Job description

IT / Manufacturing Technology Leader / Manager – Toledo, OR

Expert Technical Solutions has an immediate opening for an IT/ Manufacturing Technology Leader with one of our leading clients in Toledo, OR. This is a full-time, permanent role is with one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world. We offer excellent salary and benefits!

This individual will be responsible for innovation, processes, and technology within our manufacturing mill. A true ‘Big Picture’ role within the plant. The ideal candidate comes from the manufacturing industry and has worked recently within IT and technology infrastructure. You will serve as a liaison between our corporate office and the manufacturing facility, helping to innovate, implement new technology, automate processes, etc. This role will have a few direct reports but will also oversee numerous vendors. Strategy is also an important aspect of this role.

Responsibilities:

• Oversight and leadership for the site manufacturing IT, Operations Technology, reliability, capability, and resources.
• Active participation on the mill leadership team to drive change and leverage technology and processes to create value.
• Collaboratively define technology automation vision and opportunities for waste elimination and optimization through material processing and handling, product flow and tracking, technology usage, monitoring, and analytics to enable competitive position.
• Collaboratively work with the Process Controls groups to drive innovations of IoT efforts.
• Executing strategies based on vision which:
• Leverage technologies, capabilities, and transformation to rapidly improve and influence operating costs.
• Develop capabilities that provide shop floor performance metrics that can be actionable for employees on the shop floor to respond timely to key losses and opportunities.
• Successful implementation of capital projects.
• Challenges the status quo of how work has always been done.

Duties:

• Managing all local IT/Operations Technology activity and ensuring it is aligned with the business vision and strategies.
• Working directly with key operations and business leaders to automate and optimize processes.
• Connecting the mill leadership team to IT vision and strategy.
• Developing and gaining buy-in for a comprehensive IT roadmap at the local site.
• Experimenting with new technologies and solutions, enhancing our knowledge of innovation and opportunities.
• Managing internal and 3rd party infrastructure resources for delivery of critical site services. Active member of Manufacturing IT community sharing best practices and standards.
• Understanding and promoting awareness & adoption of leveraged applications and services.
• Provide transformational and collaborative leadership in working with Process Control, Engineering and Operations groups.
• This is a working leader role, so in addition to leading the team and executing strategies, this role will be working on and in the process to help drive long term value for the site.

Requirements:

• 5+ years IT Infrastructure / engineering experience – knowledge of networks, servers, software, firewalls, etc.
• Current or prior Leadership experience – leading teams of at least 1-2 or more resources
• Project Management skills/abilities
• Excellent Communication Skills

Preferred Skills:

• Experience supporting a manufacturing environment - familiarity with PLC’s, DCS’s, process control systems, etc.
• Experience in FactoryTalk, Honeywell DCS Technologies
• Process control/engineering and/or automation experience.
• Experience with industrial networks and communication protocols
• Experience gathering customer ideas/requirements and translating into effective solutions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $110,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

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