Danone Specialized Nutrition is launching a major greenfield investment to build our next‑generation liquid nutrition facility, featuring advanced high‑hygiene, UHT, aseptic, and filling technologies.

The MES Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining MES / SCADA  / COMMS  solutions within our new manufacturing plant. You will be our go to expert for  IT OT  & Automation infrastructure and infrastructure performance.  You will collaborate closely with a cross functional team locally and globally in addition to external partners such as systems integrators. You will love to proactively configure workflows and integrations,  troubleshoot, maintain, document and ensure seamless integration between MES, SAP and other systems. You implement solutions and add value across a range of requirements.

You are no stranger to automation and engineering in a production environment. Used to properly design (FDS/SDS), implement, validate (FAT), commission (SAT) an MES application within the Good Automated Manufacturing Practice standard.

• Lead the design, integration, testing, validation and implementation of Castle’s MES/MOM, SCADA and PLC applications.
• Plan and facilitate MES functional and integration workshops, translating manufacturing needs into clear, traceable and testable requirements.
• Apply ISA-95 principles to define system boundaries, equipment hierarchies, workflows and interfaces between enterprise, MES/MOM, SCADA and PLC layers.
• Review and approve functional designs, system architectures, interface specifications, test documentation and supplier deliverables.
• Coordinate simulation, FAT, SAT, UAT, end-to-end integration testing, commissioning and defect resolution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Danone standards, technical specifications, project requirements and OT cybersecurity principles.
• Review OT infrastructure requirements, including servers, virtualization, networks, segmentation, backup, recovery, remote access and system resilience.
• Technically lead third-party suppliers, system integrators, OEMs and application vendors, ensuring clear scope boundaries, interface ownership, deliverables and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate integration between MES/MOM, PLC/SCADA, ERP, WMS, LIMS and other connected manufacturing systems.
• Support cutover, data loading, start-up, ramp-up and operational readiness.
• Ensure complete handover of as-built documentation, source code, backups, licenses, test evidence, training and support information.

Education & Skills: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Automation, Electrical, Control, Computer of Industrial I.T Engineering or equivalent Technical discipline.
• 10 plus years’ experience food, beverage, specialized nutrition, pharmaceutical or similarly regulated manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Strong MES/ MOM expertise covering MES / MOM functional design, manufacturing operations workflows, system integration, implementation operational handover
• Experienced in technically leading third party suppliers, system integrators, equipment OEMs and application vendors
• Strong automation expertise combined with good knowledge of OT infrastructure and cybersecurity
• Expert level experience in infrastructure, architecture, design or implementation is a strong advantage.
• Isa- 95 – based manufacturing operations modelling
• SCADA Architecture
• PLC integrations
• Systems Testing & Validation within a greenfield implementation
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary MES workshops
• Critical thinking considering both business and technical aspects for sustainable solutions
• Trusted automation & controls systems expert
• A curious, problem-solving mindset with great attention to detail and ownership

This is a fixed term specified purpose contract for 3 plus years on a Greenfield site implementation project.