MES Consultant: Shape Industrial Automation Strategy

Flexware Innovation; Fishers (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Flexware Innovation in Fishers, IN, is seeking an MES Consultant to gather and document business and technical requirements for manufacturing execution systems. You will spend time on the plant floor and with stakeholders, translating insights into clear requirements for architects and engineers.

The role involves leading discovery sessions, mapping current and future processes, and supporting proposals with requirement input.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
• 2+ years in business analysis, requirements gathering, or client-facing roles in manufacturing or software.
• Experience interviewing stakeholders and documenting requirements; strong written and verbal communication.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as needed.
• Familiarity with MES/MOM/ERP/SCADA concepts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support requirements-gathering sessions and stakeholder interviews with client operations, quality, and IT personnel.
• Document current-state processes and future-state needs in clear, structured requirements documents, process maps, and functional specifications.
• Ask clarifying questions to uncover unstated assumptions, edge cases, and integration points that could affect project scope.
• Partner with solution architects and project managers to translate requirements into scope, estimates, and statements of work.
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of Flexware’s MES/MOM offerings and platforms at a high level.
• Participate in discovery workshops and site visits, both remote and on-site.
• Support proposal development by providing requirements input that informs scope and pricing.
• Maintain organized documentation across the project lifecycle, ensuring traceability from requirement to delivered functionality.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder interviewing

Requirements documentation

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, information systems

Tools

Wonderware

Ignition

TrakSYS

OpCenter

OSI PI

SQL Server

Oracle

SSRS

C#/.NET

Job description

Flexware Innovation in Fishers, IN, is seeking an MES Consultant to gather and document business and technical requirements for manufacturing execution systems. You will spend time on the plant floor and with stakeholders, translating insights into clear requirements for architects and engineers.

The role involves leading discovery sessions, mapping current and future processes, and supporting proposals with requirement input.