MES Analyst (M/F/D) Viana do Castelo

MES Analyst (M/F/D)
Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal

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Borg
Warner Power
Drive Systems is currently looking for a MES Analyst at our new production plant in Viana, Portugal.

Position Summary

The MES Analyst will be the key support for the location of employment to support the strategy, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing and shop floor systems such as Factory Information Systems (FIS), SCADA, MES, OPC and SPC solutions. The position will be part of a global team tasked to support these systems utilized within Borg
Warner PDS Division. The position will be our IT representative providing
- on support for these systems on the shop floor working directly with Engineering and Operations. The position will work to implement and upgrade these systems into new and current manufacturing equipment as well as work to integrate with other systems like SAP ERP. The position will work with other IT functional teams to ensure that all devices on the shop floor, whether PC, tablet, RF Gun, etc. are identified, secure, patched and protected. The position will also require understanding of networking concepts to help communicate requirements to our IT infrastructure support team.

The MES Support Analyst must be able to work well with business end users, manufacturing and controls engineers, operations personnel and SAP functional leads. This person needs to have the ability to gather business requirements and convert them into functional specifications for use in the design and development of solutions. The successful candidate needs to be able to work independently, communicate business requirements, develop and configure in the toolsets deployed, perform functional testing to confirm functionality and work with key users to gain approval for all changes before moving changes to the production environment. This person must monitor these solutions for issues/errors and assist in the notification and resolution of the issues.

The MES Analyst will work with both internal and external teams and work
- functionally between the business and IT to bridge the gaps between design, content and technology. The position is fully aligned with the business domain and operates as a trusted and
- informed strategic partner. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Position Accountabilities

• Provide 1st level day to day support for manufacturing operations and shop floor activities including support, issue resolution and problem solving.
• Responsible for gathering business requirements and objectives for projects.
• Participate in the design, development and configuration for new and existing shop floor systems and functions needed to support critical business strategies.
• Work closely with internal resources from IT, engineering, and operations on designing, developing, configuring, implementing, and maintaining systems for efficient and effective manufacturing execution.
• Conduct key user training regarding shop floor systems as needed to ensure the systems are being used properly and that they are meeting business needs.
• Support the existing MES applications in use in the production environment.
• Configure the systems to enable the smooth operation and deployment of new part numbers and changes to existing product programs.
• Help to configure and prepare the system for new products that are to be built at the manufacturing plant. This will include configuring, debugging, and deploying interfaces to equipment.
• Support the roll out of upgrades in collaboration with the core Manufacturing IT team.
• Ensuring adherence to process standards and reviewing project deliverables.
• Responsible for issue resolution or escalation in a timely manner.
• Document and maintain processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills (oral and written).
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; work harmoniously and effectively as part of a global team.
• Ability to work in remote and dispersed working environments such as overseas locations, cultural differences and split
  - zones to ensure positive interactions. Fluent in English, written and verbal.

Position Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Problem Solving
• Learning on the fly
• Informing
• Drive for Results
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Process Management
• Priority Setting
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Action Oriented

Education/Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, or comparable course of studies.
• 2+ years’ experience in development of manufacturing systems software, automation and controls, or supply chain applications.
• Requires specific knowledge of manufacturing, preferably within electronics industry.
• Development experience with databases hosted on My
  SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience supporting and developing reports in tools like SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI, Qlik as well as web technologies.
• Development experience with web development HTML, CSS, JS, ASP. NET, PHP.
• Development experience with multiple languages TCL, C#, CGI, VB, SQL, Python.
• Working knowledge of VMware/Unix/Linux.
• Experience with machine connectivity concepts including the use of OPC Servers.
• Preferred experience with networking concepts and industrial protocols like CIP, Ether
  Net/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.
• Preferred experience with administration and configuration of Ignition SCADA.
• Preferred experience with the administration and configuration of SPC software.
• Preferred experience with the administration of an MES suite.
• Attention to detail and ability to quickly learn new technologies and tools.

EEO Statement

Borg
Warner is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin or disability.

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