UKI Business Consulting - Supply Chain & Operations, Manufacturing & AI Transformation, Senior Con
Ernst and Young2 days ago
Dublin, IrelandSenior
Responsibilities
- Assess manufacturing and quality workflows, user needs, system interfaces, equipment data, and current-state issues through observations, interviews, workshops, and data review.
- Produce process flows, user stories, functional requirements, data mappings, interface requirements, controls, and acceptance criteria.
- Support design and implementation of manufacturing execution, electronic batch records, eDHRs, recipe and routing management, genealogy, review-by-exception, connected-worker, and plant-performance capabilities.
- Trace data across MES/MOM, ERP, LIMS, QMS, historians, SCADA, DCS/PLC, and asset-management platforms, identifying data gaps and integration dependencies.
- Develop equipment and batch hierarchies, source-to-target mappings, data-quality rules, and contextualized manufacturing datasets.
- Work with architects and engineers on interface specifications, APIs, industrial connectivity, and data movement between plant, edge, and enterprise environments.
- Configure or prototype solution components and document design decisions.
- Prepare and execute functional and integration tests, record defects, support retesting, and maintain requirements-to-test traceability.
- Support deployment readiness, cutover, training, hypercare, handover, and issue resolution for plant users.
- Support GxP, data-integrity, electronic-record, change-control, and computer-system-validation documentation.
- Assess data quality and workflow fit for analytics and AI use cases, documenting where human review is required.
- Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to clients and engagement leaders, and coordinate defined tasks with junior colleagues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, life sciences, manufacturing, information systems, computer science, supply chain, or a related discipline.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in Life Sciences manufacturing, manufacturing systems, automation, industrial data, systems implementation, technology consulting, or a related field.
- Experience with manufacturing or quality processes in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical-device, or another comparably regulated environment.
- Experience producing technical or functional delivery artifacts such as requirements, process maps, data mappings, interface specifications, configuration documents, test scripts, or deployment materials.
- Experience collaborating with operational stakeholders and technical delivery teams to investigate requirements, resolve issues, or implement solutions.
- Ability to travel as needed; expected travel can range from 80–100%.
- Preferred experience with MES/MOM, electronic batch records, eDHRs, recipe management, LIMS, QMS, historians, SCADA, DCS/PLC, connected-worker solutions, or industrial-data platforms.
- Preferred familiarity with ISA-88/IEC 61512, ISA-95/IEC 62264, OPC UA, MQTT/Sparkplug, GxP validation, risk-based software assurance, data-integrity controls, electronic records, or OT cybersecurity.
- Preferred experience with Process Analytical Technology, continuous improvement, manufacturing analytics or AI, predictive maintenance, deviation investigation, decision support, drug substance, drug product, biologics, sterile manufacturing, medical devices, or technology transfer.
- Relevant platform, cloud, data, automation, Agile, or manufacturing certification is desirable.
Benefits
- Full-time permanent employment in Ireland with hybrid working and flexible working arrangements.
- Competitive remuneration package and customizable FlexEY benefits.
- Pension, discounted health insurance, unlimited online GP consultations, additional annual leave purchase, gym membership, travel pass, maternity and paternity leave, bike-to-work scheme, recognition awards, referral incentives, and a work mobile.
- Career development, coaching, continuous learning, leadership development, and opportunities to develop new skills.
- EY-paid Tech MBA and wellness rooms available in some offices.
- Client-facing travel and occasional client-site work may be required, with flexible arrangements intended to support work-life balance.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Ernst and Young
Ernst & Young (EY) provides audit/assurance, tax, consulting, strategy and transactions services to enterprises, financial institutions, and public‑sector clients. Structured as a global network of partner‑owned member firms, it sells professional services on a fee basis, including a dedicated Financial Services Organization for banking, insurance, and capital markets. Headquartered in London, EY was formed in 1989 from the merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young, and operates in 150+ countries.