Digital Manufacturing Lead - SCADA, MES & Data

The role

The Digital Manufacturing Lead will own the digital manufacturing layer including SCADA, MES, and plant data for a large manufacturing facility expansion. You will lead a team of engineers to build the manufacturing stack and manage system architecture and integration.

What you will do

• Own the cell/area normalization layer for consistent plant modeling
• Hold functional allocation between SCADA, batch execution, MES, and the data layer
• Lead platform evaluations for batch execution, historian architecture, SCADA, and MES integration
• Own the MES thread across pilot and larger facility implementation
• Own the plant information model and reporting layer for OEE, downtime, yield, and quality
• Lead, develop, and grow the SCADA, MES, and data engineering team
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex plant-data, SCADA, and MES issues
• Direct system integrator surge staff and platform vendor delivery teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience across industrial automation, manufacturing systems, and plant data platforms
• Architecture-level ownership of SCADA, MES/MOM, historian, or plant data platforms
• At least one system designed that is still running in production
• Hands-on depth in two or more supervisory or manufacturing systems ecosystems such as Ignition, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens WinCC Unified/Opcenter, or AVEVA
• Production experience with OPC UA and MQTT/Sparkplug B at architecture level
• Proficiency with Ethernet/IP, Profinet, and similar industrial communication standards
• Working fluency in ISA-95 and ISA-88
• Strong SQL, relational data modeling, and time-series data handling
• Demonstrated leadership of engineers
• Ability to climb stairs, stand and walk for extended periods
• Ability to work in environments that may be hot, humid, or noisy

Nice to have

• Hands-on delivery with Sepasoft, FactoryTalk Batch, WinCC Unified SIQUENCE, or equivalent
• Greenfield Scale-Up experience
• Hybrid Batch and Discrete Processes experience
• Heterogeneous OEM Integration experience
• Historian Architecture at Scale
• Experience carrying a plant through a platform migration or vendor change
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, or other high-level languages for automation and data analytics
• Experience in heavy industrial, greenfield, or metallurgical manufacturing environments, or in regulated industries such as Defense, Aerospace, or Automotive

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities
• Must be able to complete required fit testing and wear appropriate PPE

About the company

Vulcan Elements is manufacturing American rare-earth permanent magnets for a secure, resilient future. They serve critical industries such as defense, aerospace, and automotive.