Sr MES Platform Engineer

Job Description:

At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success - so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to provide innovative solutions on our IT Solution Delivery Team.

Our Solution Delivery Team is responsible for the planning and execution of IT initiatives to support our Manufacturing and Quality Engineering Teams. We strive to deliver scalable best in class solutions for our global business partners, and drive efficiency through technology.

Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to support the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.
* Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.;
Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Your Role on Our Team This role is pivotal to the success of the MES and manufacturing platform portfolio across all North American sites. You will be a critical member of the IT team delivering manufacturing platform solutions that empower shop floor teams to operate with confidence and focus on quality production. This team has earned a trusted seat alongside shop floor operations, guiding best-practice use of technology through collective experience and influence.

As a Sr. Platform Engineer, you will design, develop, and support manufacturing technology applications across our North American manufacturing facilities. This role is hands-on across the full platform stack, with a primary focus on our MES platform, while also advising and influencing best-practice design standards for our internal team and citizen developers throughout the business. You will interface, communicate, and drive execution with internal business partners including Quality and Manufacturing stakeholders, and IT teams.

Experience with shop floor operations will only enhance your ability to provide solutions that are simple for operations and widely adopted.

Your Impact:

Identify and recommend solutions to address improvement opportunities across manufacturing platforms, with a primary focus on MESDesign and deliver scalable and reliable platform solutions that empower shop floor teams to operate with confidence and focus on quality production

Develop and communicate architectural strategies needed to support existing and new manufacturing platforms

Drive best-in-class platform standards by influencing technology stack decisions across the full manufacturing platform portfolio

Investigate and apply AI agents and automation to reduce development cycles and accelerate delivery

Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of platform services across North American manufacturing sites

Stay current on the latest IT advancements and emerging technologies in manufacturing and provide recommendations in support of Milwaukee Tool’s strategic goals

Provide technical consulting on platforms and guidance to end users, citizen developers, and stakeholders

Produce documentation including process maps, data architecture maps, integration requirements, and protocols/data specifications as needed

Build IT credibility by modeling professionalism, excellence, integrity, and passion

Monitor and manage technical deliverables for projects, contributing to project plan scope and ensuring timely completion

Build relationships with business and IT partners

Support the development of change management strategies and related documentation

Partner with Manufacturing and Quality Engineering organizations to develop solutions through effective understanding of business and process requirements

Contribute to the creation of big-picture, multi-year platform and OT data…