Senior Principal MES Engineer
Enterprise-wide authority
Career Explorer · Procurement, Supply Chain & Manufacturing · Manufacturing Execution Systems Engineering
Standard where business need supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Leads highly consequential ambiguous domains
- Scope
- Multiple business units / global platforms
- Time horizon
- Multi-year
- Expertise and judgement
- Anticipates industry shifts; resolves novel problems; develops other experts
- Expected impact
- Creates durable enterprise advantage or risk reduction
Expected skills (23)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (12)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountability Personal Effectiveness | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Active listening Communication & Influence | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Learning agility Thinking & Judgment | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Ownership Personal Effectiveness | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Problem solving Thinking & Judgment | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Verbal communication Communication & Influence | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Written communication Communication & Influence | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Quality mindset Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P5 | Shapes enterprise culture and leader expectations through Quality mindset. |
| Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills | Supporting | P5 | Shapes enterprise culture and leader expectations through Safety-first judgment. |
Professional (7)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice, develops other experts and shapes strategy through the skill. |
| Lean manufacturing Operational Excellence | Core | P5 | Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Lean manufacturing and develops other experts. |
| Operational excellence systems Operational Excellence | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Operational excellence systems and develops other experts. |
| Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Operational Excellence | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and develops other experts. |
| Scrap reduction Operational Excellence | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Scrap reduction and develops other experts. |
| Standard work Operational Excellence | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Standard work and develops other experts. |
| Yield improvement Operational Excellence | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise strategy or external practice for Yield improvement and develops other experts. |
Technical (4)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill of Materials (BOM) Manufacturing Systems & Automation | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice for Bill of Materials (BOM), resolves novel problems and shapes long-term capability. |
| Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Manufacturing Systems & Automation | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), resolves novel problems and shapes long-term capability. |
| New Product Introduction (NPI) Advanced Manufacturing | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice for New Product Introduction (NPI), resolves novel problems and shapes long-term capability. |
| Technology transfer Advanced Manufacturing | Supporting | P5 | Defines enterprise or industry practice for Technology transfer, resolves novel problems and shapes long-term capability. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- Distinguished MES EngineerIC7IC promotion
Move from enterprise authority to company/industry authority; establish new paradigms and visibly shape company-wide direction.
What changes to advance
Move from enterprise authority to company/industry authority; establish new paradigms and visibly shape company-wide direction.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites · JF0417-IC6