Field IT Engineer

McCain Foods; Grand Island (NE); On-site; USD 81,600 - 108,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement savings benefits

Vacation and holidays

Mental health resources

Job summary

McCain Foods is seeking a Field IT Engineer in Grand Island, Nebraska. This role involves providing onsite digital technology support and ensuring high availability of plant operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT and must drive automation and digital adoption.

The position requires a bachelor's degree and at least five years of relevant industry experience, particularly in plant IT environments. The compensation package ranges from $81,600 to $108,900 annually, plus bonuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field is required.
• Experience with AI and Automation is essential.
• Minimum 5 years in Industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide IT support across plant systems and operations.
• Drive automation and digital adoption to enhance productivity.
• Manage local IT backups, data restoration, and procurement.

Skills

AI & Automation

Data Science

IT Support

Plant Operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Data Science/AI, or Automation

Tools

Large Language Models

OpenAI

Anthropic Claude

Job description

Position Title: Field IT Engineer

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Grade: Grade 05

Requisition ID: 42856

McCain has embarked on an ambitious digital transformation across our business from Agriculture to Manufacturing and commercial capabilities to enhance our Customer obsession. As part of this transformation, we are making significant investments into our digital platforms, technology transformations and in building a data driven culture. We are building digital products for our customers, suppliers/growers, and McCain team members to enable digital processes and data-driven automation. Through our investments, we will transform McCain into a company that empowers our teams with easy-to-use systems which will help them collaborate better, be productive and make data driven decisions. Will you be part of this exciting journey?

About The Role

Reporting to the Regional IT Services Manager, this role serves as the primary onsite face of Digital Technology, delivering high‑quality support across plant and office environments. The position owns end‑to‑end Plant IT and OT services, partnering with local and global teams to ensure reliable operations while driving automation, AI, and digital adoption to improve productivity and decision‑making.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide end‑to‑end Plant IT and OT support, ensuring high availability of plant systems and operations.
• Support and enable plant automation systems in collaboration with operations and engineering teams.
• Drive AI, data science, and digital use cases at the plant to improve efficiency and decision making.
• Deliver end user IT support, including desktops, laptops, peripherals, and local applications.
• Manage meeting room and collaboration technology to ensure seamless onsite and hybrid meetings.
• Support barcode and shop floor hardware including handheld scanners, printers, and VMUs.
• Oversee site server administration, including monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Manage physical security systems and coordinate with security and facilities teams.
• Execute the Evergreen program covering PC, network, and server refresh cycles.
• Maintain accurate IT asset records using HAM Pro and drive digital technology adoption, including user training and change communication at the plant.
• Ensuring that local IT infrastructure is physically secure, reliable, operational and meets current global IT standards, exceptions to be reported to the local Regional IT Services Manager.
• Acts as a conduit between IT and the local business and is often required to communicate complex IT systems and issues to senior business leaders in an understandable and professional manner.
• Monitor and manage local backups, data restoration, mobile device administration, and IT procurement activities.
• Perform software testing and deployments, providing feedback to Global IT teams to improve operational efficiency and user adoption.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Data Science/AI or Automation.
• Must be a champion of AI & Automation driving use cases.
• Hands‑on experience designing, integrating, and operationalizing Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including models and platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and similar, with a strong understanding of model selection, fine‑tuning, prompt engineering, APIs, security, and enterprise‑scale deployment within IT and data platforms.
• Proven experience in data and tag analysis within manufacturing environments, leveraging AI/ML techniques to analyze OT/IT data (e.g., sensor data, historian tags, MES data), extract actionable insights, improve process efficiency and quality, and support use cases such as predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and AI‑assisted operations.
• At least 5 years of Industry experience, preferably supporting plant IT and OT environments.
• Experience working in a global IT support environment and collaborating with global teams.

About The Team

• Key internal relationships: business Clients, Network Services Team, IT Application Support, IT Architects, ITSM Manager, IT Security, IT Operations (internal and external).
• Key external relationships: External vendors, partners and service providers.

Compensation Package

$81,600.00 - $108,900.00 USD annually + Bonus eligibility. The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits

At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well‑being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well‑being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well‑being programs include vacation and holidays, company‑supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.

Job Family: Information Technology

Location(s): US - United States of America : Nebraska : Grand Island

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.