Service director Jobs in Overland Park, KS

Summary

The Director of Information Technology manages the IT team and ensures the IT infrastructure is reliable, secure, cost efficient, and strategically sound, reflecting business needs and best practice in creating value for the company and our customers.

Essential Job Duties

• Design, develop, and implement IT initiatives that create customer and business value.
• Direct, plan, and schedule the development, production, and administrative processing of the organization's computer operations.
• Assign and schedule work, or delegates work to subordinate managers and supervisors, and reviews work.
• Ensure security of company's database.
• Manage overall IT budget and long-term financial planning of IT goals.
• Ensure the education and training of the principal users.
• Establish work standards and key business strategies to drive change, growth, and flexibility.
• Consult with department heads involved with proposed projects to ensure cooperation and determine boundaries and priorities.
• Review project feasibility studies and confer with computer analysts or engineers to define equipment needs.
• Maintain a professional, technical, and clerical staff capable of meeting current and future needs.
• Interpret policies, purposes, and goals of organization to subordinates.
• Prepare progress reports to inform management of project status and deviation from goals.
• Review reports of computer and peripheral equipment production, malfunctions, and maintenance to ascertain costs and plan department operating changes.
• Analyze department workflow and workers' job duties to recommend reorganization or departmental realignment within company.
• Actively participate in staffing decisions and directs training of subordinates.
• Establish, plan, and administer the overall policies and goals for the information technology department.
• Analyze the needs of different departments and actively participate with senior management to ensure systems environment addresses the needs of the business.
• Manage the research and selection of IT equipment, applications, and supplies.
• Adhere to and uphold all Fairbanks Scales policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications - Required qualifications to effectively perform the job. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered. (Additional requirements may be designated by position.)

• This position requires a bachelor's degree in information technology or a relate field.
• MBA is highly desired.
• Must have at least ten years of directly related experience in a a progressive web development environment.
• Must have at least fifteen years of total IT related experience, including computer operations management, multiple roles in systems implementation, supervision of technical personnel, architecture, security/compliance, business-wide strategic planning and budgetary responsibility.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - May be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those knowledge, skills and abilities commonly associated with this position.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products - specifically Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience with multiple on premises and cloud-based ERP systems such as Infor PRMS and IFS Metrix or similar applications.
• Experience with IBM iSeries hardware and DB2 and RPG environments.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft control environment applications including Active Directory, SCCM, Azure, Intune and Windows system administration.
• Solid understanding of network technologies including Cisco Meraki firewalls and switches.
• Experience in working with VMware virtualization environment.
• Experience in a SQL / .NET environment.
• Strong familiarization with Windows based applications such as Exchange, Dynamics CRM, and Skype telephony connectivity.
• Critical thinker with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work as well as concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to develop and maintain business relationships.

Work Environment - Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.

• General office conditions. Exposed to moderate noise levels.

Physical Abilities - Activities that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job. The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Required to use close vision and be able to focus.
• Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit, stand and bend at the knee and waist, and walk.
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement to type and work on computer.
• Must have finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination to work on computer, telephone, and related office equipment.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets

DISCLOSURE REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Fairbanks Scales Inc. may obtain information about you from a third-party consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. Thus, you may be the subject of a "consumer report" and/or "investigative consumer report" which may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living, and which can involve personal interviews with sources such as neighbors, friends, or associates, The reports may contain information regarding your credit history, criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records ("driving records"), verification of your education or employment history, or other background checks. Credit history will only be requested where such information is substantially related to the duties and responsibilities of the position for which you are applying.

NOTIFICATION OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREENING

Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing for all roles prior to being hired into any role as part of our Drug Free Workplace Policy. In addition, Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to being hired for any role or transferred into a safety-sensitive role.