MES Programmer II

Interface, Inc. is a global flooring company specializing in carbon neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. We help our customers create high-performance interior spaces that support well-being, productivity, and creativity, as well as the sustainability of the planet. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites you to join us as we commit to operating in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.

Position Summary:

The MES (Manufacturing Execution System) Programmer II will be responsible for the infrastructure, controls, and automation systems across several facilities and will be the solution architect who maps the requirement to the capabilities of the system to ensure optimal technical implementation. This position provides technical leadership and coordination in the design, development and implementation of complex industrial applications, databases, and information systems in a production and manufacturing environment.

The MES Programmer II is expected to develop into a technical authority with a firm grasp of project management principles and tools, mentoring and commercial skills and is responsible for assisting in all phases of MES projects, including requirements gathering, detailed design, development, commissioning, documentation, and user training. This role will work in conjunction with the IT teams to maintain existing equipment and to develop long term technology and automation solutions across the company.

Educational Requirements:

B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, from an accredited college/university

Skills and Experience:

3-5 years of experience in a combination of process control, automation, software development or information technology management with manufacturing execution systems and/or developing and deploying manufacturing intelligence tools

Experience in industrial automation, project management, and lean manufacturing concepts

Ability to collect requirements, design and configure manufacturing execution systems, manufacturing intelligence tools, and interfaces between these systems and enterprise resource planning systems

Programming and debugging skills with specific emphasis on Visual Basic.NET, C#, and SQL

Must be able to handle multiple tasks, have excellent attention to detail, and be willing and able to learn new technologies quickly

Must be able to work successfully in a matrix structure, focused strongly on customer service and personnel growth

Must have experience successfully interacting and working at multiple levels of responsibility in a manufacturing or production environment

Must have solid verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrated success working in a collaborative team environment

Interfacing ERP with Automation systems

Experience MES API scripting preferred

Experience with MS SQL Server, including SSRS preferred

Experience with .NET development (Visual Basic/C# preferred)

Demonstrated experience working in a plant environment and prior experience working with machine controls and automation

Essential Duties:

Architect and lead the implementation of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and system integration solutions projects.

Create roadmap for full data automation at machine level and prepare for conversion to an ERP (JDE EnterpriseOne) manufacturing future state.

Develop automated protocols to streamline planning and scheduling process, maintain raw material visibility and assign raw materials.

Integrate with Engineering function(s) to eliminate redundant data entry and automate data input.

Installation and configuration of data collection systems, to collect and organize manufacturing data and other systems

Design, development, and deployment of manufacturing intelligence tools to evaluate information captured by MES, process historians and other data collection systems.

Process re-engineering capabilities where MES is capable of analyzing existing processes; finding bottlenecks, gaps, areas of improvement and can optimize these processes

Good understating of Bill of Materials (BOMs), Routings and how to optimize them

Responsible for designing, developing and implementing the configuration and/or the custom software components to meet project requirements.

Develop necessary platforms to harvest data from AS400, JDE, SQL and other datasets.

Facilitate on-going dialog with critical business contacts to continuously improve the thinking, analysis and direction of the shop floor data collection.

Work directly with the Manufacturing & Operations Leadership team to fully understand business requirements.

Partner with Engineering to map the needs to move to automated factory.

Lead technical architecture and design efforts. Assist with developer code reviews.

Foster a collaborative team environment, working closely with other members of the IT and Business teams to continually develop, launch, and deliver new capabilities

Maintain housekeeping

Comply with safety rules

Comply with environmental regulations

Be aware of departmental Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

Willingness to learn and understand Interface's commitment to sustainability

Perform other duties as assigned

Physical demands:

Lifting up to 35 lbs.

Work environment:

Office

Non climate controlled environment

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