Industrial Automation Specialist

Company Description:

Club Coffee is a leading custom coffee roaster in North America, focused on delivering high-quality roast and ground coffee solutions. The company partners with retail, food service, and contract manufacturing clients to build best-in-class coffee programs for their customers. Club Coffee’s reputation is built on the passion, expertise, and commitment of its team members. The organization values collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence in every aspect of its production and service.

Profile Summary:

The Industrial Automation Specialist will administer and maintain AVEVA SCADA and MES platforms, own all integration layers and serve as primary escalation point for automation related production issues. This position will report to the Business Analyst for day – to – day task. Willing to work flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.

Specific Accountabilities:

• AVEVA SCADA (System Platform)

• Administer and maintain AVEVA System Platform, including HMI applications, Galaxy/Application Server objects, I/O connectivity, alarming, historian tags, runtime health, licensing, backups, and recovery.

• AVEVA MES (Enterprise Console & Work task)

• Administer and maintain AVEVA MES, including work order management, routing, material traceability, scheduling, Work task workflows, quality module, reporting, and related master data.
• Troubleshoot MES exceptions and maintain the underlying SQL Server environment, including database health, performance, backups, recovery, stored procedures and schema changes.

• System Integration

• Own the health, monitoring, support, and documentation of integration layers across SCADA, MES, Historian, SAP, CMMS, quality systems, and printing systems.
• Implement integration changes, troubleshoot cross system failures, manage error queues, and coordinate resolution with SAP, IT, vendors, and other support teams.

• Technical Execution & Project Support

• Own technical execution of automation projects as scoped by the Production Business Analyst, including configuration, testing, commissioning, go-live support, and vendor coordination.
• Support feasibility review, FAT/SAT activities, punch list closure, and joint troubleshooting.

• Must be able to support and travel between multiple Club Coffee sites.

• Support equity, diversity, and inclusivity programs

• Understand, apply and actively participate in maintaining product quality and food safety program practices including BRC, HACCP, QA / QC, GMP, Sanitation and good hygiene practices.

• Understand, apply and actively participate in maintaining the Health and Safety program.

• Other duties as assigned.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Diploma or degree in Automation, Controls, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

• Minimum 4 – 6 years of experience in industrial automation, MES/SCADA administration, or manufacturing systems integration.

• Hands-on experience with AVEVA System Platform or AVEVA MES – experience with both is strongly preferred; demonstrated proficiency in at least one is required.

• Experience with at least one comparable platform, such as Ignition, FactoryTalk, Opcenter, or similar, will be considered where AVEVA – specific experience is partial.

• Experience with systems integration in manufacturing context – PLC to SCADA, SCADA to MES, or MES to ERP.

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server – query writing, stored procedures, and database administration fundamentals; advanced DBA-level experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with SAP integration concepts, or experience working alongside a SAP team on manufacturing data interface.

Disclaimer

This position description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

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