MES Consultant

HCL Technologies Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking an experienced MES Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering support for the Manufacturing Execution Systems landscape across global operations. The role owns architecture, integrations, and platform reliability.

You will lead delivery, perform design, build, test, and troubleshoot MES integrations with SAP, PLM, and shop-floor systems, and participate in deployments, upgrades, and operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years across MES or manufacturing systems with lead or architecture experience.
• Experience with Siemens Opcenter, Camstar, CelFusion, Apriso, or comparable MES.
• Strong SAP integration and knowledge of MES processes.
• Hands-on SQL Server, APIs, middleware, cloud infrastructure, troubleshooting, and DevOps practices.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with hands-on engineering and operational responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead MES architecture, technical strategy, and roadmap, while delivering and supporting projects.
• Design, build, test, and troubleshoot integrations between MES, SAP, PLM, reporting, and shop-floor systems.
• Perform hands-on implementation, configuration, upgrades, releases, deployments, and environment support.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement reliability, monitoring, and performance improvements.
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational readiness planning.
• Partner with vendors, infrastructure teams, business stakeholders, and delivery teams.
• Establish technical standards, documentation, and support best practices.

Job description

Seeking an experienced MES Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and hands‑on engineering support for the Manufacturing Execution Systems landscape. The role will own architecture, integrations, operational readiness, and platform reliability while actively participating in troubleshooting, implementations, upgrades, and deployments across global manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead MES architecture, technical strategy, and roadmap while remaining actively involved in delivery and support.

Design, build, test, and troubleshoot integrations between MES, SAP, PLM, reporting, and shop‑floor systems.

Perform hands‑on implementation, configuration, upgrade, release, deployment, and environment support activities.

Troubleshoot production issues, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement reliability, monitoring, and performance improvements.

Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational readiness planning.

Partner with vendors, infrastructure teams, business stakeholders, and delivery teams.

Establish technical standards, documentation, and support best practices.

Required Qualifications

8+ years supporting MES or manufacturing systems, including technical lead or architecture experience.

Experience with Siemens Opcenter, Camstar, CelFusion, Apriso, or a comparable MES platform.

Strong SAP integration experience and knowledge of manufacturing execution processes.

Hands‑on experience with SQL Server, APIs, middleware, cloud infrastructure, troubleshooting, and DevOps practices.

Ability to balance technical leadership with hands‑on engineering, troubleshooting, and operational responsibilities.