MES Consultant

Rockwell Automation • Raleigh, NC

3d • $64,480 - $96,720 • Remote

About The Position

The Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Functional Consultant is a pivotal role in implementations for our Life Science clients' manufacturing information systems. The candidate will become intimate with our FactoryTalk PharmaSuite® technology and tailor its implementation into our clients' environments to provide more reliable and agile manufacturing in such a critically important industry. If you want to join a rapidly growing team committed to strengthen our positive and supportive culture, you can enjoy the benefits but also be a part of defining our identity as we continue to expand: Our team approach is bringing stellar individuals together that seek a diverse and inclusive workplace doing great work together. We strive to achieve a balanced workday producing exceptional results and supporting each other while doing it. Depending on the role we offer a flexible workplace that can help you achieve success at work and at home via localized client work, mostly remote with occasional on-site visits for people/process/project collaboration, and fully remote positions. Our projects tend to have longer time horizons, but we have staffing models that can keep you rooted or keep you moving depending on your career goals via long-term cadenced projects or rotational assignments. This role reports to the Functional Consulting Team Lead and is located remotely or near our long-term client locations.

Requirements

• Preferably, an understanding of object-oriented/traditional coding (Java, Python) with cloud-specific knowledge, focusing on managing containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and understanding hybrid cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
• Basic knowledge of AI/GenAI technologies is preferred to contribute to evolving digital transformation strategies
• Preferably, MES domain knowledge
• Experience within the Life sciences/Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Medical Devices industries
• Proven communication and presentation skills
• A high level of motivation, personal engagement, flexibility, and willingness to learn and grow with gained experience
• Abstract thinking ability for developing technically sustainable, robust, modern, performant, as simple as possible, maintainable, and reusable solution designs
• Ability and willingness to learn the numerous functionalities (mainly of Rockwell Software PharmaSuite®) but as well as customer business and life science industry requirements
• Detail oriented, methodical, and conscious work ethic producing high quality deliverables
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Willing and able to travel and work at client sites. Travel can vary on assignment from 0% to 100% but can average 30%
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening

Nice To Haves

• 1+ years (approx.) of professional functional/technical experience related to software development & systems design and deployment
• A bachelor's degree in a technical field closely related to information technology such as mathematics, engineering, computer science, or information systems
• A master's degree or above is preferred

Responsibilities

• Support the Functional, Technical, and Recipe Authoring team to implement Pharmasuite solutions for Life Sciences customers.
• Support fit-gap-analysis and configure functional aspects and solution designs for commercial proposals and into solution delivery
• Support the authoring of Functional Design Specification to define what functions fit the standard application framework and what custom developed application code is required for site-specific business purposes
• Author/review/execute project MES system validation plan (such as informal testing, authoring integration test protocols, formal testing)
• Collaborate with the technical development team to define the development activities in a product feature backlog using tools such as JIRA to successfully manage the development of client-specific application code
• Support installation activities of Pharmasuite at client sites.
• Support Gen AI initiatives.

Benefits

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees