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Fresh graduates with internship in supporting MES roll out or maintenance in pharmaceutical or medical device industry may apply for a Junior role.\nHave at least been a user of one Manufacturing Execution System (MES) (e.g., Syncade, PAS-X, OpCenter EX Pharma, POMSnet, PharmaSuite) and/or Data management or integration technologies (e.g., OSI PI, IP.21) or have authored recipes in the MES.\nPreferably with experience in system background including virtualization, software and hardware.\nPreferably with experience with system integration such as between MES and ERP, MES with DCS and / or MES and Historian.\nPreferably with working knowledge on database management.\nPreferably with understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment in the biopharmaceutical industry.\nPreferably having supported installation, administration and troubleshooting of computer systems and servers.\nPreferably with familiarity with cloud platforms.\nPreferably with reporting and data visualization tools.\nUnderstand computerised system requirements in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11) and industry best practice (e.g., ISA 88, GAMP5).\n\nWhy Join ORKA:Work that Matters: Support clients bringing innovative and life saving solutions to the population.\nCareer Development: Build a consulting career in a professional consulting company with Life Sciences focus. Exposure with mutliple MES solutions.\nProfessional Environment: Work with similar professionals possessing Intelligence, Resourcefulness, Loyalty and Teamwork characteristics.\nImpactful Learning and Mentoring: Develop yourself in an environment that heavily foster learning attitude and benefit from access to training materials, references, mentors and management with wide range of regulated industry experiences.\nSkills\nMES, MES Software, User Requirements, cGMP, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Computerised Systems Validation, SQL, S88, Virtualisation, Database Management Systems, Batch Management","description_format":"text","description_chars":3122,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Biotechnology"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T22:00:00Z"}],"liveness":{"score":23,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":0.85,"p_active":0.593,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":24,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["seen:24","velocity","win:tail","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":79860,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/orka-lifescience-partners-mes-engineer-pharma","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/orka-lifescience-partners-mes-engineer-pharma.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T11:12:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2733,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2267,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}