Job Description
GSS Special Projects Engineer
Business Group: GSS HUB
PrimaryWork Location: EEEC, Pune
Job Summary:
Facilitates the EEEC’s interests and activities for Special projects under GSS HUB. Engaging with the proposals team within Special projects, supporting proposals, design/prototype new integrated solutions and delivery for Special projects that address customer needs with optimal software placement and devising new solutions. This role is for a hands-on engineer preferably with chemical engineering background who will design, optimize, and troubleshoot process units using simulation, control, and data analytics to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability in operations
The position is responsible for Engineering and project activities .
InthisRole,YourResponsibilitiesWill Be:
Develop, calibrate, and maintain steady-state and dynamic process models using tools such as Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus, or equivalent simulation software
- Implement various International Pursuits.
Develop, calibrate, and maintain steady-state and dynamic process models using tools such as Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus, or equivalent simulation software
Quality Control & Assurance Other Duties Who You Are:
- System Administration
- Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Aspen InfoPlus.21 (IP.21) and AspenTech inmation platforms to ensure high availability, reliability, and seamless data flow.
- Monitor system health, performance, connectivity, historization, and namespace consistency across both platforms.
- Manage upgrades, patches, and platform lifecycle activities within controlled OT/IT environments.
- Data Integration & Connectivity
- Configure and manage data acquisition from DCS, PLC, SCADA, and ERP systems (e.g., SAP).
- Set up and manage data connectors and interfaces such as OPC UA/DA, MQTT, REST APIs, Cim‑IO, and other industrial protocols.
- Ensure reliable, low-latency data ingestion pipelines for real-time and historical analysis.
- Historian & Database Management
- Oversee historian database management, including sizing, backups, archival policies, and restoration procedures for Aspen IP.21.
- Configure and manage inmation Historian components, including storage layers, retention strategies, and performance tuning.
- Maintain data integrity, continuity, and long-term accessibility across historian environments.
- Configuration, Modelling & Development
- Create and manage tags, units, queries, and custom logic in Aspen IP.21 using SQL-based applications and IP.21 APIs.
- Build and maintain inmation object models, including Agents, Items, Asset Structures, business logic modules, and namespace objects.
- Develop scripts or automation using Lua, SQL, or Python to support data transformation, contextualization, and validation across both platforms.
- Enable KPI calculation, event-based analytics, contextual modelling, and digital asset representations.
- Monitoring, Analysis & Visualization
- Monitor historian data quality, system loads, and connector reliability.
- Analyze historical and real-time data using Aspen Process Explorer, Aspen SQLplus, and inmation visualization tools.
- Enable dashboards, trends, KPIs, and analytics through Power BI, Grafana, immation Studio, or other connected visualization layers.
- Reporting
- Design and automate operational reports:
- Production performance
- Shift reports
- Loss and downtime analysis
- KPI dashboards
- Integrate historian data with business analytics platforms using SQL, inmation Report Engine, or external BI tools.
- User Support
- Provide L1/L2 support for Aspen IP.21 and inmation systems.
- Troubleshoot data issues, access rights, connector failures, and namespace/configuration problems.
- Train operators, engineers, and business stakeholders on system usage, best practices, and analytical tools.
- Security & Compliance
- Manage role-based access control, certificates, secure communication, and firewall requirements.
- Maintain data governance standards, audit trails, and compliance with OT cybersecurity guidelines.
- Ensure adherence to change control, backup policies, and documentation standards.
- Documentation
- Maintain up-to-date documentation of architectures, configurations, data flows, scripting logic, namespaces, and integration topologies for both platforms Work closely with the Proposal lead and Sales to understand the customer requirements and prepare the proposal accordingly.
- Always adhere to Emerson Automation Solution Ethical values.
- Implementation of EEEC IMS processes/documentation as & when required throughout the project.
- Adopts to World Area quality requirements and Customer’s regulatory guidelines.
- Practices and promotes First time right approach.
- Strictly follows GDP (Good Documentation Practices).
- Perform other additional specific duties, when requested by the business. These will, typically, be strategic in nature but could potentially be anything that the post holder is suitably qualified and experienced to undertake. These duties may be assigned to the person under guidance of a supervisor.
You are an open and hands-on person with high level of energy, passionate about making an impact and always act with integrity. You are continuously looking forward to developing and improving your professional skills.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- 4+ years of hands-on experience implementing, supporting, or administering Aspen IP.21.
- 2+ years of experience working with AspenTech inmation (Industrial DataOps / Unified Namespace platform).
Technical Competencies
- Strong knowledge of:
- Aspen IP.21 Administrator
- Definition Editor
- Aspen Process Explorer
- Aspen SQLplus
- Cim‑IO interfaces
- Proficiency with key AspenTech inmation modules:
- Core Namespace & Studio
- Connectors (OPC UA/DA, MQTT, REST, JDBC)
- Agents, Scripts, and Model Objects
- Historian Engine & Storage Layers
- Information Modelling / Asset Structures
- Good understanding of Unified Namespace (UNS) principles, industrial data contextualization, and real-time data orchestration.
Database & Scripting
- Strong SQL skills: PL/SQL, MS SQL, SSRS.
- Experience with Lua scripting, Python, or equivalent automation experience.
- Understanding of data governance, historian performance tuning, and large-scale data architecture.
- Exposure to DCS/PLC or control systems and basic understanding of control loops, interlocks, and safety systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data tools (Excel, Python, or similar) for analysis and reporting.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work in cross-functional, multi-site teams .
Process knowledge
- 3–8 years of experience in process engineering, process control, or process simulation in sectors such as chemicals, oil & gas, refining, or power.
- Practical experience with process simulators (e.g., Aspen HYSYS/Plus, UniSim, or similar) and good understanding of thermodynamics, unit operations, and process dynamics.
PreferredQualificationsthatSetYou Apart:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in instrument, electronics, software, chemical engineering or related discipline.
- Effective written and verbal communicator.
- Experience with industrial historians or OT data platforms and visualization tools (e.g., IP.21, PI, Power BI, or similar).
- AspenTech certifications in IP.21.
- AspenTech inmation platform certification.
- Relevant OT cybersecurity certifications (added advantage).
- Ability to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments.
- Ability to work within a complex matrix organization.
- Ability to work with multi-functional teams’ proposal, Sales, Operations teams located remotely.
- Ability to provide clear direction, delegate & distribute assignments, and decisions appropriately.
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We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!
About Us
WHY EMERSON
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.
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About Emerson
Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.
With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.
We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!
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