Manufacturing IT & MES Lead - 24/7 Production Ops

Lumentum Operations LLC; Towcester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum is seeking an IT Manager (Manufacturing Operations) for its Caswell UK site in Towcester. You will lead the MES and manufacturing IT services, drive reliability for 24x7 production, and guide the MES IT team.

The role partners across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and IT to deliver robust MES solutions and a modernization roadmap. You will require 10+ years in MES/manufacturing IT with 5+ years in team leadership, plus strong incident/change management and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience working with MES, manufacturing applications, factory automation, or manufacturing IT.
• 5+ years' experience leading MES or application support teams.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, MES workflows, equipment integration, and data.
• Experience supporting mission-critical systems in a 24x7 manufacturing environment.
• Strong incident management, troubleshooting, change management, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience leading MES upgrades, migrations, modernization, or transformation programmes.
• Good understanding of databases, system integrations, infrastructure, and IT/OT environments.
• Strong people leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the site's MES and manufacturing IT services, ensuring reliability, availability, performance, and effective production support.
• Lead and develop the MES IT team, providing technical direction, coaching, resource planning, and career development.
• Manage major incidents, root-cause analysis, change management, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Automation, and IT to translate business requirements into effective MES and manufacturing IT solutions.
• Maintain appropriate technical, operational, cybersecurity, and support standards.
• Lead MES upgrades, migrations, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Develop and execute the site's MES technology roadmap, balancing immediate manufacturing needs with longer-term transformation.
• Manage internal and external technical resources, vendors, and technology partners.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer and reduce dependency on critical legacy technologies and individual specialists.

Skills

MES

Manufacturing IT

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

ITIL

Tools

PROMIS / VAX / VMS

Oracle SQL

Linux

Job description

Lumentum is seeking an IT Manager (Manufacturing Operations) for its Caswell UK site in Towcester. You will lead the MES and manufacturing IT services, drive reliability for 24x7 production, and guide the MES IT team.

The role partners across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and IT to deliver robust MES solutions and a modernization roadmap. You will require 10+ years in MES/manufacturing IT with 5+ years in team leadership, plus strong incident/change management and cross-functional