MES Engineer: Drive Factory Automation & Data

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.; New London (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Annual bonus plan

401(k) with company contribution

Health benefits

Product discounts

Flexible time off

Adoption benefits

Job summary

Fortune Brands Innovations is seeking an MES Engineer to support and drive projects with the MES engineering team. You will collaborate with engineers, managers, supervisors, and operators to develop MES applications and hardware implementations supporting continuous improvement.

Relocation assistance is provided. The role involves designing, testing, and deploying MES solutions, with a focus on production execution, data collection, quality, and traceability across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience with software development required.
• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering
• Technical understanding of computer programming and application development
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a cross-functional and collaborative team environment
• Demonstrated project management skills, adherence to timelines, stakeholder communication
• Knowledge of Windows based systems and MS Office Suite

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day MES-related issues, coordinating with other team members as necessary.
• Utilize Ignition software for front end application design and development for MES.
• Define, design, and lead software implementations throughout the manufacturing operations.
• Support alignment and harmonization of common manufacturing execution requirements and shop floor processes across multiple business units and sites.
• Translate business and operational requirements into clear, detailed functional specifications for MES solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for MES functionality, including production execution, routing, work instructions, data collection, quality, and traceability.
• Support system testing activities, including unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and validation prior to production deployment.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support site deployment, change management, training and adoption of MES solutions.
• Identify opportunities for process standardization, automation, and manufacturing performance improvement enabled by MES.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and system capabilities effectively to non-technical stakeholders and leadership.
• Create and present project updates, risks, and recommendations to functional and leadership audiences.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and post-deployment enhancements to ensure MES solutions meet evolving business needs.
• Analyze existing software code to make improvements.

Skills

Software development

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Windows

Education

Associates or Bachelor’s in CS/CE

Tools

Ignition

Python

SQL databases

HTML

Java

Expression languages

ERP knowledge

Job description

Fortune Brands Innovations is seeking an MES Engineer to support and drive projects with the MES engineering team. You will collaborate with engineers, managers, supervisors, and operators to develop MES applications and hardware implementations supporting continuous improvement.

Relocation assistance is provided. The role involves designing, testing, and deploying MES solutions, with a focus on production execution, data collection, quality, and traceability across multiple sites.