Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Holzminden, Heiden
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop automation strategies and oversee the implementation of an MES system across 31 manufacturing sites globally, collaborating closely with various interdisciplinary teams.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As part of the deployment of a new MES (Manufacturing Execution System) tool and in collaboration with regional operations managers, participate in the development of the Division's automation strategy and support its deployment across all 31 of our industrial sites in the 4 regions (LATAM, NAM, EMEA, APAC).
- Ensure the connections between on-site needs, MES system prerequisites, and IT services to guarantee the seamless integration of the control and command system across all sites worldwide.
- Lead the modification of the automation program through associated providers, ensuring the application of best practices and communication and programming standards.
- Work jointly and in close relation with the IT services, the local automation providers in each country, and the Key Users of the MES.
- Monitor and ensure the proper execution of the schedule established in the deployment road map developed in collaboration with the MES project manager and the industrial directors.
- Participate in the development of a comprehensive vision for automation within the division, in alignment with the MES strategy.
- Conduct technical audits of the sites to be deployed in collaboration with local team members from each country within each of the 4 regions (LATAM, NAM, EMEA, APAC).
- Define the automation standards of the division (Equipment / Industrial Network Configuration / PLC and SCADA Programming).
- Deploy the automation standard(s) across the various industrial sites.
- Draft the technical specifications for the control command design and the specifications for the implementation.
- Write and/or update functional analyses (FA).
- Identify potential external suppliers and partners, then manage them during the development phase until delivery.
- Supervise/Participate in the development of the control command layer, monitoring views, and human-machine interfaces.
- Monitor the coding of external providers and conduct standard and security function tests.
- Receive and validate the programs on the simulation platforms (FAT) and on-site (SAT).
- Validation of test protocols to qualify the automata.
- Validate the technical documentation.
- Support factory acceptance tests according to the project's complexity level.
- Ensure compatibility between automation equipment and the new MES tool.
- Provide technical support to local teams during and after deployment.
- Participate in the drafting of investment proposals.
- Monitor performance indicators and ensure reporting to stakeholders.
- Follow technological developments in industrial automation and MES.
- Propose continuous improvements to optimize production processes.
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Qualifications
- Automation or Embedded Systems Engineer, ideally with a specialization in Safety Automation.
- 5 years of experience in a similar role.
- Indispensable mastery of SIEMENS automation systems and WinCC supervisor programming software.
- Knowledge of SCHNEIDER and ROCKWELL PLCs as well as Wonderware supervisors would be a plus.
- Fluent in French and English is imperative; a third language would be a plus.
- International travel (approximately 3 times per year) for short periods (1 to 4 weeks).
- Rigor and attention to detail: validate programs, monitor tests, document trials.
- Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Leadership transversal: managing suppliers and partners without direct hierarchical ties; coordinating technical projects with multidisciplinary and international teams in an evolving matrix environment.
- Analytical and synthetic mindset: ability to understand complex systems (automation, MES, supervision); know how to structure information to write technical specifications, functional analyses, and test protocols.
- Sense of intercultural collaboration: adapt your communication and approach to local cultural and organizational specificities.
- Orientation solution: find technical compromises between MES requirements and field realities; propose continuous improvements to optimize processes.
- Sense of priorities and time management: managing multiple projects simultaneously in an international environment; monitoring performance indicators and ensuring regular reporting.
- Agility and adaptability: respond quickly to technical or organizational unforeseen circumstances; adapt to local constraints while respecting global standards.
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Symrise AG
Symrise AG, based in Holzminden, is a publicly-traded provider of fragrances, flavorings, cosmetic base ingredients and active substances, as well as functional ingredients.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Industry, Production, Pharmaceutical Sector, Chemical Industry, Biotech
Automation Engineer
- Location
- Holzminden, Heiden
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
