Sanmina Graduate Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Engineer
Graduate Program
Who is Sanmina?
Sanmina is a Fortune 500 company with revenues of over $8bn in 2022, where over 35,000 employees are working to deliver to our customers every day.
For our customers we design, manufactures and repairs some of the most complex and innovative optical, electronic and mechanical products in the world. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina provides end-to-end design, manufacturing and logistics solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the industrial, medical, defense and aerospace, automotive, communications networks and cloud solutions sectors.
JOB TITLE: Graduate Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Engineer
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
REPORTING TO: MES Engineer/MES Lead
OBJECTIVES OF POSITION:
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing support to the MES group on all plant related MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) issues. This would include working in cross-functional teams and could range from supporting new product development, capacity expansion, to maintaining and improving MES performance.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain and create custom reports and queries, retrieve data from databases when required.
- Assist QA with data analysis, data mining.
- Create and maintain procedures and work instructions related to traceability activities as required.
- Coordinate MES updates, changes, and troubleshooting..
- Maintaining engineering and measurement systems such as 42Q, PTS, OES, and Splunk.
- Participating in medical validation and change management processes.
- Support 24/7 Production needs through rotating callout cycle.
Quality:
Assure ongoing compliance with quality and industry regulatory requirements
Health & Safety:
Ensure compliance with Health & Safety Legislation and Regulations.
Upon finishing the training, the successful candidate should possess the following skills and knowledge:
- MES Applications: Know, understand, maintain, and be able to write software to support MES applications, including but not limited to 42Q, Conduit, PTS, OES, Splunk, and Measurement.
- Data Collection: Understand the data collection solutions applied across all production lines.
- PTS Setup: Be able to set up PTS for a new production line.
- System Configuration: Configure 42Q and Conduit for new products, revisions, locations, route changes, and other requirements.
- Measurement Parsers: Be able to configure Measurement parsers, troubleshoot file parsing issues, and reprocess failed files.
- Database Management: Maintain a strong overview of the MESR and Measurement databases, with the ability to develop SQL queries to retrieve necessary data.
MEASUREMENTS:
Measurements will be assessed against an agreed set of MBO’s as detailed in the annual performance appraisal process.
PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION
Qualifications and Experience:
- Candidates should be Technical Engineering Graduates with a qualification at or equivalent to Level 8 degree or level 9 masters in the National Framework of Qualifications in an approved IT/Engineering discipline.
- Previous experience working with Databases and SQL queries is preferred
- Working knowledge of Python is an advantage
Core Competencies:
- Ability to work under own initiative.
- Must be a self-starter with good initiative and a keen interest in learning new skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A very practical, constructive and analytical approach to problem solving.
