Hobson Prior are currently recruiting for a MES Project Lead on a contract basis, to join a world-wide pharmaceutical company based in Switzerland, who focus on providing pioneering medical solutions to improve the quality of people's lives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Act as the first point of contact for MES implementation within the Plant 1 project team.
• Ensure timely and successful delivery of MES functionality in Wave 2, including adaptations to second project, without disruption of ongoing manufacturing operations.
• Lead MES design team of up to 10 MES engineers (number depending on project phase) as direct reports.
• Break down the project scope and ensure availability of up-to-date and complete scope document and user requirement specifications.
• Ensure timely delivery of design packages in high quality and agreement with user requirements.
• Oversee external implementation/coding activities at partners.
• Support witnessing of external test activities and deployment of tested code.
• Transparently report on the project status and support cost controlling.
• Provide direct input at subject matter expert on the testing and qualification strategy.
• Support the evaluation of change requests and requests for scope increase.
• Support error correction and change implementation during and after test completion.

Key Skills:

• Organised and able to provide direction to others.
• Able to influence and lead by vision in a complex and heterogeneous matrix environment.
• Positive attitude and ability to motivate others.
• Results driven.
• Flexible to achieve the desired outcome.
• Technical writing skills.

Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering, IT or similar.
• Proven experience in the development of Manufacturing Executing Systems. Preferably in-depth experience with Syncade MES (Emerson).
• Good understanding of distributed control systems. Preferably, experience with Delta V DCS (Emerson) and its integration with Syncade MES.
• Leadership of larger automation teams (5+ direct reports).
• Good understanding of GMP and computerized system validation.
• Good understanding of biotechnology production processes.
• Preferably, previous work on a large-scale site construction project and related project management experience.
• Fluent in English (German an asset).

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