Industrial IT Specialist, Larne BT40 2TJ

Company Overview

At Saint-Gobain Exterior Solutions, we’re passionate about creating innovative building solutions that help make the world a better home. As part of a global leader in sustainable construction, we combine industry expertise, teamwork, and a strong focus on safety and continuous improvement to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers. We’re committed to developing our people, fostering an inclusive and supportive culture, and providing opportunities for growth and progression across our business. Join us and be part of a team that’s shaping the future of construction and sustainability.

Job Title

Industrial IT Specialist - Kilwaughter Site, Larne.

Job Purpose

Responsible for all aspects of Industrial IT support and compliance on the local site. The role works closely with the central infrastructure teams to deliver a standardised support model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide compliant IT solutions to support local manufacturing initiative.
• Apply existing general IT standards and help ensure they are used in the manufacturing area of the site.
• Support manufacturing IT infrastructures, and ensure they meet Saint-Gobain standards.
• Act as a focal point for internal stakeholders, ITS and GDI teams in the event of operational or project issues.
• Identify & take ownership of issues found and resolve at earliest opportunity according to priority and impact.
• Follow change management processes for your systems.
• Evaluate and apply industry best practices to your role and your system management tasks (Vendor recommendations, s/w & security updates etc…)
• Ensure strong systems management processes, toolsets and documentation are developed and applied consistently for all manufacturing equipment and systems.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Infrastructure Manager on the development and introduction of a centralised support model.
• Audit and verification of business continuity plans and compliance to Saint-Gobain security rules for manufacturing.
• Develop and Support digital solutions and Industry 4.0 initiatives.

Qualifications:

• HND or Degree in IT related studies or 5 years relevant experience.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of two years’ experience in IT.
• Hands on experience of supporting and managing industrial IT – Network, Servers, IOT Devices, client Endpoints.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting infrastructure applications/middleware (IIS, SQL, Veeam etc).
• Willing to commit to one week per month on call support.
• Strong customer service, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and tasks with effective decision-making skills in emergency situations.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience working within ITIL Service Management environment.

Desirable

• Certifications such as, MCSA, CCNA, VCP, RHCSA.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Larne BT40 2TJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

• IT: 2 years (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Larne BT40 2TJ