Technical Consultant - MES Applications Job

Job Summary
 

• Reports directly to the Manager of Manufacturing/HES/R&D Applications, collaborating with various iTeam professionals at different levels.
• This position does not supervise others but will provide guidance to less experienced professionals or external resources (contractors) involved in enhancements or projects.
• Supports over 1,000 users across more than 40 manufacturing and warehouse facilities.
• Engages in middle management interactions with Process Owners, Business stakeholders, and the iTeam.
• Serves as the Subject Matter Expert making decisions about design, implementation, configuration, and installation of manufacturing applications across the AMAS region and globally as needed.
• Applications supported include data historians, engineering modeling tools, manufacturing execution tools, and many smaller distinct apps used in Manufacturing and HE&S.
• Coordinates globally on applications of similar nature.
  Serves as the system administrator for Aspen IP.21 and OSI PI installations.
• Configure, test, tune, monitor, maintain and upgrade manufacturing applications. 
• Install, config and maintain data historian interfaces, add-ins, connectors, and adaptors. 
• Position assesses end user needs and provides technical guidance and support for
• Business Process Owners. 
• Works as part of large projects/programs to address all the dimensions of architecture: functional analysis, application mapping, API/interface design.
• Works on application development enhancement projects, small to large, regional to global, on-prem or cloud solutions and applications.
• Leads teams which may include full time iTeam resources and/or temporary contractors, and/or outsourced vendors. 
• Facilitates vendor relationships for specific application support or project implementations.
• Provides functional and/or technical expertise for specific areas of system modifications.
• Plays a lead role in resolving technical issues, and in providing guidance to others.
• Defines alignment with regional strategic initiatives and assesses opportunities to align globally.
• Supports other applications as assigned and can be called upon to consult for other projects.

 

Responsibilities

 

Projects (45%)

• Performs project management through all project stages and formal transition of ongoing application support and maintenance as appropriate. Assigns project tasks to project team members, including self. Collaborates with project leads from business on all project management activities.

• Leverages functional/technical expertise within other iTeam application/technical teams during all project phases, for delivery of activities such as security design, external data processes and programming. 
• Participate or lead detail requirements gathering, analysis of systems issues and definition of alternatives.
• Position works with other iTeam technical teams on activities such as identification and selection of technical alternatives, security design and external data processes.
• Will facilitate work with third party vendors as implementation partners or to design/construct/test integration.
• Position uses vendor documentation, Arkema documentation, vendor help services, internal and external resources to learn and understand system capabilities.
• Collaborates with Business Process Owners and iTeam groups, globally and regionally.  Position is expected to share business, technical, and professional knowledge and facilitate teamwork with customers and peers.
• Works closely with business project partic