Job Summary
At IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances), we are a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences. Our teams deliver sustainable innovations that improve everyday products worldwide.
We are looking for a Global IT/OT Engineer to help bridge Operational Technology and IT, enabling secure, reliable, and scalable manufacturing data across our global operations.
- Design, maintain, and enhance IT/OT data pipelines connecting manufacturing systems with enterprise platforms
- Troubleshoot manufacturing data, automation, and system integration issues
- Develop automated workflows, scripts, data transformations, and interfaces supporting operations
- Integrate data from process historians, MES, PLCs, and other OT sources
- Partner with Operations, Process Control, Quality, and Digital teams to drive data‑enabled plant performance
- Support global and site‑level digital initiatives and contribute to data governance and standardization
- Promote best practices in data modeling, automation, documentation, and scalable design
- Support OT network segmentation and design in collaboration with IT and OT Security
- Define firewall rules and contribute to secure remote access and data extraction
- Create and maintain technical documentation and reference knowledge bases
- Participate in FAT/SAT testing and validation of OT network assets
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial data, automation, or engineering environments
- Solid understanding of manufacturing systems and IT/OT integration
- Hands‑on experience with Python, SQL, ETL tools, or data platforms
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills
- Familiarity with ISA‑95, ISA‑99, IEC 62443, 21 CFR Part 11, and Aveva PI Historian
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar
- Experience in manufacturing or engineering environments
- Solid understanding of IT/OT integration
- Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, ETL tools
- Familiarity with ISA‑95, ISA‑99, IEC 62443, 21 CFR Part 11
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
