MES Implementation Consultant (Freelance)
Job Description
About Brainsquare & this opportunity
At Brainsquare, we help organizations solve complex business challenges through technology, integration and collaboration. With over 25 years of experience, we design, build and manage business-critical application landscapes for leading international companies.
We also help manufacturing organizations successfully adopt digital production systems and drive operational excellence through digital transformation initiatives.
To strengthen our delivery capabilities in this domain, we are looking for an experienced MES Implementation Consultant who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, manufacturing operations and user adoption.
This is a highly visible, hands-on role focused on the successful rollout, adoption and stabilization of a manufacturing execution platform across multiple production sites in Europe and beyond. You will work closely with production teams, method engineers, key users and project stakeholders to ensure successful implementations, operational readiness and long-term adoption.
This opportunity is ideal for consultants who enjoy being present on the shop floor, guiding users through change, and helping manufacturing organizations realize tangible business value from digital manufacturing solutions.
Your role
As MES Implementation Consultant, you will be responsible for supporting and leading manufacturing system roll-outs at production sites.
You will:
Prepare and coordinate site roll-out activities
Support go-live and hypercare phases
Train key users and local stakeholders
Facilitate workshops and knowledge transfer sessions
Translate business processes into system usage and implementation activities
Act as the bridge between production teams and the implementation program
Monitor adoption and identify improvement opportunities
Support issue resolution during roll-outs
Build trust with plant managers, method engineers and operational stakeholders
Travel regularly to production sites across Europe and occasionally beyond Europe
Ideal backgrounds
We are especially interested in professionals coming from one or more of the following backgrounds:
Manufacturing Systems Consultant
Manufacturing IT Consultant
Digital Manufacturing Consultant
Production Systems Consultant
MES Implementation Consultant
ERP Implementation Consultant (Manufacturing)
Industrial Digitalization Consultant
Smart Factory Consultant
Manufacturing Transformation Consultant
Process Engineer with strong IT affinity
Operational Excellence Consultant with digital manufacturing exposure