Position: Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Engineer(Holland, MI)

Team : Chem IT



Full-time position as a Manufacturing Systems (MES) Engineer. Under the general supervision of the IT Director/Manager, provides technical assistance in the use of administrative computing systems including MS/Oracle SQL, Windows Server Systems, IT infrastructures, as well as various reports to multi-cultural groups in multi-language (Korean). The engineer works will need to apply a high degree of expertise and knowledge of manufacturing systems while also providing technical assistance as described.



Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

- Assist in writing reports to various groups in multi-language (English/Korean), writing supporting documentation through SQL queries/ system provided reports.

- Assist project teams in providing systems analysis and coordination in support of major system implementation.

- Provide clear and professional verbal, written, and electronic communications amongst IT members, IT systems vendors, multi-cultural groups, and the end-user community. This includes preparing routine status reports, procedural guides, technical advice, and recommendations.

- Meet and exceed end-user service requirements for maximum performance, stability, and reliability by daily monitoring and tuning existing Enterprise systems.

- Provide recommendations for hardware (IT/Manufacturing) and software as requested. This will be achieved by gathering end-user requirements, analyzing existing systems, researching vendor specifications, and then reporting and presenting to IT team members as appropriate for further review.

- Provide training & technical supports to end users on use of new/existing global systems.

- Work collaboratively with Automation (PLC Control Engineers) for troubleshooting/improvements between manufacturing related systems and related equipment.

- Identify and troubleshoot in a timely manner when system issues occur through DB access/In-house Interface programs related/connected with manufacturing equipment

- Perform other related duties as required.



JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or business-related field and minimum of 5 years of computer related job experience.

- Highly developed interpersonal skills including ability to work cooperatively and effectively in a team environment.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- High level of motivation, initiative and responsibility.

- Ability to work independently in a high-paced, high-pressured environment.

- Knowledge and experience of manufacturing process.

- Knowledge of core manufacturing enterprise system (ERP, WMS, etc.)

- Programming language experience in Visual Studio, esp. C#

- Knowledge of OPC Server or its related programs (Takebishi, KEP Ware, Aspen Tech, etc.)

- Basic Knowledge of TCP/IP Protocol



Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working in higher education environment.

- Experience working in global scale organization.

- Knowledge of project management techniques and experience working with diverse groups in a project team setting.

- Ability of Korean reading and writing.

- Database Administration (MS SQL/Oracle)