MES Solution Engineer
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Job Description
MES Solution Engineer with expertise in manufacturing systems, delivering solutions for First Quality's operations. Collaborating with teams to define requirements and optimize manufacturing technology.
Responsibilities:
- Provides functional and technical leadership for the definition, design, and delivery of First Quality’s manufacturing systems
- Works with business leadership to document a clear vision of a business problem/opportunity and how it supports the business plan
- Ensures sound integration of processes and assigned systems across FQ
- Ensures adherence to IT Architecture principles and guidelines
- Ensures optimal application performance and maintainability of assigned systems thus enabling scalability and continuous updates from software vendors
- Stays current on emerging manufacturing technologies
- Supports and optimizes the MES systems (Proficy, PARCview) as well as MES bolt-on solutions (i.e., Loftware, NiceLabel, etc.)
- Works with plant personnel and Divisional IT Leaders to understand and address business requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
- Manufacturing Systems experience (Proficy – Plant Apps)
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills with excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Five plus years of progressive IT experience with at least 3 years in Manufacturing Systems
- Ability and desire to engage with assigned business functions of the Enterprise to understand and articulate the business requirements as well as the IT capabilities and requirements
- Experience implementing software used in 24x7 shop floor environments
- Ability to work within a 24/7 environment across multiple time zones
- Results oriented, customer focused, team player, proactive problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate to both business and technical individuals
- Ability to influence and lead change
- Strong influencing skills – ability to deliver without direct reporting relationships
- Excellent listener & communicator
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with business and IT colleagues.
- Ability to travel on average 25%
- Exposure to MES technologies, including automated data collection, visualization, quality, efficiency, SCADA, DCS, automated decision control, workflow, scheduling, and interface to ERP systems
- At least 3 years’ experience working hands-on experience with the Proficy suite of application including Historian and Plant Apps
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
- Paid time off (three-week minimum)
- Medical, dental and vision starting day one
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
- Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
- Tuition assistance
- Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums


















