Job Title: MES Professional

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Duration: 10 months

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

-          Understanding and hands on with the Proficiency MES Platform (Plant Apps, Quality, OEE, Tracker) including OPC Servers/Clients and Historians.

-          Ability to create MES Proficiency Quality technical design, and make changes as necessary

-          Ability to develop, implement and support implementation the Proficy Quality MES

-          Experience with deploying and roll out of Proficiency MES implementations

-          Understanding and Hands on with iFIX and Complicity(Optional)- Ability to enhance iFIX HMI implementation

-          To oversee day to day relationships with the client and identify additional ways to help offshore team

-          To build strong relations with operations and process teams and develop business insights to deliver practical solutions

-          Responsible for ensuring those Delivery commitments are made on-time, and budget

-          facilitate the identification of program risks and to ensure that such risks are managed

-          Act as a Single Point coordinator between the process, operations, business and offshore team.

-          To understand objectives and define the structure and content of the program necessary to implement the program strategy

-          Ensure all assigned program are properly planned, organized, directed and monitored to meet internal customer requirements, budgeted cost and agreed timescales within practical constraints

-          Exposure to program management, scheduling, tracking etc.

-          Propose and develop add-on project / program opportunities- develop required domain knowledge towards process understanding.

-          Responsible for knowledge management and program management within plant and across the organization

-          Exposure and Understanding of the Control Layer which acts as primary data collectors to the MES systems

Competencies – Technical and Soft skills:

-          Experience with Proficiency Plant Apps (Quality, SPC, Batch and SDK) required

-          Experience with other Proficiency MES components

-          Experience with Proficiency Historian and OPC servers and Clients, iFix HMI required

-          Understanding and hands on with Databases (SQL Server Database) and Data Structures, Store procedures and Knowledge of Proficy Plant Apps database & Proficy Data mart.

-          Experience with using and developing scripts using VB.NET, ASP.NET – Familiarity with the .Net Environment.

-          Experience with Report customization – Crystal Reports and PDF.

-          Experience with VB for application programming in Excel

-          Understanding and experience with Proficiency Web server and web portal.

-          Quick Learner- ability to coach and mentor teams to work together to a common goal.

-          Good analytical and reasoning skills.

-          Strong communication (including report-writing) and interpersonal skills

-          A well developed approach to problem solving and decision making

-          Outstanding client, people management and coaching skills

Accomplishments/Education:

-          BS (or equivalent)

Experience:

-          8-10 Years relevant experience managing complex MES programs

-          MES GE Proficy Plant Apps certification, hands on experience required.

-          PLC, DCS knowledge required

-          iFIX HMI, Proficy Historian hands on experience required

-          Quality related certification, or equivalent qualification - desirable.

-          Understanding of Continuous Process Domain- desirable