MI Solutions Specialist

Come join our team at DIS-TRAN Steel!

Our people – not our machinery - are our biggest assets. DIS-TRAN Steel’s leadership team lives by our company values, modeling our culture of respect and integrity each day.
We're a team that likes to have fun, but we also know how to get stuff done.

DIS-TRAN Steel is looking to add an MI Solutions specialist I to the team at our location in Ruston, LA.

The MI Solutions Specialist I supports the design, development, testing, deployment, and adoption of Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) solutions that improve operational visibility, performance, and decision-making.

This hands-on role translates defined business and functional requirements into working system components under the guidance of senior specialists and architects. The MI Solutions Specialist I assists with configuring applications, developing integrations, building dashboards and reports, testing solutions, and supporting successful deployment and adoption.

• Participate in discovery meetings, workshops, plant walkthroughs, operational assessments, and project discussions.
• Gather and document operational, technical, and business information.
• Assist with documenting current-state manufacturing processes, workflows, system interactions, and business requirements.
• Support the development of process maps, workflow diagrams, functional documentation, and project materials.
• Communicate professionally with business stakeholders, plant personnel, technical teams, and project team members.
• Support user-acceptance testing, stakeholder feedback, solution training, and implementation activities.

• Assist with configuring MI applications, operator interfaces, dashboards, reporting tools, and data-collection solutions.
• Translate approved requirements and technical designs into working system components under appropriate guidance.
• Prepare and maintain implementation documentation, configuration records, testing materials, and user-support information.
• Participate in system deployment, commissioning, upgrades, maintenance, and optimization activities.
• Follow approved architecture, cybersecurity, quality, documentation, and deployment standards.

• Develop and maintain software components according to defined requirements and technical designs.
• Assist with developing SQL queries, stored procedures, reports, scripts, and data integrations.
• Support integrations involving ERP systems, historians, PLCs, SCADA platforms, MES applications, databases, and industrial devices.
• Assist with troubleshooting system integrations, deployments, configurations, data issues, and application performance.
• Develop foundational knowledge of manufacturing operations, industrial systems, databases, and MI technologies.

• Execute unit, integration, regression, and user-acceptance testing.
• Document defects, test results, corrective actions, and final outcomes.
• Use source control, CI/CD pipelines, and established coding and documentation standards.
• Participate in peer reviews, project retrospectives, lessons-learned sessions, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Support the maintenance of process maps, technical records, project documentation, and team knowledge resources.
• Contribute to collaborative problem-solving and knowledge sharing.

• Work under the guidance of senior specialists and architects.
• Seek guidance appropriately and communicate project risks, issues, and status to senior team members.
• Demonstrate learning agility, accountability, attention to quality, and professional communication.
• Continue developing technical, manufacturing, analytical, and customer-service skills.
• Organize assigned work and meet established project expectations.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Approximately zero to three years of relevant experience in Manufacturing Intelligence, SCADA, MES, software development, data systems, or a related area.
• Exposure to SQL, scripting, databases, dashboards, or reporting tools.
• Foundational…