MES Developer Consultant at Deloitte - Worth It?
Getting recruited for an MES Developer Consultant role at Deloitte and trying to figure out if it's a real career move or just consulting churn.
My situation:
- Have a Industrial Engineering background (On the floor Process Improvement/ Lil bit of DES & Digital twin exp)
-No continuous Coding/developer exp of sorts. Familiar with SQL and Python here and there. Never even touched a MES software design
- Attracted by the title and prestige, but worried about being pigeon-holed into manufacturing systems forever
- Real question: can you actually pivot away from technical work, or are you trapped doing MES implementations for 10 years?
What I actually want to know:
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What's day-to-day ACTUALLY like? (The polished description vs. reality)
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How brutal is the travel? (They say 50-60%, but is that real?)
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If you decide you hate MES in Year 4, how hard is it to pivot internally to strategy role or jump ship?
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Is the salary (130k ish + bonus)/trajectory worth the lifestyle?
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Anyone here make it to management without burning out?
Bonus question: If you realized consulting wasn't for you, where did you land?
Thanks in advance - Googling this just gives me recruiter BS.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC