Senior Site IT Engineer – Manufacturing

Location: Fort Dodge, IA, United States; on-site and in-person at a manufacturing facility. Standard 8-hour day shift, Monday–Friday; 10% travel and occasional on-call support for 24/7 operations.

Company

hirify.global is a global animal health company developing products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

What you will do

• Maintain reliable, available, and secure IT systems supporting manufacturing, laboratory, and business operations.
• Serve as the primary on-site IT contact for site leadership and liaison to regional and global IT teams, vendors, and service providers.
• Partner with business and operational stakeholders to identify needs and deliver technology solutions.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and perform root cause analysis while meeting site procedures, regulatory requirements, and corporate standards.
• Provide local support for enterprise applications and own site-specific systems, including validation and change control.
• Lead multiple technology projects, including scope definition, risk management, and status communication.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of hands-on IT experience, preferably in manufacturing, laboratory, or regulated environments.
• At least 2 years of hands-on IT project management experience and experience partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Proven troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across infrastructure, applications, and integrated IT/OT environments.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, including Cisco switches, wireless access points, Palo Alto firewalls, VMware virtual server environments, Windows Servers, SolarWinds or similar monitoring tools, storage and archiving services, and applications custodianship.
• Experience with IT service management processes and tools covering incident, change, asset, and lifecycle management, including ITIL and ServiceNow.
• Ability to work on-site in Fort Dodge, IA, in production and R&D environments.

Nice to have

• Understanding of manufacturing computer systems, HMI, PLCs, and data flows.
• Knowledge of computer system validation, CAPA, and documentation practices in GxP environments.
• Experience with quality systems such as Veeva Vault.
• Experience collaborating across IT and Operational Technology environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on diversity, innovation, and new ways of thinking.
• Standard Monday–Friday day schedule with an 8-hour shift.
• Approximately 10% travel is required.
• Some on-call support may be required to support 24/7 operations.
• Work includes exposure to production and R&D environments.