MES Data Architect for Scalable Manufacturing

Vulcan Elements; Benson (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site role

Job summary

Vulcan Elements seeks a Manufacturing Data & MES Engineer to own the MES backbone from pilot to full-scale production. You will embed with vendor teams, close data-integration gaps, and define a platform-neutral data architecture across plant-floor and business systems.

The role requires deep expertise in manufacturing systems, data engineering, and high ownership as the site scales to a 1M sq ft facility. U.S. person eligible for access to controlled information.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field with 5+ years in manufacturing systems and data engineering.
• Strong SQL and relational database design and time-series data handling.
• REST API design and integration in production environments.
• Working knowledge of ISA-95 concepts and plant-floor to ERP integrations.

Responsibilities

• Embed with pilot MES implementation and own system after handover through go-live.
• Close pilot data-integration gaps between batch, historian, and business systems.
• Design plant data architecture and entity models for manufacturing data.
• Build REST interfaces between MES, SCADA, LIMS, and ERP with robust error handling.
• Define ISA-95 object models and electronic batch records for make-to-stock flow.
• Write data-access criteria and support proofs-of-concept on pilot infrastructure.
• Deliver reporting and analytics access for process engineering.

Skills

REST API design

SQL / time-series data

ISA-95 concepts

Data architecture

Vendor integration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Tableau / Grafana

TimescaleDB / OT historian

Job description

Vulcan Elements seeks a Manufacturing Data & MES Engineer to own the MES backbone from pilot to full-scale production. You will embed with vendor teams, close data-integration gaps, and define a platform-neutral data architecture across plant-floor and business systems.

The role requires deep expertise in manufacturing systems, data engineering, and high ownership as the site scales to a 1M sq ft facility. U.S. person eligible for access to controlled information.