Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet
We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.
You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.
We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.
Our Fiber and Foodservice segment IT operations team is now looking for a
System specialist for IT Infrastructure
This is a hands-on role for Huhtamaki Fiber technology business unit located at Leeuwarden, engaged in a rapid digital transformation and involved in a number of projects which require resilient and agile infrastructure and systems. The successful candidate will be working with various vendors to support these implementations and will be part of the Service Desk & Cybersecurity team. This role is responsible to provide quality end user support, whilst ensuring a stable and reliable IT infrastructure. Whilst providing primary support for the Dutch Huhtamaki sites, you will also be expected to provide 1st level support as a part of the Service Desk to other sites across the globe.
This role will be physically located in the sites in Leeuwarden and Franeker. Some travels between the sites will be required. Exceptionally, successful candidate should be prepared to provide emergency support 24/7 all year round on site.
System specialist will be responsible for the installation, configuration, security maintenance and administration of hardware, software and databases used by the network, server and computer or telephone applications on the site.
System specialist has to respect and ensure the application and compliance with local legal rules. Specialist has to follow the rules and instructions put in place by the local site and the Huhtamaki global IT.
The main responsibilities include
- Taking responsibility for operations and maintenance of onsite IT infrastructure services
- 1st level end user and IT infrastructure support
- Ensuring support and maintenance of workstations, office printers, bar code printers/readers, PDAs
- Administration of tickets according to agreed service levels
- Asset management and device lifecycle management
- Continuous improvements to IT infrastructure to increase resilience and capacity
- Applying IT security standards and following organizations security policies
- Emergency onsite support when needed
- Handling end user communication
- Close cooperation with Global IT infrastructure teams and Business IT teams
- Coordinating 3rd parties and IT vendors
The requirements for a suitable candidate are
- preferably bachelor’s in computer science
- 1+ year work experience with managing IT infrastructure (network/servers/backup/AD/workstation management/cyber security)
- Experience with ticketing tools
- Service attitude, flexibility, willingness / interest to learn, open mind
- Experience in Microsoft O365 environment and tools
- Fluently spoken and written in Dutch and English is required
Work environment
This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic and successful global organization and part of a team that values continuous development. It is important that you have a “can-do” attitude and you like working on a wide range of tasks.
Competences that we consider important are
- Team player as well as ability to work independently and accurately
- Positive mindset and eagerness to work in a truly international environment
- You can work under pressure
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's in computer science
- 1+ year work experience with managing IT infrastructure
- Experience with ticketing tools
- Experience in Microsoft O365 environment and tools
- Fluently spoken and written in Dutch and English
What We Do
Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030. We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com








