MES Technician

MES Technician – Ignition & Controls Jeffersonville, Indiana | Onsite | Non-Exempt Keep manufacturing connected. Solve real production problems. Help shape the future of smart manufacturing.

Build the Systems That Keep Production Moving voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation is seeking hands-on MES Technicians for 2nd and 3rd shift to support the technology that connects our people, equipment, and production systems. In this role, you will be the first point of technical coordination for Ignition Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Operational Technology (OT) issues affecting the plant floor. You will troubleshoot problems, restore service using approved procedures, gather diagnostics, coordinate escalation, and help minimize production interruptions. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically curious problem-solver who enjoys working where IT, automation, and manufacturing come together. You will collaborate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, IT, and OT teams while building experience with Ignition, industrial networks, PLC/HMI environments, and connected shop-floor technology. You will be joining a startup and launch environment where systems, processes, priorities, and production needs may change rapidly. Success in this role requires adaptability, sound judgment, and a willingness to balance immediate production support with launch activities while helping build reliable, sustainable support practices as operations mature. What You’ll Do

• Provide hands-on support for MES applications, operator interfaces, and production-floor technology.
• Troubleshoot issues involving workstations, industrial PCs, thin clients, scanners, printers, applications, network connections, machine interfaces, databases, and related production systems.
• Support production transactions, work-order execution, downtime tracking, production counts, equipment status, quality and scrap data, material tracking, and electronic production records.
• Assist with Ignition applications, including Perspective and Vision clients, while gathering logs, screenshots, error details, and equipment status for escalated incidents.
• Help diagnose communications between shop-floor equipment, MES applications, Ignition gateways, databases, and enterprise systems.
• Coordinate MES/OT incidents by assessing production impact, resolving issues within your authority, and escalating to engineering, cybersecurity, vendors, integrators, or management when needed.
• Maintain accurate incident records, troubleshooting procedures, support documentation, and shift-handoff information.
• Participate in root-cause problem solving and continuous-improvement activities that strengthen MES/OT reliability.

Expand Your Controls and Automation Experience As a secondary part of the role, you may assist qualified Controls, Maintenance, Engineering, IT, or OT personnel with approved troubleshooting of PLCs, HMIs, sensors, industrial networks, I/O devices, drives, servo systems, vision systems, instrumentation, safety circuits, and automated equipment. PLC or HMI changes, backups, restores, testing, and version checks are performed only when you are trained, authorized, and working within established change-control procedures. What You Bring

• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment supporting manufacturing technology, MES, industrial automation, IT/OT infrastructure, controls, or production systems.
• An associate degree in Information Technology, Industrial Technology, Automation, Electronics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant technical and manufacturing experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of MES processes, production data collection, operator interfaces, Windows-based devices, industrial PCs, scanners, or production printers.
• Basic understanding of Ethernet/TCP/IP, industrial-network connectivity, SQL/database fundamentals, or system-to-system communications.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, with the ability to stay calm and methodical during production-impacting incidents.
• Clear communication, strong documentation habits, and a service-oriented approach when supporting manufacturing users.
• The ability to work onsite, respond promptly to plant-floor needs, and work the assigned shift with occasional overtime or planned-downtime coverage.

Preferred Experience

• Ignition by Inductive Automation, including Perspective, Vision, Tag Historian, alarms, reporting, gateway configuration, or MES modules.
• MES, SCADA, HMI, PLC communications, industrial controls, or automation systems.
• OPC UA, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, MQTT, managed switches, VLANs, remote I/O, or industrial communications.
• Python or Ignition scripting, computerized maintenance-management systems, help-desk ticketing, or industrial cybersecurity.
• Inductive Automation Ignition credentialing, industrial-controls training, or a networking certification.
• Comfort working in a rapidly changing startup or launch environment, with the ability to adjust priorities as systems and production needs evolve.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Work directly with the technology that keeps manufacturing operations connected and productive.
• Build practical experience across MES, OT, Ignition, industrial networks, controls, and automation.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to solve visible, high-impact production challenges.
• Grow toward opportunities such as MES Technician II, MES Technician III, MES Software Engineer, Electrical and Controls Technician, or Automation Controls Engineer.
• Pursue development through Ignition credentialing, industrial-networking and PLC/HMI training, cybersecurity training, tuition reimbursement, special projects, and leadership development.

Additional Requirements

• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel occasionally for training or support at another company location.
• Ability to participate in an on-call or after-hours escalation rotation if established for the facility.
• Ability to comply with company safety, cybersecurity, access-control, data-integrity, and change-management requirements.
• This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. For some areas – may also need to meet applicable U.S.-person requirements under ITAR/EAR.

Work Schedule

• We are hiring for 2nd and 3rd shift support and the specific hours will be based on facility production requirements and will typically work five days per week
• 2nd shift will be Monday to Friday
• 3rd shift will be Monday overnight to Friday overnight

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Why Join Us? At RFC, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside industry experts, collaborate on technically challenging projects, and play a direct role in driving the company's future growth. We offer an environment where initiative is valued, ideas are encouraged, and your contributions have visible impact.

If you're motivated by building relationships, discovering opportunities, and helping customers solve complex manufacturing challenges, this could be the next step in your career.

Ready to Help Keep Production Moving? Apply today and help shape the future of manufacturing solutions with RFC.

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Who We Are voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation, or RFC as we call it, supplies custom roll formed metal components into several industries including Aerospace, Construction, Material Handling, Off-Highway, Office Furniture, Solar and Transportation. In 2000, Roll Forming Corporation was acquired by globally leading technology group voestalpine AG and became part of the Metal Forming, Tubes and Sections division. Today, voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation has seven production facilities across three states with five facilities and headquarters located in Shelby County, Kentucky and one facility each in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

What We Offer You

• Several great benefit plans, including multiple health insurance options, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability coverage, health-saving accounts, or flexible spending account
• Paid time off the first year including vacation, personal and sick time
• 401K or 401K Roth up to 6% Match
• Quarterly Profit-Sharing Bonus
• Leadership training opportunities
• TogetherWeCare, a philanthropic volunteer program that allows employees to support their community while on company time
• Countdown to Zero, a global environmental impact initiative that strives to make our work environment more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Learn more at www.rfcorp.com/careers/life-at-rfc

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Work Authorization Requirement: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. RFC is not able to sponsor employment visas for this position.

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation is an At Will employer. Employment will be at-will, which means that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without prior notice, and with or without cause.

Roll Forming Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, and any other federal, state, or locally protected classifications.

Please contact us at RFC.HR@voestalpine.com if you require any alternate application form or accommodation during our hiring process due to disability.