MES & Data Platform Engineer — Digital Plant Optimizer

Syensqo; Greenville (TX); On-site; USD 99,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training platform

Free well-being sessions

401-K Match

Maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

Syensqo is seeking a Digital Engineer to join our team as we deploy the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and a process data platform at selected plants. You will sit at the intersection of operations, automation, and IT, making data trustworthy enough to act on and turning raw signals into reliable analytics that improve plant performance.

You will roll out MES from deployment through configuration, testing and go-live, shape the plant's digital strategy, coach data teams, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience in at least one of: data collection / historians, PLCs, HMIs, DCSs, software solutions, or electrical & instrumentation.
• Practical, floor-facing mindset - comfortable moving between the control room, the plant floor, and a laptop full of scripts.

Responsibilities

• Support the hands-on rollout of the MES at the site - from initial deployment through configuration, testing, and go-live.
• Shape and drive the plant's digital strategy, connecting the MES rollout to the site's broader manufacturing improvement goals.
• Act as the site Single Point of Contact for questions and issues on the process information / historian software (e.g. data historian, MES, and related process data tools).
• Coach site data teams through manufacturing improvement projects, so they can operate and extend the new tools once the rollout team moves on.
• Work with data scientists, process engineers, and automation & instrumentation specialists to refine tags, instrumentation, and data structures for quality data.
• Train site personnel on the new software and provide on-the-floor and remote support during rollouts.
• Write scripts to deliver data with the required quality, consistency, and format for analytics and models.
• Define and set up data quality, availability, and consistency metrics and drive the validation process.
• Contribute to the internal data community with knowledge sharing and best practices.

Skills

Data collection

Historians

PLCs

HMIs

DCSs

Software solutions

Electrical & instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Syensqo is seeking a Digital Engineer to join our team as we deploy the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and a process data platform at selected plants. You will sit at the intersection of operations, automation, and IT, making data trustworthy enough to act on and turning raw signals into reliable analytics that improve plant performance.

You will roll out MES from deployment through configuration, testing and go-live, shape the plant's digital strategy, coach data teams, and collaborate