Equipment Engineer

Minth North America•Lewisburg, TN

11h•$60,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

The MES & Equipment Integration Engineer provides daily support for MES and related shop-floor applications and helps maintain connectivity and data exchange between production equipment, PLCs, SCADA, data collection platforms, and manufacturing applications. The role requires an understanding of manufacturing processes and practical experience with equipment interfaces or industrial data collection. The engineer troubleshoots common MES issues and collaborates with Automation, Maintenance, Engineering, and vendors to resolve problems between equipment and application systems, supporting production continuity, data accuracy, and product traceability. The engineer supports new programs, equipment, and production lines through requirements definition, system configuration, interface testing, and launch activities. This includes translating production, process, quality, and customer requirements into working equipment and system integrations. The position is primarily on-site at the Lewisburg plant, with travel to Alabama and other relevant plants as project needs arise. Working hours may need to be adjusted for production schedules, commissioning, and launches. Scheduled after-hours on-call support is required, including remote troubleshooting and on-site assistance when necessary. Plant safety and change management requirements apply to on-site activities and system changes.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Automation, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
At least 2 years of experience implementing or supporting manufacturing systems, including hands-on MES implementation or operational support.
Understanding of core manufacturing processes, including production execution, material consumption, production reporting, quality recording, and product traceability, with the ability to troubleshoot common MES issues independently.
Practical equipment-related experience in at least one area such as equipment connectivity, PLC data acquisition, SCADA configuration, industrial data collection, or equipment-to-MES interface commissioning; candidates should be able to explain their specific contribution and issues they helped resolve.
Understanding of the basic relationships between PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and MES, and ability to use equipment tag lists, communication settings, and system logs to troubleshoot alongside automation or equipment engineers.
Practical exposure to at least one industrial communication protocol or equipment interface, such as OPC UA, Modbus TCP, Siemens S7, or vendor-specific interfaces, plus basic network connectivity troubleshooting skills.
Ability to use SQL queries, application logs, or interface monitoring tools to validate data and investigate issues.
Strong communication, collaboration, and follow-through skills, including ability to communicate effectively in English with plant users, technical teams, and vendors and clearly document issues and resolutions.
Ability to travel to Alabama and other relevant plants as project needs arise.
Ability to participate in scheduled after-hours on-call support and provide remote troubleshooting and on-site assistance when necessary.

Nice To Haves

Experience in automotive components or other discrete manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with PLC platforms such as Siemens or Allen-Bradley, including the ability to read relevant logic or perform online diagnostics.
Experience installing, deploying, configuring, commissioning, or maintaining SCADA or industrial data collection platforms.
Practical experience with a programming or scripting language such as C#, Python, or Java to help maintain interfaces or develop basic support tools.
Experience integrating data from vision inspection, tightening, press-fit, leak testing, precision measurement, or similar equipment; or experience with recipe management, parameter validation, and unit-level traceability.
Experience supporting MES integration with SAP, AS/RS, or AGVs, or participating in new production line or plant launches.

Responsibilities

Support production order execution, material scanning and consumption, production reporting, quality recording, label printing, product traceability, user access, and operator terminals; prioritize and resolve common MES issues and coordinate complex issues with appropriate teams.
Assist with configuring, testing, and maintaining data connections between equipment, PLCs, SCADA or industrial gateways, and MES; support collection of machine status, production counts, downtime, alarms, process parameters, and test results.
Validate tag mappings, data types, units, and timestamps, and troubleshoot basic communication and data issues.
Investigate production incidents using application logs, SQL queries, interface monitoring, and equipment information; coordinate with Automation, Maintenance, Infrastructure, and vendors to restore service.
Follow through on data recovery, completeness checks, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to reduce recurring incidents.
Support association of critical process parameters, measurements, and test results with product serial numbers or batches, operations, and equipment; where required, support approved parameter or recipe downloads, execution confirmation, and exception handling.
Work with Process Engineering, Quality, and Automation to verify parameter accuracy and traceability completeness.
Participate in requirements analysis, equipment interface definition, system configuration, installation, deployment, integration testing, user acceptance testing, and launch support for new equipment, production lines, and plant projects, including projects in Alabama.
Validate normal production, communication interruptions, reconnection, and data recovery scenarios, and track project issues through closure.
Work with the SAP PP specialist and master data owners to validate MES configurations and mappings for production orders, materials, operations, and work centers.
As needed, collaborate with the warehouse systems owner and vendors to support interfaces and workflows connecting MES with SAP, AS/RS, AGVs, and other shop-floor systems.
Maintain interface specifications, equipment tag lists, configuration records, test documentation, and troubleshooting guides.
Train shop-floor users and improve configurations, monitoring, and appropriate automation to increase system reliability and data quality.
Participate in scheduled after-hours on-call support, responding to urgent incidents through remote troubleshooting and on-site assistance when necessary, while following plant safety and change management requirements.