Senior Manufacturing IT Engineer

The purpose of this role is to serve as the senior technical resource and primary IT owner for embecta’s Holdrege, Nebraska manufacturing site. This role is accountable for the architecture, design, configuration, operational reliability, and continuous improvement of IT and digital technologies that support manufacturing, quality, engineering, and plant operations.

Acting as the on‑site IT lead, this position partners closely with Plant Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Corporate IT teams to translate business and manufacturing requirements into robust, scalable, and compliant technology solutions. The role provides technical leadership, drives standards and best practices, and ensures site technologies align with enterprise IT strategy while meeting the unique demands of a regulated manufacturing environment.

 This role will be onsite in Holdrege Monday- Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Responsibilities:

·         Act as the senior on-site technical escalation point for complex IT and OT incidents, providing hands-on diagnosis, remediation, and root-cause analysis for plant-critical systems.

·         Manage the day-to-day IT systems and operations.

·         Effectively support and lead incident triage and remediation activities as needed and drive continuous improvement.

·         Identify and define new opportunities to leverage technology and/or process re-design to advance business strategies that directly contribute to cost optimization and/or risk mitigation and compliance.

·         Contribute technical expertise to regional and global IT initiatives by evaluating proposed solutions, identifying site-specific impacts, and supporting implementation through hands-on configuration and testing.

·         Work directly with embecta IT teams, outsource partners, and third-party vendors by providing technical direction, reviewing designs and changes, and validating solutions against site requirements and standards.

·         Assist embecta IT teams with troubleshooting issues and contribute to software development efforts.

·         Actively partner with the plant operations teams to ensure their day-to-day operational technology challenges are addressed and that their strategic priorities are understood, including defining ways on how IT can enable or advance those objectives

·         Effective monitoring of site infrastructure and application inventories, SLA management for up and down time.

·         Work effectively with Regional Plant IT leaders to align technological roadmaps & solutions where possible.  Simplification and rationalization of the Infrastructure and Application Portfolio’s.

·         Ensure projects and initiatives are delivered, providing consistent and effective communication on status, managing escalation and avoiding risk. Ensure local and global IT projects, initiatives and implementation plans are reviewed with plant level stakeholders to assess and mitigate any impact on plant operations.

·         Build Knowledge and capability in Manufacturing technologies and processes in emerging technologies as well as improvements to existing investments by keeping abreast of industry trends and subject matter expertise in usage of new trends.

·         Execute lifecycle activities for site infrastructure, applications, and services, including upgrades, replacements, and retirements, with a focus on technical fit, risk reduction, and operational stability.

·         Serve as the senior hands-on technical resource for plant IT systems.

·         Perform system configuration, troubleshooting, validation, and change implementation.

·         Develop and maintain technical documentation, system diagrams, and operating procedures.

Participate directly in on-call support and critical incident response as required.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems technology, business or a related field.
• 5+ years of business working experience in an IT technology function.
• 5+ years working in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience supporting manufacturing IT and OT systems in a regulated environment.
• Proven ability to independently design, implement, and troubleshoot complex technical solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise in software development for both standard and customized applications.
• Accomplished in multiple process and technology capabilities across Manufacturing, both IT & OT and ideally in the Med device sector.
• Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems and other manufacturing related IT technologies.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
• Ability to communicate complex business / technical challenges in a simplified manner.
• Demonstrated familiarity with continuous improvement and project management approaches, tools, and phases.
• Exceptional ability to lead changes using positive and collaborative methods, experience leading plant environment projects.
• Highly collaborative work style which includes working effectively across all organizational levels, internally and with external partners.
• Able to align and work with diverse stakeholders.

Competitive base salary based on experience and qualifications: $85,800- $113,650(subject to variation depending on physical location).

Posted salary ranges are provided in good faith. embecta reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the selected candidate’s experience, qualifications, external market conditions, and internal equity considerations. 

Base pay is one component of the Total Rewards package at embecta, which also includes eligibility for an annual bonus. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, retirement savings plans, and paid time off. More details about our benefits programs can be found on our Careers page. 

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embecta is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.