Senior PI Engineer

What is it like to work at SimoTech? With a strong collaborative teamwork culture based on respect, trust and excellence, we play a critical partnering role to our clients’ life-changing supply of products to patients. In return, there is excellent salary, benefits, career progression, educational support and much more.

SimoTech has an opportunity for an experienced Senior PI Engineer to join our team, supporting a cutting edge pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Tipperary.

This is a high impact, senior level role where you will act as the technical authority for AVEVA PI Systems, while also leading end to end digitalisation and data infrastructure projects as Project Manager. This role sits at the intersection of automation, data and digital transformation, working to deliver innovative PI solutions that support regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and advanced analytics.

In this hybrid role, you will also have an opportunity to shape how critical manufacturing data is captured, structured, and leveraged, helping to drive smarter, data-driven decisions across operations. The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years’ experience working with Aveva PI Systems in a GMP environment with excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Design, configure, and maintain AVEVA PI System components including PI Data Archive, PI Asset Framework (AF), PI Vision, and interfaces/connectors.
• Develop and optimise data models, AF templates, event frames, and tagging strategies to support analytics and operational visibility.
• Implement and maintain RtReports for regulatory, environmental, operational, and batch reporting, including performance optimisation and automation scheduling.
• Integrate PI systems with SCADA, PLC/DCS, control systems, historians, and enterprise applications.
• Implement data quality monitoring, dashboards, and alerting systems.
• Troubleshoot system performance issues, data capture gaps, and event alignment through root cause analysis and remediation.
• Ensure system reliability, security compliance, and adherence to industry best practices.
• Lead end to end PI system and digitalisation projects, including scoping, planning, scheduling, risk management, and budget tracking.
• Develop and maintain project documentation including requirements, technical specifications, test plans, and deployment checklists.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Operations, IT, Automation, Engineering, and vendors.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication, including steering meetings and progress reporting.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure timely delivery of services and components.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to capture reporting requirements and translate them into compliant RtReports templates.
• Develop documentation, runbooks, and training materials for end users on PI tools such as RtReports, PI Vision, and AF.
• Support QA, Operations, and Compliance teams in validation activities and audit readiness.
• Support development of the site computer systems decommissioning strategy and schedule.
• Drive continuous improvements in PI data models, reporting efficiency, system monitoring, and delivery processes.
• Deliver dashboards and insights to support data driven decision making.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years’ hands on experience with Aveva PI System (PI Data Archive, AF, PI Vision, interfaces/connectors, RT Reports).
• Strong understanding of industrial automation systems including PLC, DCS, SCADA, and OPC integration.
• Experience with scripting/programming languages such as PowerShell, Python, SQL, or .NET.
• Proven experience in PI System architecture, data modelling, event frames, and performance optimisation.
• Demonstrated project management experience including planning, coordination, and reporting.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with cross functional stakeholders.
• AVEVA PI certification (e.g. PI System Infrastructure, PI AF) is desirable.

• Role provides a high degree of autonomy to allow the successful candidate to reach their full potential.
• Develop new skills and enhance technical ability by working with innovative technologies in a multi-disciplined environment. xcfaprz
• Opportunity to work with large corporate clients on exciting capital projects.