MES IT Coordinator

Job Title:

Site MES IT Coordinator
Department:
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) – Center of Excellence (CoE)

Location:

Toronto & Whitby, Canada

The Site MES IT Coordinator serves as the primary site-level IT and MES liaison responsible for coordinating Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementation, deployment, and ongoing operational support across manufacturing facilities. This role acts as the critical interface between site operations, Quality, MSAT, Validation, IT/OT teams, Global MES organizations, vendors, system integrators, and offshore development teams. The successful candidate will possess strong expertise in MES platforms, manufacturing operations, and digital manufacturing technologies, ensuring seamless execution of MES programs from project initiation through go‑live, hypercare, and steady‑state support.

The role will also drive automation and digital transformation initiatives that improve operational efficiency, data visibility, compliance, and plant connectivity.

Serve as the primary site-level IT coordinator and governance contact for MES implementation and support activities.

Act as the central point of communication between site stakeholders, Global MES teams, vendors, system integrators, and offshore delivery teams.

• Requirements gathering
• Solution design
• Configuration and build
• Testing and validation support
• Training and user readiness
• Go‑live and hypercare
• Support transition and steady‑state operations

Track and manage site-level actions, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and readiness activities.

Facilitate technical and functional workshops between business users and MES delivery teams.

Drive alignment between local manufacturing processes and enterprise MES standards/templates.

Support business process reengineering initiatives to improve manufacturing execution and operational efficiency.

Capture and document business requirements, process gaps, user needs, and local operational constraints.

Translate site requirements into clear and actionable MES functional and technical specifications.

Ensure business requirements are effectively communicated to development, configuration, and support teams.

• Infrastructure readiness
• User access management
• Shop‑floor devices
• Barcode scanners
• Label printers
• Operator terminals
• System interfaces
• Network connectivity

Support testing activities by coordinating user participation, issue resolution, and closure of testing actions.

Assist with training preparation, execution, and user adoption initiatives.

Lead automation and data integration projects across manufacturing sites from concept through commissioning and operational adoption.

• MES platforms (Rockwell MES, Pharma Suite, Siemens Opcenter, Master Control, PAS‑X, etc.)
• SCADA systems (Ignition, Wonderware, AVEVA, etc.)
• DCS platforms (Emerson DeltaV and similar systems)
• Data collection and historian technologies (OPC, AVEVA PI, Kepware, Litmus, etc.)

Design and implement secure, scalable, and reliable shop‑floor data collection architectures.

Support Connected Plant and Industry 4.0 initiatives to improve plant maturity, operational visibility, and data‑driven decision‑making.

• SOPs
• Work Instructions
• User Guides
• Training Materials
• Support Documentation

Partner with Quality and Validation teams to support CSV activities and compliance requirements.

Ensure MES solutions align with applicable regulatory and industry standards, including:

• GMP
• GAMP 5
• Annex 11 & Annex 22
• 21 CFR Part 11
• Data Integrity requirements
• Cybersecurity best practices

Maintain documentation for decisions, issue resolutions, knowledge transfer activities, and support handovers.

• Demand management
• Change requests
• Incident and problem…