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IT Manufacturing Support Engineer

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Date : Feb 26, 2025

Location : Rochester, NY, US, 14652

Company : Kodak

Role Overview

Kodak is currently looking for an IT expert with strong functional and technical experience across multiple generations of computer hardware, software, and manufacturing instrumentation to join our team and help lead our efforts to modernize and standardize our process computers and systems.

The role requires you to possess technical expertise in upgrading multiple interrelated manufacturing systems and technology competencies while maintaining minimal downtime, computer systems installation, support, migration, virtualization, and shop floor automation. Functional experience in multiple areas such as Industry 4.0, PLC Windows computer systems, computer-controlled devices, communications, and vendor relations is desired.

As an IT Support Engineer, you will help design and implement innovative solutions to support manufacturing, business, and IT process improvements for our global Manufacturing organization, laying the foundation for the new Kodak. This is a collaborative position which requires a high degree of technical knowledge, and innovative thinking. You will be asked to utilize your deep and broad experience to architect business processes and technical solutions that deliver business value while aligning to business and IT performance objectives. You will act as a change agent with your business partners and as a mentor to your teammates driving increased business and team performance. Effective communication, negotiation, and prioritization skills are required. The right person for this position will take energy from helping others improve.

As a global technology company providing innovative solutions for the printing and advanced materials & chemical industries, Kodak will position you to have exciting opportunities to grow, to solve problems using the latest technologies & solutions, and will let you do this while working as a leader with other professionals from multiple disciplines around the globe.

Responsibilities :

Migrate 32-bit operating systems and applications to a 64bit environment through virtualization, hardware and / or software upgrades.

Work directly with stakeholders to analyze current manufacturing processes and needs, understand functional gaps, and make best practice / strategic advantage recommendations for improvement based on professional knowledge, and both internal and industry trends.

Define and implement functional and technical specifications, and requirements for proposed solutions.

Develop and publish documentation for technical resources, peers, and end users.

Interact with stakeholders including infrastructure and operations teams, for effective deployments and service levels.

Mentor, manage and coach IT professionals to create productive, high-performance teams.

Requirements :

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Electrical, Information Systems, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Robotics), OR equivalent degree.

4+ years of experience required in manufacturing control systems, HMIs, data acquisition, and shop floor automation.

Experience performing systems analysis and identifying & prioritizing improvements and upgrades.

Knowledge of associated PLC coding, primarily Allen-Bradley / Rockwell, legacy operating systems, programming languages, machine communication protocols, processes, and reporting.

Demonstrated and well-developed analysis skills.

Excellent design, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to work within and lead teams locally and worldwide.

Ability to quickly learn while creatively applying new concepts.

Must be self-motivated, proactive, and have ability to self-manage to timelines.

Experience in programming languages and environments such as Visual Basic, VEE or LabVIEW beneficial.

EOE Policy Statement :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

Estimated Salary : $75,000 - $80,000

Experience Level : 0-5 Years

Requisition ID : 1259

Nearest Major Market : Rochester

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