What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing IT Coordinator position at Bridgestone Americas?
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Firestone Polymers, LLC is headquartered in Akron, Ohio and manufactures polymers and synthetic rubber in our world-class ISO 9001:2000/14001 registered plants located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and Orange, Texas. Firestone has a unique anionic polymerization technology allows production of high purity, high molecular weight polybutadiene and a wide range of block, random, and vinyl modified styrene-butadiene copolymers. These products are sold around the world for use in tires, impact modification of plastics and hot melt adhesives. Firestone Polymers, LLC is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the largest tire and rubber company in the world.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Versatile IT Professional supporting end user and plant production technical needs, operates effectively in a team environment and manages own workload effectively. Demonstrates technical knowledge of areas responsible with strong communication, documentation and customer service skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrate a strong customer service orientation and manage workload with minimal supervision
- Respond to incidents, issues, or questions reported by the manufacturing organization
- Troubleshoot desktop hardware and software issues
- Demonstrate well-developed communication skills and maintain positive and cooperative working relationships with BSA IT Operations Infrastructure/Desktop teams and other technology/engineering teammates
- Adhere to technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as resourcing and financial constraints
- Evaluate emerging technologies against business and strategic needs
- Provide after-hours support for the manufacturing facility should issues or failures occur that impact production
- Ability to travel to International and Domestic locations
- Leads projects or processes of diverse scope, while working independently with limited supervision
- Supports continuous improvement/automation activities
- Uses advanced analytical/technical problem solving to develop new solutions to existing problems/procedures
- Supports relationships through strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications:
- 4 years of Manufacturing IT/OT experience and BA/BS degree
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 6 years of Manufacturing IT/Operating Technology experience
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) / Instrumentation experience
- Technical Certifications are highly desirable (A , Network , MSCE)
- IFS Software experience
- Ability to support 24/7 production environment
Competencies:
- Intermediate Project Management
- Strong communication skills and customer service
- Advanced Networking Skillset (LAN, WLAN, WAN, Switches)
- Desktop Support including thin client and virtualization and servers
- Scanner, Label Printer and other data collection device support
EMPLOYEE TYPE
Regular : Full time
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