Senior Application Engineer - AVEVA AIM

Role Overview

As a Senior Application Engineer for AVEVA AIM at Schneider Electric, you will spearhead comprehensive implementations of AVEVA AIM systems, spanning from requirement gathering to final go-live. Your work will involve aligning with client information standards, configuring systems, and integrating various data sources to build an effective digital twin environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle AVEVA AIM implementations including environmental preparation, configuration, data ingestion, validation, and deployment.
• Develop and tailor class libraries, tagging rules, and asset structures consistent with CFIHOS, ISO 14224, and ISO 15926 standards.
• Construct data ingestion pipelines for engineering documents and models from EPC handover and archive systems, ensuring data quality and completeness.
• Integrate AIM with 3D visualization tools and cross-reference tags, documents, and models to create a navigable digital twin.
• Produce compliance and consistency reports on information standards using AVEVA BI Gateway.
• Configure system gateways and interfaces to PI historians, CMMS/EAM platforms (SAP PM, Maximo), document management, and Unified Operations Center.
• Perform deployments under stringent air-gapped, firewall-restricted national oil company environments including offline installation and patch management.
• Act as subject matter expert during pre-sales activities, including solution design, effort estimates, demos, and responding to RFQs/RFPs.
• Maintain and develop reusable assets such as templates, data-loading tools, validation scripts, and documentation runbooks.
• Guide and mentor engineering and client teams to foster self-sufficiency during scaling phases.
• Contribute to data readiness evaluations supporting AI and industrial analytics use cases.
• Define data quality metrics, oversee configuration management, and maintain as-built documentation across environments.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Instrumentation, or Computer Science fields).
• Over 8 years’ experience in engineering information management or industrial software delivery with at least 3 years focusing on AVEVA AIM hands-on configuration and deployments.
• Proven success delivering two or more full-cycle AVEVA AIM projects within oil and gas, petrochemical, or similar process sectors.
• Knowledge of engineering information standards encompassing CFIHOS, ISO 15926, ISO 14224, and EPC handover processes.
• Practical experience with Smart Plant Engineering tools, AVEVA E3D/PDMS modeling, laser scanning and integration of intelligent P&IDs and engineering document formats.
• Proficiency in SQL and scripting languages, preferably Python, for transforming, loading, and validating data.
• Strong command of English with excellent client interaction and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience interfacing with REST APIs and integrating industrial software systems.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience delivering projects in GCC countries with understanding of their engineering standards and vendor processes.
• Familiarity with AVEVA Unified Operations Center, AVEVA Connect, and digital twin platforms.
• Knowledge of AI/ML data readiness as related to soft sensors, predictive maintenance, and autonomous operations.
• Certified in AVEVA AIM or related software portfolio products.
• Understanding of AVEVA CONNECT and subscription licensing models.
• Arabic language abilities are a plus.

Competencies

• Ability to own full technical accountability of AIM deployments from pilot phases through scaling.
• Commitment to data quality with a mindset treating validation and completeness as deliverables.
• Proven ability to engage and lead diverse client stakeholders, from engineers to management.
• Capability to succeed in constrained and controlled, brownfield environments rather than ideal conditions.
• Focus on developing reusable knowledge and improving team capabilities continuously.

Company and Culture

Schneider Electric fosters a culture built on Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, and Teamwork (IMPACT). Our Total Rewards program emphasizes your well-being, growth, and inclusion, supporting your professional development and work-life balance. With a global presence and commitment to ethics and diversity, Schneider Electric is dedicated to sustainable and responsible business practices.

Additional Information

The position requires submitting an online application for consideration. Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and providing a safe, inclusive workplace. We uphold high standards for ethics, compliance, safety, sustainability, and cybersecurity, guided by our Trust Charter.