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# MES / Manufacturing Systems SME

- **Company:** Valspec, Inc.
- **Location:** Rockville, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, Information Systems, Data Integrity, Data Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Laboratory Information Management Systems, Systems Integration, Information Technology, Data Management
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b808378c83149b95

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
 * 8+ years of MES or manufacturing systems experience in pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing.
 * Hands-on experience with EBR/MBR design, recipe/workflow configuration, MES validation, and regulated manufacturing processes.
 * Experience with one or more enterprise MES platforms and integrations using ISA-88/ISA-95 concepts., * Experience on a greenfield or major capital pharmaceutical manufacturing program.
 * Demonstrated success operating in an owner-side, EPCM, governance, or provider-oversight model.
 * Strong written communication, executive reporting, facilitation, and cross-functional issue-resolution skills.
 * Ability to maintain significant site presence as the program advances., Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States without company sponsorship. Also, we are not interested in working on a corp-to-corp basis with other companies at this time.

## Description

* Provide subject-matter expertise for MES, electronic batch records, manufacturing workflows, and integration with automation and enterprise systems. This is an owner-side, program-focused role requiring coordination across multiple stakeholders, suppliers, and delivery teams rather than a narrowly scoped execution-only assignment., * Translate manufacturing and quality requirements into MES, EBR, recipe, workflow, and master-data solutions.
 * Support MES architecture, design reviews, requirements, configuration oversight, testing, validation, deployment, and stabilization.
 * Coordinate interfaces with DCS/PLC/SCADA, ERP, LIMS, historians, CMMS, and data platforms.
 * Support business process mapping, electronic record design, exception handling, data integrity, and operational readiness.
 * Partner with manufacturing, quality, automation, IT/OT, CSV, and system integrators.