Job Summary

Ready to help accelerate digital transformation across IFFs global Scent manufacturing network

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients health & biosciences and specialty solutions. We combine science creativity and innovation to create products that enrich everyday life.

Digital Transformation: Enabling smarter more connected operations through data technology and digital solutions that drive business performance and operational excellence.

We are seeking a Global Manufacturing Data & OT Engineer - Scent to strengthen the industrial data foundation across our integral manufacturing this role you will bridge shop-floor systems and enterprise platforms ensuring manufacturing data is reliable contextualized and accessible for analytics operational excellence and digital transformation initiatives.

Where Youll Make a Difference

- Connect and integrate manufacturing data from PLC DCS SCADA MES laboratory and historian systems.
- Support and enhance the AVEVA PI environment including data collection asset frameworks interfaces analytics and manufacturing context.
- Apply ISA-88 and ISA-95 principles to structure equipment process batch and production data.
- Ensure high-quality reliable and governed industrial data for use by analytics reporting MES and enterprise data platforms.
- Monitor data flows troubleshoot data quality issues and coordinate corrective actions with Automation IT Manufacturing and Data teams.
- Support site deployments commissioning activities system improvements and continuous optimization initiatives.
- Promote standards documentation and best practices across global Scent manufacturing sites.

What Makes You the Right Fit

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Automation Control Engineering Chemical Engineering Industrial IT Computer Science Data Engineering or a related field.




- 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing automation industrial data historian MES or IT/OT integration environments.
- Experience with industrial systems such as PLCs DCS SCADA MES and process historians.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with AVEVA PI or similar historian platforms.
- Knowledge of ISA-88 ISA-95 industrial data integration and manufacturing data models.
- Experience with SQL and at least one scripting language such as Python or PowerShell.
- Understanding of industrial connectivity technologies including OPC APIs and database integrations.
- Strong problem-solving collaboration and communication skills.
- Professional English proficiency.

How Would You Stand Out

- Experience in chemical process manufacturing flavors & fragrances life sciences or related industries.
- Knowledge of MES platforms OT cybersecurity practices and industrial networking.
- Experience with Snowflake Power BI Seeq or other analytics platforms.
- Exposure to multi-site manufacturing environments and global deployments.

Why Choose Us

- Help shape the digital manufacturing future of a global organization.
- Work with cutting-edge technologies across OT MES data and analytics platforms.
- Collaborate with global teams across Manufacturing Engineering IT and Digital functions.
- Grow your expertise in industrial data architecture and smart manufacturing.

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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