Aveva PI Consultant

• PACIV, a global leader in industrial automation solutions with offices in Ireland, the United States and Puerto Rico, and serving the Life Science, F&B and Utilities industries, is looking for an experienced AVEVA PI Consultant/SME. This is a site-based role (with some hybrid flexibility).
  
  Role Description
• The experienced AVEVA PI Consultant/Subject Matter Expert (SME) will work within the site PI Team and have responsibility for providing high level guidance and developing solutions as required for a large multinational biopharmaceutical manufacturer.
• Applicants must have a valid EU work permit and Irish Residency.
• Please no agencies
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  Role Functions
  Functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
  
  Implement Standards Compliance:
• • Develop EWI (Engineering Work Instruction on AF/EF Development and deployment)
  • Standardize - develop naming conventions across system.
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  AF/EF Structure Management:
• Master the AF structure.
• Include all types of data (Process/Batch/Alarms & Events/Audit) in PI for new integrations.
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  Event Automation:
• • Create events automatically in EMDVB, populating tags based on INI file configuration. Remove reliance on EVT files where possible.
  • Integrate ALLEVENTS tag per unit with MIAP.
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  Security - Provide Support for:
• • Updates to PI database security.
  • Direct Standardization of PI security protocols.
  • Cleaning up trust connections.
  • Removal of PI World access to ensure restricted access.
  • Addressing OPC remote connection security vulnerabilities through DCOM hardening.
  • Conduct impact assessments and modify DCOM connection types from 'CONNECT' to 'Packet Integrity' on both OPC server and PI Interface server.
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  Test Protocols:
• Assist in Development of standardized test protocol documents leveraging industry standards covering all test scripts for both project and BAU activities.
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  Asset Consolidation:
• • Provide Guidance and direction on Consolidation of assets, including servers, backup types, antivirus exclusions, storage configurations, network port details, SPN, and Kerberos delegation details.
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  Reporting and Training:
• • Select and Deploy Pilot for best fit reporting application (Rtreports/Aveva Reports/Infometrics) with options for future connection types.
  • Guide Development of data visualization solutions using PI Vision Display or reports.
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  Automated Testing:
• • Assist in determining opportunities for automated testing using APIs.
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  Support and Disaster Recovery:
• Update SOP-13189 (daily/weekly checks SOP) and associated form (EDES) to streamline processes based on SMT.
• Update the site PI disaster recovery plan (ASMT-1169).
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  PI Mappings Maintenance:
• Tidy up PI mappings, removing direct mappings and ensuring all access through AD groups.
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  Data Replication:
• • Implement selectable Replication of data to PI development environment.
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  History Data Recovery:
• • Implement separate methods for history data recovery (HDR) based on data sources (e.g., OPC, RDBMS, UFL).
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  Integration Documentation:
• • Document connection methods for new equipment integration to PI to standardize processes and improve delivery time.
• Assess the need for DeltaV PI Interface server access training and streamline processes if possible.


• Role Requirements
• Degree qualification ideally in a related Automation, Chemical or Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Computer or other technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience with AVEVA PI systems.
• Understanding of process control, instrumentation and industrial networking desirable.
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., pharma, biotech) is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to formulate thoughts in a clear and concise manner to provide clarity and a path forward on any issues.
• Excellent teamwork skills.

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