MES Engineer

Location: New London

Company Description Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE: FBIN) is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company with a portfolio of trusted brands, including Moen, House of Rohl, Therma-Tru, Larson, Master Lock, Yale residential, and Sentry Safe. We are building a company that is determined to win, and we are clear about how: strong brands, great people, and disciplined execution.
You'll join a team that puts customers first, keeps its commitments, and cuts through complexity to deliver meaningful results.  If you're looking for an opportunity to make an impact and help shape what's next for our iconic brands, we'd love to meet you.  Apply now.  Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

Job Description In this role you will support and drive projects with the MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) engineering team.  You will collaborate with engineers, managers, supervisors, and operators to help drive improvements throughout the Fiberon facilities by developing MES applications and hardware implementations to support the continuous improvement culture. Will provide relocation assistance for this position. What you will be doing:

Manage day-to-day MES-related issues, coordinating with other team members as necessary.

Utilize Ignition software for front end application design and development for MES.Define, design, and lead software implementations throughout the manufacturing operations.

Support alignment and harmonization of common manufacturing execution requirements and shop floor processes across multiple business units and sites.

Translate business and operational requirements into clear, detailed functional specifications for MES solutions.

Serve as a subject matter expert for MES functionality, including production execution, routing, work instructions, data collection, quality, and traceability.

Support system testing activities, including unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and validation prior to production deployment.

Partner with cross-functional teams to support site deployment, change management, training, and adoption of MES solutions.

Identify opportunities for process standardization, automation, and manufacturing performance improvement enabled by MES.Communicate complex technical concepts and system capabilities effectively to non-technical stakeholders and leadership.

Create and present project updates, risks, and recommendations to functional and leadership audiences.

Support continuous improvement initiatives and post-deployment enhancements to ensure MES solutions meet evolving business needs.

Analyze existing software code to make improvements.

Qualifications3-5 years  experience with software development required

Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering Technical understanding of computer programming and application development

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to work in a cross-functional and collaborative team environment

Demonstrated project management skills, adherence to timelines, stakeholder communication

Knowledge of Windows based systems and MS Office Suite

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with Python, Microsoft SQL databases, HTML, Java, and Expression languages a must Demonstrated software application implementations into a production environment

Go-to person for daily software support activities

Knowledge of PLC’s, programming, tag structure, data collection a plus Knowledge of SCADA and MES software, such as Ignition, a plus Knowledge of ERP system functionality, bill of materials (BOM’s), part/product configuration, and production scheduling/sequencing a plus. Knowledge of Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP a plus Meticulous, conscientious, analytical, focused,…