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The Position
Doing now what patients need next. A pioneer in the development of blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery systems, Roche is committed to helping people with diabetes everywhere in the world through a broad portfolio of solutions for both people with diabetes and their professionals.
Combining the strengths of our portfolio of Diabetes Care as well as Point of Care products, the organization 'Near Patient Care Operations Mannheim/Indianapolis' aims to achieve best-in-class manufacturing and operational excellence, delivering the highest quality solutions for patients and Health Care Professionals.
We are seeking a proactive and skilled MES Engineer with 4+ years of experience to support, configure, and integrate Manufacturing Execution Systems within our production facility. In this role, you will bridge the gap between IT, OT (Operational Technology), and shop-floor operations, ensuring high system uptime, data integrity, and continuous process improvement.
The Opportunity
In collaboration with IT and business partners, monitor and improve stakeholder and user experience to maximize utilization of OT applications and systems. Analyse and interpret data to provide recommendations for process improvements.
Develop complex scripting solutions for advanced functionality
Configure redundancy, failover strategies, and disaster recovery architectures
Capable of gathering user requirements process steps and translating them to system requirements.
You will assist in delivering internally and externally built systems.
Lead system integration efforts between MES (preferably Siemens Opcenter), PLC, and enterprise systems
Perform system sizing, network design support, and platform specifications
Lead Computer System Validation (CSV) activities and provide on-site commissioning support
Provides technical support for OT applications to end users and key business users. (On-call-support, including regular intervals outside of regular working hours).
Troubleshoot complex issues related to communication, performance, and system stability
Interface with stakeholders to gather requirements and present technical solutions
Work independently to learn and investigate solutions; while also capable of collaborating and learning from other team members.
Work in local and global projects in the area of OT applications.
Exchange technical information with employees at other locations and form a network.
Who You Are:
You gained your Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Engineering, or equivalent.
You have 4+ years of related experience.
Knowledge of IT/OT solutions, networking, firewalls, databases, PLC (Program logic controller) and PLC integration with Manufacturing information systems.
Familiarity with MES (Manufacturing Execution System) , SCADA and Rockwell products like FactoryTalk (AssetCenter, Metrics and Data Historian), Data transfer protocol like OPC UA.
Knowledge of IT/OT solutions, operating systems, databases, laboratory information systems, manufacturing execution systems (MES), computer programming, and/or ISA95
Familiarity with industrial communication protocols or scripting languages (e.g., Python, C#, Java, depending on your stack).
Proficiency in SQL, relational databases, and querying shop-floor data.
You influence with knowledge of manufacturing process design, preferably with special purpose processes. You are familiar with SDLC, GMP, and incident management.
You use a detailed and analytically minded approach to problem solving.
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