Digital Manufacturing Consultant
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Domain Subject-Matter Expert (SME) with hands-on knowledge of plant operations and digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will understand production processes, plant systems, and Industry 4.0 technologies and be able to bridge manufacturing operations and technology teams. The consultant will partner with plant leadership and production, quality, maintenance, engineering, and IT/OT teams to understand business challenges and define digital requirements. Key activities include leading discovery workshops, developing functional specifications, recommending best-fit solutions, and collaborating with solution architects and engineering teams to deliver scalable Industry 4.0 initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Engage plant stakeholders to understand manufacturing processes, operational challenges, and business objectives.
- Lead requirement-discovery workshops, process assessments, and digital maturity evaluations.
- Define functional and technical requirements for digital manufacturing initiatives.
- Recommend and design solutions using MES, SCADA, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), connected-worker, quality, maintenance, artificial intelligence, and analytics platforms.
- Define integrations across ERP, MES, SCADA, historian, CMMS, QMS, WMS, and other enterprise and plant systems.
- Collaborate with solution architects, engineering teams, and customers to develop scalable Industry 4.0 solutions.
- Define manufacturing KPIs, dashboards, and business-value metrics.
Qualifications
- APIs
- Industrial communication protocols
- CMMS
- MQTT
- OPC UA
- SCADA
- WMS
- Communication
- Leadership
- Business objectives
- Assessments
- Digital Manufacturing
- Consulting
- Dashboards
- Digital transformation
- ERP
- Functional specifications
- Ignition
- Industry 4.0
- Internet of Things
- IoT platforms
- Lean Manufacturing
- Maintenance
- Manufacturing
- Production processes
- Manufacturing operations
- Manufacturing processes
- Metrics
- Operational Excellence
- Plant operations
- Manufacturing systems
- QMS
- Requirements-gathering
Pay
$130 - $140 per year
Schedule
8am to 4pm
Location
Holland, Michigan
Job type
Permanent
Education
Bachelors