MES Solution Architect | Siemens Opcenter | London

In this role you serve as the technical and architectural authority for enterprise MES initiatives, with Siemens Opcenter as the primary platform. You translate production and quality needs into scalable, end-to-end MES designs and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and cybersecurity. You guide delivery teams through design, deployment, and stabilization, shaping MES architectures across shopfloor and IT landscapes. This role offers impact by enabling robust, interoperable solutions that drive manufacturing performance and traceability.

• Define end-to-end MES solution architecture for enterprise deployments, with Siemens Opcenter as the primary platform
• Translate production, quality, traceability, and scheduling requirements into logical and physical designs
• Own architecture artifacts including shopfloor landscapes, ISA-95-aligned workflows, integration patterns, and deployment views
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity, and non-functional requirements
• Provide architectural governance across the MES lifecycle (design → deployment → stabilization)
• Act as the technical authority for MES architecture decisions across design and implementation phases
• Guide and mentor solution designers, technical leads, and plant-level implementation teams
• Support configuration and customization of Opcenter modules (Execution, Quality, APS, Intelligence)
• Troubleshoot complex integration, performance, and deployment challenges in manufacturing environments
• Design and govern integrations between Opcenter and ERP/PLM/SCADA/IoT platforms and data systems
• Define manufacturing data models, genealogy/traceability structures, and real-time data flows
• Ensure data integrity, performance, and end-to-end visibility from shopfloor to enterprise (Level 3 to Level 4)
• Drive alignment with ISA-95 / ISA-88 standards
• Collaborate with operations, plant leadership, and engineering teams to align MES with production workflows, quality processes, WIP tracking, scheduling and capacity planning
• Lead design of digital thread between manufacturing, quality, and supply chain
• Engage stakeholders to validate solution design and align with platform capabilities and roadmap
• Support sales and pursuit teams with MES solution architecture, estimates, and proposals

• 15+ years of experience in MES solution architecture and implementation with strong Siemens Opcenter expertise
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale MES programs across multi-site manufacturing environments
• Strong understanding of shopfloor operations, manufacturing execution, and production systems
• Hands-on experience with Opcenter modules (Execution / APS / Quality / Intelligence)
• Experience integrating MES with ERP, PLM, SCADA, IoT, and data platforms
• Strong knowledge of ISA-95, ISA-88, and manufacturing data models
• Excellent communication skills to engage both plant-level and executive stakeholders

• excellent communication
• stakeholder engagement
• mentoring and leadership
• Siemens Opcenter (Execution, APS, Quality, Intelligence)
• ISA-95
• ISA-88