Manufacturing Systems Engineer I

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and support manufacturing systems and applications across FTI facilities, including MES, to ensure high reliability and availability.
• Take ownership of recurring, cross-site, and system-level issues escalated by site-level Process & Systems teams.
• Perform issue analysis, identify root causes, outline resolution options, and track issues through to closure.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) on how assigned systems support plant operations, escalating complex issues to the Manufacturing Systems Manager, Business Technology, or vendors.
• Gather requirements from Production, Quality, and Supply Chain, building on site-level discovery and support trends, and create as-is and future-state process documentation.
• Build and support integrations between MES, ERP, QMS, and shop-floor equipment such as PLCs, scanners, label printers, and IoT sensors.
• Develop reports and dashboards on throughput, WIP, quality, and labor.
• Support project management on new system implementations and upgrades, owning test scenarios, go-live readiness, and post-launch stabilization.
• Support integration of new capital equipment and manufacturing systems into existing and new plants.
• Develop standard training materials, job aids, and SOPs for local delivery by site teams, and support adoption using change management methods.
• Apply Lean principles and Choosing By Advantages (CBA) decision-making.
• Provide technical information for quotes, proposals, and business cases as required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Computer, or Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• 0-2 years of experience with manufacturing, industrial, or business systems.
• Travel: 0-25%
• Work Schedule: Typical work hours are between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. A flexible schedule is necessary.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with an MES or similar manufacturing system (preferred).
• Exposure to ERP systems and ERP integration points in manufacturing (preferred).
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI (preferred).
• Working knowledge of SQL and the ability to pull, analyze, and validate data (preferred).
• Familiarity with industrial automation and OT concepts (PLCs, IoT sensors, OPC UA, MQTT) (preferred).
• Background in electrical, mechanical, or prefabrication manufacturing (preferred).