Senior MES Functional Consultant

MES Functional Consultant / OpCenter Area(s) of responsibility About Birlasoft: Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company’s consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group’s 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.) Educational Background – Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Location: Any BSL Location Job Description Senior MES Functional Consultant : Exp Level 10+ Years Seeking a client-facing Siemens Opcenter Discrete MES Functional Consultant to support client’s manufacturing stakeholders as the MES program scales to new production lines, translating shop-floor business requirements into MES functional designs. candidate should have sound domain knowledge of manufacturing-process , solution architecture, implementation . Key Responsibilities • Gather and document business and functional requirements for each new production line's MES rollout. • Define use cases for work order execution, production monitoring, downtime/quality management, and traceability. • Perform fit-gap analysis against the current Opcenter configuration and recommend functional solutions. • Prepare functional design specifications and functional test scenarios, and support scenario/integration testing. • Collaborate with Development, Integration, and Change Management to ensure functional designs are implementable and adoptable. • Support training, Functional Testing, UAT, and go-live activities for each rollout wave, working closely with the Change Management function. • Act as a day-to-day liaison between client production/business stakeholders and the Birlasoft technical team. Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, industrial engineering, computer science, information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered. • 10+ years of MES functional consulting experience, ideally with Siemens Opcenter or comparable MES platforms. • Strong understanding of manufacturing processes: production execution, quality, traceability, and material/inventory flows. • Experience preparing BRDs, functional requirement and design specifications, and test scenarios. • Familiarity with ISA-95 and MES/shop-floor digitalization best practices. • Excellent stakeholder communication skills, with experience operating in client-facing, onsite roles. Experience Level Senior Level