Festo inspires people and organizations around the world with innovative solutions for industrial automation. We are an independent family business and offer more than 20,000 employees the opportunity to take bold steps, realize their ideas, and take on responsibility. As a team, we grow by tackling challenges together and we welcome everyone who wants to move the world with us.

Head of Manufacturing IT Production Plant Rohrbach (m/f/d)

AdCode:  12574
City:  St. Ingbert
Custom Field 3:  Permanent
Custom Field 4:  Full Time
Custom Field 2:  Information Technology
Company:  Festo SE & Co. KG

Your job: 

  • Technical and disciplinary management and development of local manufacturing IT staff
  • Responsibility for the local implementation of global IT/OT architecture specifications and security standards 
  • Responsibility for ensuring the continuous IT/OT operability of local production technology based on global standards and tools 
  • Ensuring the uninterrupted operation of the local IT production infrastructure 
  • Recognizing technology trends and identifying local potential for improvement 
  • Responsible overall project management for projects to be carried out locally  
  • Continuous coordination with all relevant specialist and/or production areas to ensure local support and management of local measures
  • Transfer of global architecture specifications into local operational rollout/modernization projects
  • Advising users and clarifying requirements in terms of strategy conformity, usefulness and feasibility

 

Your qualification:

  • Successfully completed university degree in business informatics or comparable qualification
  • Several years of professional experience in the management of a production-related IT department 
  • Experience in the planning and implementation of IT projects
  • Knowledge of the special requirements of a plant with regard to manufacturing IT 
  • Good understanding of components and technologies in the production network  
  • Broad knowledge of relevant IT technologies in industrial production 
  • In-depth knowledge of common OT protocols, systems and architectures
  • System knowledge of OTbase and Versiondog/Octoplant desirable
  • Very good written and spoken German and English skills
  • High level of analytical thinking, enthusiasm, persuasiveness and assertiveness 
  • Very good communication skills, high customer orientation, ability to solve problems and work in a team as well as an independent and structured way of working

 

 

Contact person: Susanne Kestner, +49(711)347-58463

 

Your benefits at a glance

We look forward to your application and to getting to know you!