Senior MES Functional Consultant – Full Time – Remote/Travel (East Coast)

Skills – MES, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Biotech, Automation, Factelligence, Aveva, Camstar, Simatic IT, FactoryTalk

 

My client who is a Global Leader within the Industrial Automation space is currently looking to on board a number of MES Functional Consultants, for what will be Full Time roles. There is presently demand for:

• Senior MES Functional Consultants
• MES Functional Consultants

For these positions, individuals are able to work remotely with client travel at approximately 15-20%. The bulk of client sites are located along the East Coast and thus there is a preference for individuals already based in EST/CST, however they are open to considering individuals based U.S. wide.

 

The Role:

• Build partnerships at a functional requirement level with client counterparts
• Lead end user manufacturing process discussions and process mapping by understanding the pharmaceutical manufacturing process in primary/secondary manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), Biopharmaceutical, Medical Devices, and like life sciences manufacturing environments
• Lead workshops to analyze the client’s user requirements and design the appropriate solution that aligns to client needs and achieve ANSI/ISA-88 standards
• Write the Functional Design Specification to define what functions fit the standard application framework and what custom developed application code is required for site-specific business purposes
• Document/review system solution architecture design and identify technical & commercial risks
• Build migration strategies for clients to move from previous MES systems or from paper batch records
• Perform fit-gap-analysis and configure functional aspects and solution designs for commercial proposals and into solution delivery
• Define the integration strategy of the MES application to enterprise business systems, information management systems, and control level systems Author/review/execute project MES system validation plan
• Collaborate with the technical development team to define the development activities in a product feature backlog using tools such as JIRA to successfully manage the development of client-specific application code
• Manage team expectations for the use of application code in Master Batch Records to build the recipes specific to their manufactured goods
• Drive new business growth and client success by participating in presales meeting
• Provide guidance on GAMP, GxP, FDA guidelines and best practices

 

The Candidate:

• Excellent MES domain knowledge (10-15 years of professional functional/technical experience related to software development & systems design and deployment)

• Strong background within the Life sciences/Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Medical Devices industries
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with respect to managing internal teams as well as client facing skills
• A high level of motivation, personal engagement, flexibility, and willingness to learn and grow with gained experience
• Project management and business analysis skills
• Understanding of cost estimation for solutions, including infrastructure, licensed software, etc.
• Knowledge of SDLC processes, automation systems & ERP
• Basic understanding in object-oriented programming in Java, C++, C#, JAVA development, JAVA Framework, J2EE App Server / JBoss, HTML5
• Knowledge in software configuration, validated software implementation (GxP and GAMP)

 

 

Salaries:

Senior Functional – $130k-$155k Per Annum + Bonus (8%) + Benefits

Functional – $115k-$130k Per Annum + Bonus (8%) + Benefits

 

 

Please send resumes directly to [email protected] and we can run through the further specifics of the role.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Skills – MES, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Biotech, Automation, Factelligence, Aveva, Camstar, Simatic IT, FactoryTalk

Senior MES Functional Consultant – Full Time – Remote/Travel (East Coast