Senior MES & OT Systems Engineer – Greenfield Plant

Danone; Macroom; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Danone Specialized Nutrition in Ireland is launching a greenfield site to implement next‑generation MES/MOM/SCADA and related IT/OT automation. The MES Engineer will design, implement, and maintain MES/MOM, SCADA, and PLC applications, conducting FAT/SAT and ensuring integration with SAP and ERP systems.

You will lead cross-functional workshops, apply ISA‑95 principles, and guide third‑party suppliers to deliver compliant, secure, and scalable automation solutions on a multi-year program.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Automation, Electrical, Control, Computer or Industrial IT Engineering or equivalent Technical discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in regulated manufacturing environments (food/beverage/pharma) preferred.
• Strong MES/MOM expertise, including design, workflows, and system integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, integration, testing, validation and implementation of MES/MOM, SCADA and PLC applications.
• Plan and facilitate MES functional and integration workshops with cross-functional teams.
• Apply ISA-95 principles to define system boundaries, hierarchies, workflows, and interfaces.
• Review and approve functional designs, architectures, interfaces and test docs.
• Coordinate FAT, SAT, UAT, and end-to-end integration testing and defect resolution.
• Ensure OT cybersecurity, server/virtualization/network requirements, and system resilience.
• Coordinate integration between MES/MOM, PLC/SCADA, ERP and other manufacturing systems.
• Lead third-party suppliers and system integrators, with clear scope and ownership.
• Support cutover, data loading, start-up, ramp-up and operational readiness.
• Deliver complete handover of as-built documentation, source code, backups and licenses.

Skills

MES/MOM

SCADA

PLC integrations

OT cybersecurity

vendor management

ISA-95

FAT/SAT

Infrastructure design

Cross-functional leadership

Documentation

Education

Automation Engineering degree

Master's preferred

Job description

Danone Specialized Nutrition in Ireland is launching a greenfield site to implement next‑generation MES/MOM/SCADA and related IT/OT automation. The MES Engineer will design, implement, and maintain MES/MOM, SCADA, and PLC applications, conducting FAT/SAT and ensuring integration with SAP and ERP systems.

You will lead cross-functional workshops, apply ISA‑95 principles, and guide third‑party suppliers to deliver compliant, secure, and scalable automation solutions on a multi-year program.