Controls Engineer

North Point Technology; Navarra; Presencial; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

North Point Technology is seeking an MES Controls Engineer to support high-volume discrete manufacturing with real-time shop-floor execution and ERP–MES–PLC integration. The role requires frequent travel to customer plants across locations to install, commission, and troubleshoot MES and PLC systems.

You will collaborate with Process Engineers and the MES team to optimize MES workflows, document changes, and ensure uptime and quality through robust MES integration and system improvements.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Allen‑Bradley/Rockwell and Siemens tag‑based PLC and HMI systems.
• Strong PLC and HMI troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide support for MES–PLC integrations during system launches and periods of constrained production.
• Configure, establish, and maintain MES-to-PLC communications
• Integrate MES template routines and user-defined data types (UDTs) into PLC programs.
• Assign, modify, and maintain PLC tags and logic required to send/receive MES transactions.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers and the MES team to understand process scope and ensure proper MES integration.
• Document all MES-related PLC changes and issues on production lines and communicate updates in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI (Human Display Interface), and industrial network issues affecting MES execution.
• Ensure accuracy of real-time production reporting through MES.
• Support resolution of production execution issues impacting throughput or quality.
• Partner with supervisors and operators to support effective MES workflows.
• Support quality enforcement and validation through MES.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering to manage part numbers and part number groups within the MES system.
• Assist with MES-related audits, investigations, and data requests.
• Identify and recommend MES process and system improvement opportunities.
• Support MES enhancements, system upgrades, and production rollouts.

Conocimientos

MES integration

PLC troubleshooting

HMI troubleshooting

ERP MES PLC integration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Descripción del empleo

**This position requires frequent travel to customer manufacturing plants across multiple locations to support MES implementations, commissioning, troubleshooting, and production operations.**

MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) Controls Engineer

The MES Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting and optimizing manufacturing execution and automation systems in a high-volume discrete manufacturing environment, with an emphasis on real-time shop-floor execution, seamless ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) –MES–PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) integration, and sustained production reliability under strict uptime and quality requirements.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide support for MES–PLC integrations during system launches and periods of constrained production.
• Configure, establish, and maintain MES-to-PLC communications
• Integrate MES template routines and user-defined data types (UDTs) into PLC programs.
• Assign, modify, and maintain PLC tags and logic required to send/receive MES transactions.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers and the MES team to understand process scope and ensure proper MES integration.
• Document all MES-related PLC changes and issues on production lines and communicate updates in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI (Human Display Interface), and industrial network issues affecting MES execution.
• Ensure accuracy of real-time production reporting through MES.
• Support resolution of production execution issues impacting throughput or quality.
• Partner with supervisors and operators to support effective MES workflows.
• Support quality enforcement and validation through MES.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering to manage part numbers and part number groups within the MES system.
• Assist with MES-related audits, investigations, and data requests.
• Identify and recommend MES process and system improvement opportunities.
• Support MES enhancements, system upgrades, and production rollouts.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Allen‑Bradley/Rockwell and Siemens tag‑based PLC and HMI systems.
• Strong PLC and HMI troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
• Basic understanding of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) preferred.

The MES Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting and optimizing manufacturing execution and automation systems in a high-volume discrete manufacturing environment, with an emphasis on real-time shop-floor execution, seamless ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) –MES–PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) integration, and sustained production reliability under strict uptime and quality requirements.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide support for MES–PLC integrations during system launches and periods of constrained production.
• Configure, establish, and maintain MES-to-PLC communications
• Integrate MES template routines and user-defined data types (UDTs) into PLC programs.
• Assign, modify, and maintain PLC tags and logic required to send/receive MES transactions.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers and the MES team to understand process scope and ensure proper MES integration.
• Document all MES-related PLC changes and issues on production lines and communicate updates in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot PLC, HMI (Human Display Interface), and industrial network issues affecting MES execution.
• Ensure accuracy of real-time production reporting through MES.
• Support resolution of production execution issues impacting throughput or quality.
• Partner with supervisors and operators to support effective MES workflows.
• Support quality enforcement and validation through MES.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering to manage part numbers and part number groups within the MES system.
• Assist with MES-related audits, investigations, and data requests.
• Identify and recommend MES process and system improvement opportunities.
• Support MES enhancements, system upgrades, and production rollouts.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Allen‑Bradley/Rockwell and Siemens tag‑based PLC and HMI systems.
• Strong PLC and HMI troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
• Basic understanding of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) preferred.