MES Architecture Lead

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About The Role

As part ACC’s strategy to internalize critical Manufacturing Execution System (MES) competencies and Manufacturing Operations Management (MoM) capabilities, we are seeking an experienced AVEVA MES / MOM Architect to define, govern, and evolve the architecture of our manufacturing digital platform supporting battery Gigafactory operations.

This role will be responsible for establishing and maintaining the target-state architecture of ACC’s AVEVA-based MES ecosystem, ensuring alignment between manufacturing operations, business objectives, industrial standards, and long-term digital transformation initiatives. The architect will provide technical leadership across the full application lifecycle, from solution design and integration strategy through development governance, deployment, supportability, and continuous platform evolution.

Acting as the technical authority for MES and manufacturing operations solutions, the successful candidate will define architectural standards, development frameworks, reusable design patterns, and integration principles while ensuring scalability, reliability, maintainability, cybersecurity, and operational excellence across all manufacturing environments.

The role combines solution architecture, software engineering leadership, industrial digitalization expertise, and stakeholder engagement, working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, IT, Data, Cybersecurity, and external technology partners to build a sustainable, future-proof, and internally owned manufacturing platform.

In addition, the architect will play a key role in building knowledge from external partners to ACC teams, developing internal competencies, reducing dependency on external integrators, and helping establish a long-term Manufacturing Digital Center of Excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the target-state architecture of ACC's Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Manufacturing Operations Management (MoM) ecosystem
• Define the architecture vision, technology roadmap, and evolution strategy supporting Gigafactory operations and future manufacturing expansion.
• Establish and govern architecture principles, technical standards, reusable frameworks, design patterns, and software engineering best practices.
• Ensure end-to-end alignment across MES, automation, quality, warehouse management system, ERP, historian, reporting, traceability, and manufacturing data platforms.
• Design solutions that meet business, operational, regulatory, performance, scalability, availability, cybersecurity, and maintainability requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews and act as the design authority for all major MES / MoM initiatives.
• Govern technical debt, lifecycle management, version strategy, environment management, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Drive architecture evolution supporting new production lines, additional Gigafactory deployments, and future digital transformation initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with ISA-95, ISA-88, cybersecurity standards, and manufacturing best practices.
• Promote standardization, reusability, and consistency across all manufacturing software solutions.

Knowledge and Internal Capability Development

• Lead the transition from externally delivered MES solutions to sustainable internal ownership and technical autonomy.
• Define, govern, and execute a structured knowledge transfer strategy covering architecture, software development, platform administration, integrations, deployment processes, support operations, and governance practices.
• Establish and maintain architecture documentation, technical reference models, reusable design patterns, support procedures, technical decision records, and implementation guidelines.
• Mentor and coach MES developers, technical leads, and future architects to build long-term internal competencies.
• Develop training frameworks, onboarding materials, and technical learning roadmaps to accelerate capability growth within the MES organization
• Facilitate architecture reviews, technical workshops, design walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Automation, IT, and Data teams.
• Build autonomy by ensuring critical platform knowledge is distributed and retained within ACC.

Solution Architecture and Development Leadership

• Define and govern the architecture of MES and MoM applications built on the AVEVA technology stack, including Application Server, OMI, Historian, Reports, Work Tasks, Communication Drivers, and SQL Server technologies.
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