JOB DESCRIPTION
SUMMARY
Opportunity for a Sr. IT Administrator to join Adient’s automotive plant in Holland, MI. The Sr. IT Administrator manages the plant’s IT department and will provide services and support to Plant Operations. Focus on cost-effective solutions with a continuous improvement mindset to maximize performance and efficiency.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage IT Team, primarily on 1st shift weekdays, ensuring support for off-shift, weekends, and on-call support.
- Consult with plant management on continuous improvement ideas and fulfill requests.
- Project Management or key team member of projects to deliver new initiatives and service improvements.
- Drive problem management resolution and permanent corrective actions.
- Provides key Plant IT contact for internal and external Adient Customers.
- Ensures Company IT activities are communicated promptly to the Plant Leaders.
- Responsible for IT tasks related to launches and communicating updates at readiness reviews.
IT Infrastructure & Applications
- Responsible for the daily operations of computer systems including but not limited to the following:
- Perform Level 1, incident management, and support for hardware, communications, networking, software, and shop-floor systems at the manufacturing facility. Escalate to next-level support teams if applicable.
- Monitor, event management and administration of local IT Infrastructure.
- Adhering to the processes and standards of the company.
- Manage access to IT services while complying with Security and Vulnerability standards.
- Ensure system backups are current and can be restored.
- Schedule and coordinate hardware and infrastructure installation with Corporate and 3rd party suppliers.
- Maintain Key and Operational Metrics.
- Maintain documentation of IT Services, Equipment, and Procedures.
- 7x24 on-call availability for critical plant operation system support.
- Willingness to work 45+ hours a week and weekends.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 6 years of IT-related experience.
- 3 years leading IT operations services and team.
- Strong communication, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to delegate and track multiple work streams.
- Desire to have broad responsibilities and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Associate/Technical Degree in an IT-related field of study with 5+ years of experience.
Additional Desired
- At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally in the automotive industry.
- Manufacturing Execution System (MES) experience.
- Basic database knowledge and report writing skills.
PRIMARY LOCATION
Lakewood
Top Skills
What We Do
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 77,000 employees in 32 countries, Adient operates 202 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 19 million vehicles every year.
