MES Capabilities & Enablement Engineer

Project overview

MES Capabilities & Enablement Engineer (PAS-X) | Northeast Switzerland

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Analysis of training, qualification, and application in close cooperation with project managers, process owners, subject matter experts, and teams from production, quality, IT, automation, and validation.
• Transfer of production processes, approved work instructions, and MES functionalities into role-based training concepts, learning objectives, and practical user documentation.
• Development and maintenance of training materials for in-person and online training, including presentations, exercises, simulations, user manuals, and quick reference guides.
• Planning, organization, and execution of user training for production employees, support functions, key users, and multipliers.
• Ensuring user readiness through knowledge checks, practical exercises, feedback sessions, and structured readiness assessments.
• Support of end-users during the implementation and hypercare phase, and first point of contact for process- and system-related questions.
• Identification of recurring user challenges and collaboration with relevant stakeholders for continuous improvement of training measures, documentation, and processes.
• Management of training certificates, training status, evaluation results, competency gaps, and progress and risk reports, considering regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Important

For this position, we are specifically looking for female and male candidates with direct experience in MES enablement, training, or user qualification within a production environment. Applications from career changers or profiles without relevant professional experience unfortunately cannot be considered.

If interested, I look forward to hearing from you. Please send your current CV directly to: *@*.com

Best regards from Zurich

SThree_Germany is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• Completed degree or comparable qualification in Engineering, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Business Administration, Educational Sciences, or a related field.
• Several years of professional experience (approx. 8-10 years) in a comparable role.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and delivering technical, process-related, or system-based training programs.
• Profound knowledge of an MES system, ideally PAS-X. Experience with alternative MES solutions will also be considered.
• Good understanding of production processes and the ability to effectively link operational workflows with digital systems.
• Experience in regulated production environments, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technology, or comparable industries.
• Knowledge in the areas of system implementation, change management, go-live preparation, hypercare, train-the-trainer concepts, or key user structures is an advantage.
• Strong skills in instructional design, adult education, moderation, coaching, and presentation and communication.
• Structured, independent, and solution-oriented way of working with high documentation quality.
• Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken.

Project details

January 2027

Until December 2027 with option for long-term extension

On-site, 3 days per week

Schaffhausen

• Start: 2027-01
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Schaffhausen, Schweiz, CH
• Languages: German