MES Consultant

Overview

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

The Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Functional Consultant is a pivotal role in implementations for our Life Science clients  manufacturing information systems. The candidate will become intimate with our Factory Talk Pharma Suite® technology and tailor its implementation into our clients  environments to provide more reliable and agile manufacturing in such a critically important industry.

• Support the Functional, Technical, and Recipe Authoring team to implement Pharmasuite solutions for Life Sciences customers.
• Support fit-gap-analysis and configure functional aspects and solution designs for commercial proposals and into solution delivery.
• Support the authoring of Functional Design Specification to define what functions fit the standard application framework and what custom developed application code is required for site-specific business purposes.
• Author/review/execute project MES system validation plan (such as informal testing, authoring integration test protocols, formal testing).
• Collaborate with the technical development team to define the development activities in a product feature backlog using tools such as JIRA to successfully manage the development of client-specific application code.
• Support installation activities of Pharmasuite at client sites.
• Support Gen AI initiatives.

• Preferably, an understanding of object-oriented/traditional coding (Java, Python) with cloud-specific knowledge, focusing on managing containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and understanding hybrid cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Basic knowledge of AI/GenAI technologies is preferred to contribute to evolving digital transformation strategies.
• Preferably, MES domain knowledge.
• Experience with in the Life sciences/Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Medical Devices industries.
• Proven communication and presentation skills.
• A high level of motivation, personal engagement, flexibility, and willingness to learn and grow with gained experience.
• Abstract thinking ability for developing technically sustainable, robust, modern, performant, as simple as possible, maintainable, and reusable solution designs.
• Ability and willingness to learn the numerous functionalities (mainly of Rockwell Software Pharma Suite®) but as well as customer business and life science industry requirements.
• Detail oriented, methodical, and conscious work ethic producing high quality deliverables.

• Bachelor s degree in a relevant field.
• Willing and able to travel and work at client sites. Travel can vary on assignment from 0% to 100% but can average 30%.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

• 1+ years (approx.) of professional functional/technical experience related to software development & systems design and deployment.
• A bachelor s degree in a technical field closely related to information technology such as mathematics, engineering, computer science, or information systems.
• A master s degree or above is preferred.

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at

For this role, the base salary compensation is from $64,480.00 - $96,720.00 USD with an annual target bonus of 5% of base salary. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at .