MES Engineer

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:

This role is in the Single Use Division and will be performed at our Logan, Utah location.

What will you do?

Contribute significantly to a developing Operations Technology (OT) team that is rapidly improving, linking manufacturing operations with IT via digital solutions to improve our production methods.

• Become the technical subject matter expert on our Electronic Batch Record (EBR) & Manufacturing Execution System (MES or equivalent experience) platform, understanding system architecture, functionality, and capabilities

• Serve as the main contact for technical inquiries, problems, routine updates, and interested party issues for the EBR/MES platform

• Act as the liaison between operations and IT, translating user needs and issues into current or upcoming system functionalities

• Lead improvement projects within the system either independently through system self-service capabilities or by coordinating with IT to launch a larger development project

• Aid in deploying EBR/MES at every production site throughout the global network

• Lead the harmonization of systems across all global network manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment with the broader digitalization strategy of the business

• Grasp complete system functionality to suggest & back up additional system integration into MES functionality that brings value to the business and operations

• Build collaborative and effective working relationships with factory leadership, production personnel, engineering, quality, and IT teams located across the globe

• Up to 10% travel between sites depending on project achievements

Education

• Minimum required Education: BS in a technical field (Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent) – engineering preferred

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience within manufacturing or Operations technical field (3 with advanced degree)

• Proven experience launching and maintaining MES platforms (preferably Siemens OpCenter/Camstar) required

• Hands-on working experience with Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform preferred

• Familiarity with and experience in SQL queries for MS SQL Server or Oracle is helpful

• Proficiency in scripting (Python) & Power BI is desired

• Experience working in a discrete manufacturing setting and manufacturing process improvement (especially in medical device or pharmaceutical industry) preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Robust curiosity about delving into technical systems and translating comprehension into solutions that drive value for operations and the business

• Strong business insight to demonstrate the impact of technical abilities on business performance

• Meticulous and systematic problem-solving approach, including a detailed understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into technical requirements

• Project-level vision vital to look beyond task assignments to overall business objectives

• Engagement with a complementary team of dynamic abilities, backgrounds, and regions

• Proven track record to lead simultaneous projects and priorities

• Able to assess, assume, and complete tasks independently or in a team setting

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions

• Ability to identify and receive ambiguous problems and decompose complex problems through systems thinking to provide clarity

• Strong leadership and project management skills; ability to guide cross-functional teams through complex, multi-site initiatives.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical data into actionable business insights.

• Having a strong grasp of Lean Manufacturing principles, able to apply automation and technology advancements to reduce waste, minimize variations, and improve process flow and equipment efficiency.

• Competency in Microsoft Office and other standard business applications.

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

What do we offer?

• Benefits start on day one

• 401K with up to 6% company match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Tuition reimbursement

• The opportunity to grow your career in a global science leader

• Regular employee activities

• A fast-paced, clean, and modern work environment that values your safety, ideas, and physical & mental health