Incident Manager

Material Handling Systems, Inc.; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

FORTNA is seeking an Incident Manager to lead real-time response to high-impact incidents across complex automated warehouse environments. You will coordinate internal engineering teams, customer operations, third-party vendors, and executive stakeholders during Priority1 and major Priority2 incidents, maintaining a calm, authoritative presence and clear communication under pressure.

The role requires on-site presence at customer facilities, on-call readiness, and strong technical fluency in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in incident or service management within automated, technical, or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing high-severity incidents (preferably in OT/IT or warehouse automation).
• Strong knowledge of PLCs, SCADA, WES/WMS, controls systems, industrial networks.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira Service Desk, or similar ticketing platforms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills—especially during high-pressure situations.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single point of coordination for Priority1 incidents and select Priority2 incidents affecting customer operations.
• Lead incident bridge calls, facilitate troubleshooting efforts, and elevate issues across teams from activation to resolution.
• Ensure accurate documentation of incident details and actions throughout the lifecycle.
• Mobilize and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams (Controls, Software, Infrastructure, and third parties).
• Deliver clear incident communications to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Incident management

OT/IT

Warehouse automation

Ticketing systems

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Tools

Salesforce

ServiceNow

Jira Service Desk

Job description

FORTNA partners with the world’s leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services. At FORTNA, we believe in fostering a workplace that isn’t just a job but a movement – a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. "Join the Movement" encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration, celebrates diversity, and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than themselves. Our Team. Our Passion. Our Approach.

Position Summary

The Incident Manager is responsible for leading the real‑time response to high-impact incidents across complex automated warehouse environments. This role ensures rapid service restoration by coordinating internal engineering teams, customer operations, third‑party vendors, and executive stakeholders during Priority1 and major Priority2 incidents. The successful candidate brings a calm, authoritative presence under pressure, technical fluency in automation and IT/OT systems, and excels at structured communication during chaotic scenarios. May also have direct reports.

Key Responsibilities

Major Incident Response Act as the single point of coordination for Priority1 incidents and select Priority2 incidents affecting customer operations. Lead incident bridge calls, facilitate troubleshooting efforts, and elevate issues appropriately across teams from activation to resolution. Ensure accurate documentation of incident details and actions taken throughout the incident lifecycle. Mobilize and coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams (Controls, Software, Infrastructure, and third parties). Track investigation and restoration efforts; ensure all workstreams are aligned. Engage executive stakeholders with timely, structured updates.

Communication & Stakeholder Management Deliver clear and concise incident communications tailored to technical and non‑technical audiences. Ensure status updates are shared at agreed intervals (for example, 15/30/60min cadence). Manage expectations of facilities operations leaders, customer support teams, and executive stakeholders.

Root Cause & Continuous Improvement Initiate and facilitate Post‑Incident Reviews. Partner with Engineering, Problem Management, and Customer Service to document root causes, drive corrective actions, and ensure customers are informed of resolution outcomes. Recommend improvements to automation monitoring, alerting, and recovery playbooks.

Process Ownership & Governance Ensure adherence to Incident Management policy and escalation matrix. Own and report on key incident metrics — including mean time to acknowledge (MTTA), mean time to resolution (MTTR), and SLA compliance — with regular reporting to leadership. Drive process development and optimization initiatives to reduce incident frequency, severity, and customer impact. Maintain and train on major incident playbooks, runbooks, and response templates.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in incident or service management within automated, technical, or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing high‑severity incidents (preferably in OT/IT or warehouse automation).
• Strong knowledge of one or more of the following: PLCs, SCADA, WES/WMS, controls systems, industrial networks.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira Service Desk, or similar ticketing platforms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills — especially during high‑pressure situations.
• Ability to lead cross‑functional teams without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• ITIL Foundation certification or higher.
• People leadership experience.
• Experience with automation platforms such as AutoStore, Dematic, Honeywell Intelligrated, or Swisslog.
• Experience with on‑call rotation leadership or 24/7 support environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools and telemetry (for example, Ignition, PRTG, DataDog, Grafana).

Work Environment

Role requires frequent on‑site presence at customer facilities. Availability for on‑call rotation and after‑hours escalations is expected. Must be comfortable working across global teams and time zones.

The base salary range for this role is $100,700-$151,100. This base salary range represents the low and high end of the base salary range for this position. Actual base salary offered will vary based on various factors including but not limited to location, level, job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and performance.

It is the policy of FORTNA and its affiliated companies to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, citizenship status (if authorized to work in the U.S.), or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, FORTNA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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