Role

The MES Developer will be responsible to develop bespoke Shop Floor solutions based on the current architecture in use by the MES team. This is accomplished with various technologies within the MES environment.

Culture

You must be intellectually curious and an outside of the box problem solver. You must be able to apply your IT and data skills to the art and science of a the aluminium manufacturing environment. You will work on cutting edge, proven solutions around producing the best quality aluminium products. You will collaborate with various disciplines right throughout the factory and locally based sites. You will work in a high pace collaborative team environment under a stressful 24x7x365 manufacturing process.

Responsibilities

Specify, design, develop, test and maintain MES solutions to meet business requirements.

• Participate in project scoping activities with various teams throughout the various sites
• Analyze software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and costs constraints which includes system requirements gathering and gap analysis
• Design, maintain, and support the database schemes, application code and interfaces
• Develop and direct software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation.
• Support the design and development of all components of MES including:
  • The design and development of Windows and Mobile based MES solutions
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Process visualization and reporting
  • Realtime Data historians
• Lead training and change management to ensure successful implementation of MES systems
• Support future process improvements and product development
• Provide implementation and support during office and after hours

Qualifications and Desired Skills

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or Diploma in Software development is required
• Experience in IT/Application Development
• Experience with .NET (C#) Development
• Experience with MS SQL Server
• Experience in Aspentech IP21 or similar real-time data historians
• Experience with OPC and TCP/IP
• Excellent communication skills
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
  • Attention to detail
  • Must be able to work under stress