MES Engineer - Global Proficy Platform Lead (Remote) at Procter & Gamble summary: The MES Engineer serves as the Global Proficy Technical Leader, supporting over 100 manufacturing plants worldwide by maintaining and modernizing the Proficy platform to ensure high availability and reduced downtime. This role involves configuring systems, resolving critical operational issues, and collaborating with diverse teams to implement best practices and future-proof solutions. The ideal candidate is a technically skilled, analytical problem solver with strong communication abilities, capable of leading innovations in manufacturing IT infrastructure.

Information Technology at Procter & Gamble is where business, innovation and technology integrate to build a competitive advantage for P&G.  Our mission is clear -- we deliver IT to help P&G win with the over 5 billion consumers we serve worldwide.  Our IT professionals are diverse business leaders who apply IT expertise to deliver innovative, tech-focused business models and capabilities for our 65 iconic, trusted brands.

From Day 1, you’ll be trusted to dive right in, take the lead, use your initiative, and build billion-dollar brands that help make everyday activities easier and make the world a better place! Our company offers purposeful work that will take your career places you never envisioned, in creative workspaces where innovation thrives and where your technical expertise is recognized and rewarded.

The Opportunity We are seeking an expert MES Engineer to serve as our Global Proficy Technical Leader. In this critical role, you will partner with 105 plants globally, running on distributed IT infrastructure.  Your work with include new plant start up, set up and configuring, working as the SME to resolve critical situations against the clock to get the lines running again, building resiliency to ensure reduced down time, and continuously working to modernize and transform infrastructure. Every day has the potential to be different as each plant has its own unique fingerprint and needs from the Proficy platform.  We are looking for a leader who is excited by diverse challenges, to impact positive change for our manufacturing facilities globally!

Position Responsibilities Responsible for keeping all production systems running smoothly across all globally manufacturing sites. Apply sound engineering principles, operational discipline, and mature automation to our operating environments and the P&G codebase. Specialize in systems (operating systems, storage subsystems, networking), while implementing best practices for availability, reliability, and scalability, with multifaceted interests in algorithms and distributed systems. Implement, configure, and maintain Proficy platform and components. Observe and monitor system continuously for full resiliency. Train and provide guidance on site specific intricacies and overall platform best practices. Partner with service and applications teams to ensure platform has compatible roadmap for the future.

The Ideal Candidate Has a passion for optimizing and modernizing digital warehouse systems. Can work independently and as a team to gather requirements and translate into solutions. Is meticulous and analytical in nature, with strong problem-solving skills. Self-motivated to work with diverse business scenarios, prioritizing multiple priorities and have a business and consultancy mind-set, while technically (data) savvy. Can produce and present technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel. Strong communication skills including the ability to listen, capture requirements and translate those into business solutions.

Keywords: MES Engineering, Proficy Platform, Manufacturing IT, System Configuration, Process Optimization, Automation, Technical Leadership, Digital Warehouse, Operational Resiliency, Global Manufacturing Support