Manufacturing Technical Architect

6-month contract to hire
This person will be involved with the standup of a new manufacturing facility in Columbia, SC. The person in this role will work directly with the Operational Technology (OT) team the group responsible for the technology and systems that control and monitor physical processes in the plant.
Looking for a Manufacturing-focused Technical Architect (TA) with experience in PLC, HMI, and MES that will work at the intersection of IT and industrial operations.

Design & Architect Manufacturing Systems

Architect and design the technical landscape for manufacturing systems especially automation and control systems.

Working knowledge of PLC, HMI, MES

Develop solutions that integrate PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers), HMI (Human-Machine Interfaces), and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) with enterprise IT systems (e.g., ERP). Not at a programming level but at a level of understanding what interfaces would need to be designed.

Design/Define interfaces between PLCs/HMIs and MES, and between MES and ERP (like SAP or Oracle).

Ensure seamless communication between plant-floor equipment and business systems.

Migrate legacy applications from old environment to new Greenfield environment with Active Directory

Put together the detailed physical diagrams of entire environment. Very granular/detail level

Server Summary, product/licenses, floor plans, Implementation Strategy, rack layouts, cooling and power, plug this service into this network port, Firewall ports/containers, physical connections; IP addressing, Design notes, Virtual Guest Summary, configuration settings

Looking for strong documentation to be able to provide detailed physical diagrams of entire environment. Design experience with planning and implementation experience. This person is a technical architect designing and integrating the systems that run manufacturing operations. They understand both the automation hardware/software and how it connects to the broader IT ecosystem, enabling efficient, modern, and connected manufacturing environments.

Do you now or in the future require sponsorship (e.g. H-1B)? Y/N

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