MES Engineer

As an MES Engineer supporting our Toner operation, you'll take on engineering assignments to develop and improve the performance of MES applications using IGNITION across a variety of production areas and processes at our Lawrenceville manufacturing facility.

• Responsibilities: 
• Model the “safety first” behaviors we expect of all employees by ensuring that operational procedures, equipment, and processes are designed to provide a safe work environment.
• Evaluate, select, order, installs, and set up software and hardware within our manufacturing environment. Recommend equipment or software to improve operational efficiencies, manufacturing data collection, and other operational data for existing products.  Coordinate the installation, modification and testing of manufacturing execution systems.
• Troubleshoot a variety of routine to moderately complex MES related equipment and software problems. Investigate and determine the root cause of failures and problems and recommend countermeasures.
• Analyze and identify modifications that can be made to improve software or hardware performance and reliability.
• Design and fabricate new and replacement applications or software.
• Create, write, and modify troubleshooting, start up, and other procedures. Develop implementation schedules.
• Conduct research, compile data, and prepare reports and presentations.
• Prepares training materials and train production and maintenance personnel on the usage and maintenance of equipment.
• Creates, writes, and modifies preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, start up, technician qualification, and other procedures. Develops preventive maintenance schedules.
• Conducts research, compiles data, and prepares reports. Prepares and delivers presentations.
• Prepares training materials and trains production and maintenance personnel on the usage and maintenance of equipment.
• Work in a high-paced environment, often switching roles between developer, product manager, support engineer, and troubler shooting.
• Qualified candidates will possess:
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on MES engineering experience.
• Ability to manage MES/SCADA projects end-to-end, including scope, budget, timeline, stakeholders, and ROI.
• Working knowledge of the practical application of IGNITION in manufacturing/industrial settings.
• Hands-on experience across Power BI, SCADA, Kepware, Java, Python, HMI, and PLC.
• Knowledge of IT and OT networking in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in SQL queries and managing databases, preferably MS SQL.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience with C# in addition to Java or Python.
• Experience with or understanding of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Intermediate skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and other application software used in a manufacturing setting.
• Very good analytical, math, problem solving, communication, reasoning, and presentation skills.

We offer several unique and highly attractive benefits that set us apart from other companies. We'd be happy to discuss them with you during the phone interview.