MES Engineer

MES Engineer

BMT Aerospace specializes in the development and production of precision gears, transmissions, and actuators for the aerospace industry. Our division is focused on international growth, operating in three locations worldwide: the USA, Romania, and Belgium, with an impressive portfolio of clients including Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Asco, and Rolls Royce. Our mission is to remain market leaders by prioritizing the highest quality products, maintaining long-term partner relationships, and demonstrating genuine commitment to our customers' projects.

Job Summary

The MES Engineer will provide expertise in the technical operation of the company and Lean Projects at BMT. This role is responsible for shop floor systems, manufacturing applications, and machine integration. You will provide technical support to troubleshoot equipment issues through structured problem-solving processes. Working closely with production teams, you will understand their needs and requirements to create custom MES applications that improve efficiency, quality control, and data management. We are building fully connected manufacturing systems to achieve operational excellence using Ignition from Inductive Automation. Help us transform today’s manufacturing through the design and implementation of advanced control systems and automation solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and provide ongoing support for PLC interfaces.
• Modify and create SQL queries and stored procedures for reports and functions.
• Drive standardization across MES processes and systems throughout the plant network.
• Provide technical support and consultation for new implementations of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Develop new techniques to connect legacy equipment to modern infrastructure.
• Create IoT applications that run on-premise and in the cloud.
• Develop KPIs, metrics, and other monitoring tools for Industry 4.0 production environments.
• Research and implement cost-effective upgrades to equipment and manufacturing applications.
• Assist in developing testing for new functionality and rolling out products and services.
• Collaborate with colleagues to identify improvement requests, gather requirements, and prioritize work.
• Work with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, IT, and other departments to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Proactive and self-motivated with a positive attitude.
• Good interpersonal skills with hands-on problem-solving expertise.
• Understanding of network and solid understanding of IT.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes is highly desirable.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• PLC programming background (e.g., Siemens, Beckhoff, Fanuc, Rockwell controllers).
• Robot programming background (e.g., Fanuc, ABB, Kuka, Motoman).
• Understanding of multiple computer programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, C#, R, Python, C++, Java).
• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle). NoSQL databases experience is a plus.
• Experience with the MQTT protocol.

Key skills/competency

• MES Engineer
• Manufacturing Execution Systems
• PLC Programming
• SQL
• IoT Applications
• Industry 4.0
• Automation
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript