MES Project Coordinator

About the Opportunity

SimoTech provides manufacturing automation and IT systems engineering, project management, and validation services. We partner with life sciences companies to design, build, operate, and optimize critical process automation systems that deliver fast track project delivery, operational efficiency, improve manufacturing agility, and achieve regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Keep the team aligned on priorities, commitments, and agreed ways of working.
• Track actions, decisions, and risks; flag issues early.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews.
• Identify and remove blockers to support team progress; escalate where required.
• Manage project progress using Jira, maintaining backlog accuracy, tracking progress, and ensuring visibility of work (training provided).
• Support the Project Manager in maintaining project plans, milestones, and key deliverables.
• Coordinate change requests through defined processes to completion.
• Maintain clear stakeholder communication in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Track actions, decisions, and risks, ensuring timely follow-up and early escalation of issues.
• Introduce and embed Agile tools and techniques including sprint cadence, estimation, and workflow discipline.
• Support knowledge management by ensuring documentation of processes, decisions, and technical information.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying areas for enhancement and supporting the team in implementing changes.
• Support team development by facilitating access to training, knowledge sharing, and peer learning opportunities.

About You

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or Life Sciences. Experience coordinating or supporting teams within a project delivery environment. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, both written and verbal. Ability to facilitate meetings and maintain alignment to agreed ways of working. Highly organized and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams effectively. Willingness to learn and adopt Agile/Scrum methodologies and take ownership of their implementation within the team.

Eligibility

SimoTech has an opportunity for an MES Project Coordinator to join our team, supporting one of our multinational clients based in Cork. This is a high impact role where you will act as the central coordination point for the team, ensuring alignment, visibility, and steady progress across day-to-day activities. You will work closely with the Project Manager and Technical Lead, supporting the delivery of validated MES solutions including Electronic Batch Records, Weigh & Dispense, and electronic equipment logbooks.

Benefits

• Role provides a high degree of autonomy to allow the successful candidate to reach their full potential.
• Develop new skills and enhance technical ability by working with innovative technologies in a multi-disciplined environment.
• Opportunity to work with large corporate clients on exciting capital projects.

About Company

What is it like to work at SimoTech? With a strong collaborative teamwork culture based on respect, trust, and excellence, we play a critical partnering role to our clients’ life-changing supply of products to patients. In return, there is excellent salary, benefits, career progression, educational support, and much more.