Mission of Function
• Design, build and configure Manufacturing Operations Management and Manufacturing Execution Management applications to meet business process and application requirements.
Dimensions of Function
• Requirement gathering and modelling. Develop User Requirement Specifications / scope definition.
• MOM / MES Detailed Solution Design
• Solution Architecture Design
• Software Development using C#.Net and Siemens SIMATIC IT.
• Software Test Procedures, Testing and site installation.
• Post installation and commissioning support.
Reporting
• Report directly to Software Team Lead.
• Software Team Lead and MES Engineers also report to Project Manager.
Areas of Responsibilities / Tasks
• Software Requirement Analysis – form complete understanding of business processes as well as manufacturing / mining operation. Must be able to document requirements in Software Requirement Specification.
• Detailed Solution Design – must be able to translate software requirements into a detailed solution design based on SIMATIC IT and C#.Net
• Solution Architecture – need to understand the different components of a MOM / MES solution in order to assist in developing the solution architecture.
• Development – able to develop software using C#.Net, Microsoft SQL and SIMATIC IT.
• Software Testing – need to have a good understanding of software testing methodologies to do both functional and non-functional testing. Must be able to develop test procedures for doing Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Performance Testing, etc.
• Post installation support – post installation support on the solution will be required for a period after commissioning.
Required Competencies
• Five (5) years’ development experience on C#.Net and SQL Server Databases, using SOA framework in an industrial manufacturing \ mining environment.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding on Production Management, Production Scheduling. Inventory Management, Quality Management and Maintenance Management concepts as per ISA-95 standard and experience with MES \ MOM solutions in a manufacturing or mining environment.
• Experience with shop floor integration to ERP, Process Historians, LIMS, OEE and DTM.
• Extensive software design & development experience covering a wide range of systems and applications in the area of MES / MOM. Siemens SIMATIC IT experience will be preferred.
• Experience with software version control systems (Git, Subversion, Microsoft Team Foundation)
• B.SC / Engineering Based Degree / Diploma.

NB: THIS WILL START AS A 6-MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWALS OR PERMANENT PLACEMENT.