Manufacturing Solutions Developer

Bradford & Home working

Up to £45,000

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The role of Manufacturing System Solution Developer is to work with Solutions Architects, Group IT, Site project teams and 3rd party Systems Integrators to deliver the end to end solutions defined by the Solution Architects across all of the manufacturing sites.

This role focuses primarily on the development of the MES platform and the interfaces to and from SAP and to and from PLCs and other manufacturing devices.

The role will also need to develop a deep understanding of the interaction and interdependency between SAP and the Manufacturing Execution Systems to which SAP sends and receives information.

Responsibilities

Interpretation of the end to end solution defined by the solution architects into MES configuration and functionality and hardware

To develop solutions in line with the MES Standard processes and configuration standards

Maintain detailed configuration documentation

Define, develop and document robust test plans to ensure the all aspects of system testing are successfully completed, including unit, integration, interfaces and regression testing.

Installation and configuration of any MES associated hardware, for example, scanners, printers, HMIs

To ensure that changes to system architecture, platforms and software are managed through the appropriate change processes, and mechanisms to track changes are maintained.

Assist with the creation and maintenance of educational materials and documentation using the Standard e-training platform.

Delivery of manufacturing systems training to project team member, Key Users and End users

Provide system support for manufacturing projects during the hypercare period following go-live. Ensuring that issues are resolved and documented

Work closely with peers as part of the Manufacturing Systems Team and the Group IT Department.

Work closely with manufacturing sites senior management teams to realise objective based performance and drive the group sites forward on their improvement targets set within the Manufacturing System framework.

Support the continuous improvement policy deployment through application of appropriate technology.

Quality assurance and auditing of the use of the Manufacturing Systems Solutions implemented in line with the audits and auditing plans developed by the Solution Architects

Experience needed

At least 1 years experience working with manufacturing execution systems, for example SAP-MII, AVEVA Model driven MES product stack Operation, Performance, Quality, EI, Workflow, System Platform

Experience in Software programming languages (eg SQL, HTML,XML, C,C#, C+, VB, JavaScript)

Experience in Software installations and implementation

Experience in software development life cycle and best practices

Proven experience of dealing with technical and business people within the context of IT systems implementation.

Broad understanding of business processes associated with all aspects of an FMCG manufacturing operation.

Proven experience of dealing with technical and business people within the context of IT systems implementation.

Detailed understanding of developing test scripts for scenario impact analysis

Project management skills from concept to delivery.

Ability to test changes to manufacturing systems and feedback on improvements

In depth understanding of SAP master data.

Strong understanding of interfacing techniques used to connect systems such as SAP, MES and other related hardware

Basic understanding of PLCs and Control Systems

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