames, etc.), PI Vision for creation of displays, and other PI end user client tools such as PI DataLink.
    
  • Install and configure PI system interfaces to PCS, BMS, EMS, MES and bench top lab equipment.
    
  • Create, update, and provide maintenance for PI system tags - ensure completeness and consistency.
    
  • Apply or assist with routine server patches and routine PI system tasks.
    
  • Provide technical expertise in the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems.
    
  • Perform root cause analysis of issues along with recommending and implementing preventive measures as required.
    
  • Develop and maintain effective application technical support documentation including procedures.
    
  • Collaborate with OT, IT, and vendors to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
    
  • Participate on project teams to deliver new functionality and to support corporate initiatives.
    
  • Ensure adherence to change management processes.
    
  • Interact and provide support for end users.
    
  • Provide periodic 24x7 on-call rotation support.
    
  • Lead trainings, data migration activities, and provide system governance.
    
  • Develop and maintain documentation relating to all assigned systems and use cases.
    
  • In-depth knowledge of OT data infrastructure
    
  • Good knowledge of databases, such as Microsoft SQL
    
  • Assist the Quality department with deviation investigations
    
  • Participate in RCAs as the Automation engineering representative
    
  • Remain up to date on all assigned training activities
    
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide afterhours support to
    
  • resolve issues outside of normal business hours
    

• Training /Deviations /Compliance/Safety:
  
  • Complying with Sanofi requirements for training
    
  • Ensuring Inspection Readiness of assigned areas
    
  • Overseeing completion of investigations and deviations
    
  • Ensuring all assigned deviations and CAPA's are closed in a timely manner
    
  • Ensuring that Automation documentation is compliant and inspection ready
    
  • Participating in inspections conducted by external regulators
    
  • Complying with requirements from Genzyme's Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements
    

• Continuous Improvement:
  
  • Working collaboratively with inter-department and cross-functional teams to lead necessary changes in a timely and productive manner
    
  • Partnering with Manufacturing to troubleshoot and drive resolution of process issues and proactively driving projects to improve manufacturing process
    
  • Partnering with Operational Excellence to drive process improvements through Kaizens, Kanban, 5S and VSM
    

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical or Chemical), Science, or a related technological field.
  
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience with minimum 3 years working with Aveva PI.
  
• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA)
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of validation requirements for control systems in CGMP and/or ASTM environments
  
• Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.
  
• Strong organizational skills
  
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable
  

• Experience with multiple computerized systems (DeltaV, PAS-X, PI, etc.)
  
• •Experience with SCADA/PLC systems such as Rockwell Factory Talk/RSLogix, Honeywell
  
• Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.
  
• Strong organizational skills
  
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable
  
• Understanding of network infrastructure
  
• Experience with systems/network/validation, preferable in the chemical, pharmaceutical, foods, or other process industries is preferred
  
• Experienced in establishment of safe practices in a cGMP environment.
  
• Understanding of virtual environments, VMWare, Hyper-V
  
• Proven technical and analytical skills to quickly resolve system issues
  

• Required manufacturing operations support on a rotating "on call" 24/7 basis
  
• Requires working in an industrial manufacturing environment including gowning
  

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
  
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
  
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
  
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.