Sr. IT Administrator

JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY

Opportunity for a Sr. IT Administrator to join Adient’s automotive plant in Holland, MI. The Sr. IT Administrator manages the plant’s IT department and will provide services and support to Plant Operations. Focus on cost-effective solutions with a continuous improvement mindset to maximize performance and efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage IT Team, primarily on 1st shift weekdays, ensuring support for off-shift, weekends, and on-call support.
• Consult with plant management on continuous improvement ideas and fulfill requests.
• Project Management or key team member of projects to deliver new initiatives and service improvements.
• Drive problem management resolution and permanent corrective actions.
• Provides key Plant IT contact for internal and external Adient Customers.
• Ensures Company IT activities are communicated promptly to the Plant Leaders.
• Responsible for IT tasks related to launches and communicating updates at readiness reviews.

IT Infrastructure & Applications

• Responsible for the daily operations of computer systems including but not limited to the following:
  • Perform Level 1, incident management, and support for hardware, communications, networking, software, and shop-floor systems at the manufacturing facility. Escalate to next-level support teams if applicable.
  • Monitor, event management and administration of local IT Infrastructure.
  • Adhering to the processes and standards of the company.
  • Manage access to IT services while complying with Security and Vulnerability standards.
  • Ensure system backups are current and can be restored.
  • Schedule and coordinate hardware and infrastructure installation with Corporate and 3rd party suppliers.
  • Maintain Key and Operational Metrics.
  • Maintain documentation of IT Services, Equipment, and Procedures.
  • 7×24 on-call availability for critical plant operation system support.
  • Willingness to work 45+ hours a week and weekends.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 6 years of IT-related experience.
• 3 years leading IT operations services and team.
• Strong communication, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to delegate and track multiple work streams.
• Desire to have broad responsibilities and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Associate/Technical Degree in an IT-related field of study with 5+ years of experience.

Additional Desired

• At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally in the automotive industry.
• Manufacturing Execution System (MES) experience.
• Basic database knowledge and report writing skills.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Lakewood

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