SCADA Engineer/ SCADA/MES Developer

Job Description
Strategy & Planning

• Meet with business partners to determine business, functional and technical requirements and
• Participate in application design, configuration, testing and deployment.
• Guide users in formulating requirements, advise on alternatives and on the implications of new or revised processing analysis.
• Work within cross-functional teams outside of IT to determine integration points for data capture and efficient automation control of manufacturing resources.

Operational Management

• Consistently write, translate, and code software programs and applications according to specifications.
• Utilize best practices to perform operational support, code enhancements, bug fixes as needed to the suite of applications and necessary integrations.
• Administer critical analysis of test results and deliver solutions to problem areas.
• Install and upgrade software products for end users as required.
• Be hands-on in producing tangible deliverables (requirements specifications, design deliverables, coding, unit testing, status reports, project plans).

Acquisition & Deployment

• Conduct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Plan phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) for a variety of projects.
• Perform administrative functions such as user creation, security management, configuration, and other customizations of the applications needed to keep the systems highly available.

Requirements

Experience as a SCADA Engineer, MES Engineer, Process Control Engineer, Automation Engineer, Controls Engineer, or other similarly related duties

HMI/SCADA (Ignition) experience integrating with data provided by PLC and corporate systems such as ERP's and WMS's.

Experience with programming languages such as Python, Expression Language, SQL strongly desired.

Experience with and/or Understanding of the following:

Utilizing integrations (REST, SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC APIs, Web Services) and how to produce/consume data from various systems.

Working on enterprise scale Digital Transformation/Industry 4.0 initiatives

Understands OEE concepts and able to apply into an MES platform

Working knowledge of Track and Trace technologies and concepts and MES application.

Understands ERP and WMS systems as it pertains to workflow of raw material demand through finished goods movement.
Hands on experience working in integrated development environments
Hands-on software troubleshooting experience
Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions

Must-Haves:

Bachelor's Degree in a Technical Focus (Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, etc)

3 Years of SCADA Experience

1+ Years of Ignition Experience