IT Manufacturing Technical Leader

Summary

The IT Manufacturing Technical Leader, is responsible for the strategy, delivery, support, and modernization of HSC's manufacturing systems portfolio. This leader manages a team of 5-7 professionals and serves as the primary IT partner to Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and Maintenance organizations.

The role owns the long-term roadmap, reliability, cybersecurity, and lifecycle management of manufacturing applications, operational technology solutions, and manufacturing data platforms supporting production operations.

Essential Functions

Manufacturing Systems Leadership

• Own the overall manufacturing systems strategy and roadmap.


• Serve as the single point of accountability for manufacturing systems reliability, support, and modernization.


• Partner with Manufacturing leadership to align technology investments with operational priorities.


• Lead application lifecycle management, technical standards, architecture decisions, and vendor strategy.

Manufacturing Systems Portfolio Ownership

• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES/MOM)


• SCADA and manufacturing automation systems


• Quality Management Systems


• Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)


• Manufacturing Data Historian platforms


• Plant Maintenance systems


• Engineering applications


• Manufacturing reporting and analytics solutions


• Manufacturing-related IT/OT integrations and interfaces


• Own system performance, support models, budgets, vendor relationships, upgrades, and technology roadmaps across the portfolio.

MES Transformation Leadership

• Lead the migration from ABB MES to Critical Manufacturing MES and sunset legacy applications.


• Establish governance, priorities, resources, risks, and executive communications for the program.


• Ensure successful deployment, user adoption, training, and operational support.


• Develop long-term MES capabilities that support manufacturing growth and digital transformation initiatives.  

Ignition SCADA Deployment

• Lead the enterprise implementation and expansion of the Ignition SCADA platform across manufacturing operations.


• Establish architecture, development standards, governance, and support processes.


• Partner with manufacturing and engineering teams to modernize operational visibility and plant-floor decision making.


• Create a scalable foundation for manufacturing data collection, visualization, alarming, reporting, and advanced analytics.

Digital Manufacturing & Data Foundation

• Enable manufacturing data strategy and operational analytics.


• Partner with Data & AI teams to establish trusted manufacturing data sources.


• Support initiatives involving manufacturing dashboards, predictive analytics, use cases, and future smart manufacturing capabilities.

Cybersecurity & Risk Management

• Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams to protect manufacturing systems.


• Ensure compliance with industrial cybersecurity standards and corporate policies.


• Own disaster recovery and business continuity plans for manufacturing systems.

Manage technology risks affecting manufacturing operations

Operational Excellence

• Ensure high availability of production-critical applications.


• Drive incident reduction, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.


• Establish KPIs and service-level metrics for manufacturing systems.


• Support a 24x7 manufacturing operation through effective operational support processes.  

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5-7 direct reports.


• Establish performance expectations and development plans.


• Build succession plans and reduce key-person dependency risks across manufacturing systems.


• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Education Requirements

Required Work Experience

• 10+ years of IT experience, including leadership roles supporting manufacturing or industrial operations.


• Experience with MES platforms and manufacturing system implementations, upgrades, or migrations.


• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, system integrations, industrial automation, and operational technologies.


• Proven ability to lead teams, manage complex initiatives, and work effectively across business and technical organizations.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with Critical Manufacturing MES, Ignition (SCADA), LIMS (Sample Manager), Data Historians (AVEVA PI) or manufacturing data platforms.


• Experience supporting chemical, process manufacturing, or other highly automated production environments.


• Knowledge of IT/OT environments.