Associate Director, Application Engineering (MES)

About the role

McCain is looking for an experienced Associate Director of Application Engineering to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of its Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). The role focuses on scaling the Parsec TrakSYS platform across the company’s manufacturing sites, ensuring long‑term sustainability and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for MES design, implementation, support and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the subject‑matter expert for Parsec TrakSYS, handling configuration, customization, extension development and platform administration.
• Define and evaluate MES architecture to ensure scalability, maintainability, security and alignment with business goals.
• Review technical designs, custom development and coding standards for quality and performance.
• Lead integration of MES with ERP, automation, historian, quality‑management and other enterprise systems.
• Partner with manufacturing stakeholders to translate operational requirements into technology solutions.
• Drive application‑engineering best practices, technical governance and system lifecycle management.
• Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the organization.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in MES, manufacturing applications or industrial technology environments.
• Proven track record leading technical teams and providing architecture oversight for complex enterprise solutions.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and production systems.

Required skills

• Deep hands‑on expertise with Parsec TrakSYS (implementation, configuration, customization, extension development, production support).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server, including database design, optimization and troubleshooting.