Manufacturing Execution System Engineer

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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)  Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:
This role is in the Single Use Division and will be performed at our Logan, Utah location.

What will you do?
Contribute significantly to a developing Operations Technology (OT) team that is quickly growing, bridging manufacturing operations and IT by developing and implementing digital solutions to improve our production methods.

Become the technical subject matter expert on our Electronic Batch Record (E ) & Manufacturing Execution System (MES or equivalent experience) platform, understanding system architecture, functionality, and capabilities

Serve as the main contact for technical inquiries, problems, routine updates, and interested party issues for the E /MES platform

Act as the liaison between operations and IT, translating user needs and issues into current or upcoming system functionalities

Lead improvement projects within the system either independently through system self-service capabilities or by coordinating with IT to launch a larger development project

Aid in deploying E /MES at every production site throughout the global network

Lead the harmonization of systems across all global network manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment with the broader digitalization strategy of the business

Grasp complete system functionality to suggest & back up additional system integration into MES functionality that brings value to the business and operations

Build collaborative and effective working relationships with factory leadership, production personnel, engineering, quality, and IT teams located across the globe

Education    Minimum required

Education:

BS in a technical field (Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent) – engineering preferred

Experience:

5+ years of experience within manufacturing or Operations technical field (3 with advanced degree)

Proven experience launching and maintaining MES platforms (preferably Siemens OpCenter/Camstar) required

Hands-on working experience with Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform preferred

Familiarity with and experience in SQL queries for MS SQL Server or Oracle is helpful

Proficiency in scripting (Python) & Power BI is desired

Experience working in a discrete manufacturing setting and manufacturing process improvement (especially in medical device or pharmaceutical industry) preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities    Interest in developing technical systems and translating business and operational needs into solutions that drive value.

Strong business insight to demonstrate the impact of technical abilities on business performance

Meticulous and systematic problem-solving approach, including a detailed understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into technical requirements

Project-level vision vital to look beyond task assignments to overall business objectives

Engagement with a complementary team of dynamic abilities, backgrounds, and regions

Proven track record to lead simultaneous projects and priorities

Able to assess, assume, and complete tasks independently or in a team setting

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions

Ability to identify and receive ambiguous problems and decompose complex problems through systems thinking to provide clarity

Strong leadership and project management skills; ability to guide…