Lead MES Engineer
RoviSys
🧩 About the Role
As a Lead MES Engineer at RoviSys Netherlands, you’ll play a critical “player-coach” role:
- Leading MES project delivery while mentoring junior engineers and helping grow a newly forming team.
- You’ll work closely with clients across Europe to design, implement, and support MES solutions across diverse industries and platforms.
- This is a high-impact, technically challenging role for someone who thrives on autonomy, variety, and growing new business lines.
- You’ll be given freedom and trust to own delivery, shape direction, and influence the growth of MES within Europe—while collaborating with global teams across the US and Asia.
✅ Key Responsibilities
- Lead digital transformation and MES projects from design to post-go-live
- Mentor and train junior engineers and graduates on MES delivery best practices
- Conduct workshops with clients to define business processes and technical MES requirements
- Design, configure, integrate, and commission MES solutions (including ERP and shop-floor systems)
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and clients across various industries
- Participate in industrial software training delivered by RoviSys architects
- Travel for client site installations and on-site deployments (approx. 20–30%)
🎯 Required Skills & Experience
- 4+ years of hands-on MES project delivery experience
- 2+ years of programming experience in C#, Python, or C++
- Experience mentoring or coaching junior team members
- Integration experience with SQL, AVEVA PI, OPC, MQTT, ETHERNET/IP
- ERP system integration (SAP or similar)
- Proficient in Excel macros (VBA)
- Bachelor’s or higher in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, or Computer Engineering
- Experience with at least one MES platform:
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- Critical Manufacturing
- Sepasoft (Ignition)
- TrakSYS
- GE Proficy
- Arcstone (used in food & beverage projects)
Candidates with experience on other MES platforms will absolutely be considered. The specific platform is less important than a strong understanding of how MES systems function, how they connect to business processes, and the leadership and mentorship qualities required to guide MES delivery teams.
🌟 Preferred Qualifications
- Experience across multiple industries: pharma, food & beverage, chemicals, general manufacturing
- Experience leading delivery teams or acting as a technical mentor
- Comfortable working across multiple MES platforms (tech-agnostic mindset)
- Professional-level English (C1+) — Dutch not required; other languages are a bonus
- Valid EU/UK/Ukrainian passport
- Strong interpersonal and emotional intelligence skills for team and client interactions
💼 Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: ~€90,000 – €100,000 (flexible based on experience)
- Bonus: 10% typical (can scale up to 15% based on business impact/performance)
- Vacation: 25 days
- Growth: Fast-track opportunities — potential pathway into MES Leader/Manager positions as team scales
- Perks: Autonomy, high-trust environment, exposure to global initiatives, project ownership from day one
Job Overview
Category
Manufacturing
Reference
165
Offered Salary
90000 - 100000
Job Location
Utrecht
