MES Solution Engineer

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🕒 March 3

🌲 North Carolina, Pennsylvania, +2 more states – Remote

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First Quality

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1993

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🛒 Retail

⚡ Productivity

Healthcare Insurance • Retail • Productivity

First Quality is a company dedicated to manufacturing a wide range of essential products for everyday use. Specializing in personal care products, they offer a variety of items including adult incontinence care products like briefs and protective underwear, baby diapers and wipes, feminine care products such as maxi pads and tampons, and household care products like bath tissue and paper towels. They also provide flexible packaging solutions and HD printing services. Committed to innovation and sustainability, First Quality strives to enhance the lives of their customers, partners, and communities. With a focus on healthcare and retail, they aim to make high-quality products that meet the needs of consumers and support their partners' success.

📋 Description

• Focuses on prioritized initiatives and plans; is proactive, anticipatory, and driving in nature to provide significant value to divisions/functions. • Plays a lead role in enabling the business to achieve their objectives through the effective use of technology. • Work with business leadership to document a clear vision of a business problem/opportunity and how it supports the business plan. • Works with the Campus/Divisions to understand business strategy and define system requirements. • Ensures sound integration of processes and assigned systems across FQ. • Leads/manages delivery of Class B Manufacturing Systems projects/solutions (medium size/complexity) on time, within budget and to customer expectations. • Ensures adherence to IT Architecture principles and guidelines. • Ensures optimal application performance and maintainability of assigned systems thus enabling scalability and continuous updates from software vendors. • Stays current on emerging manufacturing technologies. • Provides input into the overall direction, development, and integration of MES systems. • Works with plant personnel and Divisional IT Leaders to understand and address business requirements. • Serves as a Subject Matter Expert for MES systems in the areas of Execution: Supports and optimizes the MES systems (GE Proficy, PARCview) as well as MES bolt-on solutions (i.e., Loftware, NiceLabel, etc.) • Knowledge of: GE Proficy Plant Applications, GE Proficy Historian, OPC Servers, MS SQL Server, Windows Server products, TCP/IP, Citrix Server, Visual Basic 6 / .Net, VB Script. • Experience with SSRS reporting, Power BI or other analytics and reporting platforms Integration. • Manufacturing Systems integration to Business Systems (ERP), Analytics/Reporting, MHE equipment, and Shop Floor Data Acquisition Equipment Analytics: Ensures relevant manufacturing systems data is available in First Quality Analytics platform (PARCview)

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field • Manufacturing Systems experience (GE Proficy – Plant Apps) • Strong problem solving and decision-making skills with excellent written and verbal communications skills. • Seven plus years of progressive IT experience with at least 5 years in Manufacturing Systems • Ability and desire to engage with assigned business functions of the Enterprise to understand and articulate the business requirements as well as the IT capabilities and requirements. • Experience implementing software used in 24x7 shop floor environments. • Knowledge of standards and methodology of Project Management • Ability to work within a 24/7 environment across multiple time zones. • Results oriented, customer focused, team player, proactive. • Highly motivated • Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level • Excellent organizational and time management skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate to both business and technical individuals. • Ability to influence and lead change. • Strong influencing skills – ability to deliver without direct reporting relationships. • Proven ability to deliver despite obstacles. • Excellent listener & communicator • Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with business and IT colleagues. • Acts as an ambassador for business system needs and technology requirements. • Shows consistent and appropriate responsiveness to both urgent and non-critical matters. • Ability to travel on average 25% • Exposure to MES technologies, including automated data collection, visualization, quality, efficiency, SCADA, DCS, automated decision control, workflow, scheduling, and interface to ERP systems. • At least 5 years’ experience working hands-on experience with the GE Proficy suite of application including Historian, Plant Apps, Portal, and Workflow.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities • Paid time off (three-week minimum) • Medical, dental and vision starting day one • 401(k) with employer match • Paid parental leave • Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500) • Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby) • Tuition assistance • Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums • ...and more!