IT Manager presso PDM

Description

Reports to: VP of Finance & Risk Management

Position Summary: Manage mission-critical technologies across manufacturing and production platforms. Actively lead and manage staff responsible for intercompany and production platforms, platform security, and third-party application technologies. Oversee the environment to ensure timely and high-quality customer support. Manage capacity to ensure that hardware platforms, core technologies, and hybrid environments are prepared for expansion and positioned for rapid growth and scalability.  

Adhere to PDM’s Core Values:

• Relationship Building: We foster long-term positive relationships with fellow employee-owners, external partners, and our communities.
• Accountability: We consistently demonstrate a high level of personal accountability. 
• Urgency: We operate with a sense of urgency.
• Innovation: We embrace growth and change.
• Create Return on Efforts: We create positive results on all our efforts.
• Pillars: 1) Safety, 2) Quality, 3) Happiness, 4) Performance

Areas of Accountability:

• Confer with and advise staff on standards, operating policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities, and methods
• Develop cooperative and supportive relationships with senior-level personnel from inside and outside the company for delivery of appropriate systems
• Develop relationships with vendors and PDM management for procurement and sharing of products and services 
• Ensure technical accuracy, feasibility and identify technical issues that may impact the company goals 
• Responsible for product recommendation and selection of computer hardware and software 
• Plan new systems and enhance present telecommunications
• Plan and maintain a technological road map that ensures the system’s uptime is met 
• Maintain a thorough functional and operational knowledge of operating systems, control systems, new developments in hardware, new program products and new directions in the manufacturing industry 
• Manage assigned staff and provide for their training and development related to their job responsibilities. 
• Administer and monitor department operating budget. 
• Maintain adequate server, system, and application security practices 
• Formalize and oversee the process of reporting incidents related to issues in the data communications and computer systems areas that have a negative impact on production throughput.  
• Provide effective communication through reports to Senior PDM Management as requested 
• Ensure staff compliance with group, department and PDM policies and procedures, confers with senior management, if necessary 
• While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from jobs and to assign other duties as necessary

Requirements

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge of building and operating mission critical computing environments is preferred. Strong knowledge of industry, best practices around performance, and security best practices preferred.
• Experience directly managing teams and personnel. Knowledge of hybrid infrastructure, Windows, Office, SharePoint, Ubiquiti, Dell, web, and third-party application/hardware technologies is preferred. 

Education: This position requires a college degree or equivalent experience. Additional years of related experience may be substituted for the educational requirement.

Experience: Manufacturing background preferred

DISCLAIMER

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

PDM is an equal opportunity employer.