Apex Systems Looking for Manufacturing IT Systems Manager at Fishkill, NY Full Time

Job Description:

Manufacturing IT Systems Manager

Job Summary

Seeking a self-driven and motivated Manufacturing IT Systems Manager to join our leadership team one hour north of Boston.

As the Manufacturing IT Systems Manager, you will have the opportunity to oversee all manufacturing application software development, systems analysis, and associated ongoing operational/sustainability needs of the site. This includes the MES (Manufacturing Execution System), equipment automation, and the myriad of data involved throughout the business process. The systems and data that this team is responsible for is ultimately used by leadership, operations, engineering, quality, and logistics to improve and manage the site’s performance. It is a great opportunity to join an innovative, world-class company. This position requires an individual who will thrive in problem-solving roles. The right candidate for this position will additionally thrive in a rapidly evolving, highly dynamic, and collaborative environment, and have a demonstrated passion for results through action.

Performance Objectives

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of software developers / systems analysts focusing on the MES (Manufacturing Execution System), equipment automation, related manufacturing applications, and all associated data.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with IT peers, cross-functional team members, internal stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Develop and deliver on a strategy that includes the provision of new solutions, the management/remediation of existing risks, and the continuous improvement of internal operations, all in the spirit of supporting the factory’s aggressive ramp/transformation.
• Oversee the creation and enhancement of new/existing software in response to defined business priorities.
• Deepen stakeholder relationships: identifying needs, evaluating options, and securing partnership.
• Function as a technical hands-on working member of the team when the situation requires.
• Evaluate existing transactions and reports for automation opportunities, translate opportunities into technical requirements, logic, and code.
• Research new tools, software, and equipment for plant specific needs to automate operations, transactions, and reporting in all departments.
• Write interfaces, conversions, reports and queries.
• Develop the team’s experience in data science and build data solutions for our operational challenges.
• Work with global team to interact with global systems in an acceptable manner to automate transactions to/from global systems.
• Grow and develop the software engineering team skill set.
• Continuously improve software quality and testing practices.
• Integrate equipment and information systems to automate data exchange and enhance reporting.
• Automate data acquisition, collection, aggregation and reporting to reduce error, increase efficiency, and improve information availability.
• Facilitate and organize continuous improvement teams focused on software automation and error proofing projects.
• Lead project teams with numerous technical and non-technical disciplines.
• Document processes and systems.

Requirements

• General:
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science and/or related IT/engineering field
  • 7+ years of experience with a manufacturing company, and 3+ years of experience leading a team of people
  • Able to identify technology needs, formulate corresponding solutions, and utilize systematic methods/processes to further continuous improvement
  • Familiar with software development methodologies and best practices, general infrastructure design, and project management concepts and approaches
  • Can manage multiple concurrent tasks/projects along with the involvement of multiple types of resources (FTE’s, vendors, contractors, interns, etc.)
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic, global environment, and with the communication involved
  • Hard skills/interests in systems and analysis
• Technical skills:
  • The candidate needs to have deep understanding of shop floor activities and process automation in addition to prior experience in Manufacturing Execution System (MES) use and support. Understanding of a technical manufacturing processes
  • Extensive experience with shop floor data collection, including serialized data collection of process results, test results, paperless repair operations, quality analysis and reporting, statistical process control, shop floor processes and controls, scheduling, and traceability
  • Understand both manufacturing processes and IT systems and possess strong root cause analysis skills to identify correlations and draw conclusions.
  • Experience developing system interfaces, machine interfaces, web applications, web services and clients, Windows services and forms, software libraries, database development, and scripting.
  • Experience with Specific Tools: SAP, Oracle EBS, AVEVA (Wonderware) Preferred
  • Development experience with .NET, MySQL, PHP, C, HTML, Perl, Python in an open systems environment on Windows systems
  • Working knowledge and experience of cybersecurity and manufacturing systems
  • Software project management experience (scope, workload, resources, timeline, revision control)
  • Hardware knowledge: servers and IP networks, shop floor data acquisition, automation, and flow control (PLCs, mobile RF devices, RFID devices, barcode scanners, label printers and serialization)
  • Machine and tester data acquisition interfaces
  • Ability to translate “vague” verbal descriptions of processes and transactions into detailed logic flow and code
• Leadership skills:
  • Ability to plan and execute software and system projects
  • Open minded visionary
  • Champion diversity of ideas and thought processes
  • Good organization skills
  • Ability to Mentor/Teach/Coach
  • Ability to make decisions

EEO Employer

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