From concept to design to execution, be part of the team that gets everyday products to people.

Do you want to have an impact on creating products from today’s top brands? Does having a company care about your career today and into the future motivate you? Does an environment where your opinions matter excite you? Are you a natural born tinkerer? If so, you have found your next calling!

Grantek is a recognized leading provider of integrated automation, smart manufacturing and industrial information solutions in the global marketplace. Our clients are some of the worlds most respected Fortune 100 companies and recognized consumer brands: Tassimo, Brita, MillerCoors, Coca-Cola, Kraft-Heinz, to name a few.

We offer an atmosphere where you can express your creative ideas and talents by working on a variety of projects and technologies. Using today’s leading edge technology, you will partner with clients to solve their most complex manufacturing and industrial information problems.

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package, retirement matching, company paid benefits, flexible work hours, and an education/career development program. For more information on what Grantek offers, visit:http://reviews.greatplacetowork.com/grantek-systems-integration

We are committed to providing a positive and healthy corporate culture, one that empowers employees, promotes knowledge-sharing, and encourages strong friendships and social connections amongst all team members. We are a team of dedicated Engineers and Designers with an average of 7 years’ tenure at Grantek. The vast majority of our employees have started off their careers at Grantek and have grown into successful senior team members who are integral to our client's manufacturing processes

As a key member of Grantek’s Engineering team, you will be focused on the documenting, analyzing, advising, and education of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions for end customers. You will also be a vital link in Grantek’s Smart Manufacturing practice, translating user requirements and customer business needs into fully-traceable and scalable MES solutions. 

Grantek will leverage your extensive industry knowledge and deep experience developing, testing, and implementing MES solutions to provide crucial support to our customers and their project needs, which are often global or continental in scope. Multi-site rollouts are commonplace, as Grantek’s clients see us as trusted partners, and we hold these relationships sacred. 

Your in-depth knowledge and experience working within the pharmaceutical, food & beverage, and consumer packaged goods industry verticals, including the unique challenges and regulatory requirements therein, along with your ability to guide and mentor MES professionals will bolster our ever-growing Engineering team. 

 Key-skills and interests: ANSI/ISA-95, ANSI/ISA-88, OEE downtime tracking and production scheduling, traceability and production tracking, statistical process control (SPC), recipe management and batch execution, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration. 

  Primary Job Responsibilities: 

• Assist in the development of business cases for MES deployments. 
• Assist in the development of internal MES practice processes and SOPs. 
• Creating documentation, including project engineering notes, project proposals, project design traceability documentation, case studies, and more. 
• Learning new best practices, industry standards, technologies
• Creating methodologies and performing complex problem-solving 
• Implementing innovative MES solutions for our world-class customer base; finding, sharing, and capitalizing on opportunities for improvement 
• Consult and lead client in MES best practices for their application in applying OEE, SPC, T&T, and MBR. 
• Project process oversight of documentation following GAMP V methodology including URS, FRS, SDS, FAT and SAT.
• Train clients on the MES solution in the area of technology and application usage, business process, as well as application support
• Ongoing Continuous Improvements Consultation to business stakeholders and advisors.  
• Work with process/product owners to establish process flow standards in MES
• Identify out of the box functions to leverage
• Oversee build out of process/product templatization to be leveraged across multiple manufacturing plants and lines
• Oversee build out of process/product templates to be leveraged by industry verticals of Food and Bev, Consumer Goods, and Life Sciences
• Analyze needs for MES customizations versus process workarounds.
• Gather new requirements for interfaces and MES customizations; guide project teams to best use of standard interfaces.
• Assist in the formation of MES project teams and move projects through lifecycle.
• Link plant level project teams to global level standards for MES Design/Build/Validate/Go Live.
• Mentoring colleagues on your expertise and knowledge base
• Having fun and being challenged

Technologies Used: 

• ERP Platforms: SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, etc. 
• MES Platforms: Sepasoft MES, Werum PAS-X, Rockwell FactoryTalk Application Suites (CPG Suite, PharmaSuite), etc. 
• SCADA Platforms: Inductive Automation, Siemens, Wonderware, GE, Siemens, etc. 
• High-level Programming: Working knowledge of Python, JAVA, .NET, HTML5, SQL, VBA, etc. 
• Database Platforms: Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL, Oracle, etc. 
• Operating Systems: Working knowledge of Microsoft (current to Server 2008 R2), Unix, Linux, etc. 
• Collaboration Platforms: MS SharePoint, JIRA, Pipeliner 
• Project Documentation: Microsoft Office 

• Experience in MES requirements management 
• Experience in MES Implementations 
• Familiar with Software Development Methodologies 
• Successful completion of B.Sc. Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering Technology degree 
• Minimum 5 years working experience with some or all the listed “Technologies Used”, in the previous section 
• Familiarity with industry standards, such as ANSI/ISA-95 and ANSI/ISA-88 
• Meticulous, conscientious, analytical, focused, self-starter individual 
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written 
• Valid Driver’s License 
• Have full-time access to a personal vehicle 
• Willingness to travel up to 50% throughout North America 

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