Senior Digital Manufacturing / MES Consultant

Catalyx•Greenville, SC

About The Position

Catalyx is seeking a Senior Digital Manufacturing / MES Consultant with strong pharmaceutical shopfloor experience to support and enhance a complex Digital Shopfloor Manufacturing Environment (DSME). The consultant will rapidly assess the current landscape, engage with site stakeholders, evaluate operational and technical backlog items, and help establish a practical support and continuous improvement model. This role requires a hands-on consultant who can bridge manufacturing operations, digital technologies, site engagement, and product governance. The ideal candidate is not a generic project manager or pure developer, but someone with deep understanding of MES, digital manufacturing, and regulated pharma environments who can drive practical execution and sustainable operational improvements.

Requirements

Strong experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), digital shopfloor solutions, electronic batch records (eBR), equipment integration, and manufacturing data flows.
Deep understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and regulated GxP environments.
Experience working within regulated manufacturing environments with knowledge of data integrity, validation, and compliance considerations.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally with operations, quality, automation, engineering, and IT teams.
Strong backlog triage, prioritization, documentation, and product governance capabilities.
Practical delivery mindset with the ability to balance immediate operational needs and longer-term improvement initiatives.
Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation skills.
Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced and evolving manufacturing environments.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Rockwell technologies, particularly FactoryTalk Optix and DataMosaix, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Quickly understand and assess the current DSME and digital manufacturing landscape.
Engage directly with operations, quality, automation, engineering, and IT stakeholders to gather feedback, identify pain points, and align priorities.
Review, triage, and prioritize existing backlog items, incidents, and enhancement requests.
Support and improve MES, digital shopfloor, eBR, equipment integration, and manufacturing data flow processes.
Help define and implement practical support, governance, and continuous improvement models for manufacturing systems.
Identify and deliver quick wins while contributing to long-term operational sustainability.
Facilitate collaboration between site teams and technology stakeholders to improve system adoption, supportability, and operational effectiveness.
Provide structured documentation, recommendations, and governance support for digital manufacturing products and platforms.
Support alignment between manufacturing operations, technology delivery, and regulatory compliance expectations.