IT Support Manager

MacLean Power Systems; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MacLean Power Systems is seeking a Manager, Site Support to lead the regional IT Site Leaders across manufacturing, distribution, and corporate locations. You will drive IT operations, enterprise rollout readiness, and a strong service culture with a focus on site partnerships and performance outcomes.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT support, 3+ years leading multi-site teams, and experience in manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in IT, engineering, or business.
• 7+ years of IT support/service delivery experience.
• 3+ years leading multi-site or regional IT teams.
• Manufacturing/distribution environments preferred.
• Strong ITSM, endpoint/workstation support, and enterprise rollouts knowledge.
• ITIL certification preferred; project management training a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional IT Site Leaders and establish coverage, rhythms, travel priorities, backup plans, and common service practices.
• Maintain strong relationships with General Managers and site leadership; act as escalation point for major issues.
• Own field execution for ERP, infrastructure, and cybersecurity rollouts; coordinate with PMO and central teams.
• Partner with Central Service Desk to ensure seamless incident flow between remote and onsite support.
• Standardize site documentation, inventory, vendor coordination, and health-check routines.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation opportunities; ensure safety and minimal disruption.

Skills

Multi-site leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

IT operations

Project execution

Coaching & accountability

Vendor coordination

ITIL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ServiceNow

ERP systems

Job description

MacLean Power Systems (MPS) is a leading manufacturer of engineered products and solutions used in the maintenance, repair, upgrade, and construction of transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure. LEADING THE WAY™ in innovation, MPS is dedicated to keeping the power infrastructure performing optimally by supplying world-class solutions to fulfill the needs of customers who maintain electrical services to consumers worldwide. We operate seventeen facilities across North America and continually invest in our manufacturing capabilities to better serve our customers. Learn more at www.macleanpower.com

Job Summary

The Manager, Site Support leads MPS regional field-support model across manufacturing, distribution, and corporate locations. Reporting to the Senior Manager, IT Operations & End User Experience, the role is accountable for regional Site Leader performance, site stakeholder relationships, production-impacting escalation, enterprise rollout readiness, local asset/infrastructure coordination, and consistent execution of central IT standards. This role ensures centralization does not come at the expense of plant effectiveness and that every major site has a clear, accountable IT partner. Strong understanding of Network architecture, IT Operations. Experience leading a team of 5-10 and managing IT Projects.

Job Duties

Regional Site Support Leadership

• Lead, coach, and hold accountable the Regional IT Site Leaders; establish coverage expectations, operating rhythms, travel priorities, backup plans, and common service practices.
• Align regional assignments to site complexity, operational criticality, issue volume, geography, and business priorities rather than historical staffing patterns.
• Ensure Site Leaders operate as business-facing technology leaders and coordinators, not simply as local help-desk technicians.

Stakeholder & Plant Partnership

• Maintain strong relationships with General Managers and site leadership, acting as an escalation point when support, communication, or technology-change issues require management attention.
• Establish consistent site reviews that surface recurring problems, risks, local technology needs, readiness gaps, and satisfaction trends.

Site Readiness & Change Execution

• Own field execution for enterprise rollouts and ensure Site Leaders complete local readiness for ERP, infrastructure, workstation, cybersecurity, collaboration, and other technology initiatives.
• Coordinate field priorities with PMO, Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, Security, and the Central Service Desk.

Service Desk & Workstation Lifecycle Partnership

• Partner with the Central Service Desk Supervisor so incidents, requests, escalations, and device work move seamlessly between remote and onsite support.
• Ensure Site Leaders execute local workstation refresh/lease deployment and collection activities accurately and on schedule.

Standards, Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Standardized site documentation, local inventory practices, vendor coordination, smart-hands procedures, escalation expectations, and health-check routines.
• Use support trends and site feedback to reduce repeated issues, improve enterprise standards, and identify opportunities for automation or central resolution.

Safety & Operational Discipline

• Ensure field staff follow manufacturing-site safety requirements and coordinate technology work to minimize production, shipping, quality, or engineering disruption.

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Typically, 7+ years of IT support/service delivery experience with 3+ years leading multi-site, regional, or field-support teams.
• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or other operationally critical environments strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of ITSM, site support, endpoint/workstation support, vendor coordination, project execution, and enterprise rollouts.
• ITIL or comparable service-management certification preferred; project-management training/certification a plus. Typically require a bachelor's degree or 2 to 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Competencies/Skills

• Multi-site leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Escalation ownership
• Field service design
• Project and rollout execution
• Coaching and accountability
• Operational communication
• Continuous improvement

EOE-Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Various agencies of the United States Government require employers to maintain information on applicants pertaining to factors such as race, sex, and type of position for which an individual applies. The information requested is voluntary and for compliance with certain record keeping requirements. MacLean Power, LLC has a long-standing commitment to equal employment opportunity for all its associates and applicants for employment. MacLean Power, LLC believes all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants for employment because of race, color, gender, affectional or sexual orientation, domestic partnership status, ancestry, religion, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, disability, veteran status, age or any other protected group status.

All job offers are conditional, upon successful completion of pre-employment screening, including criminal checks, drug testing, employment, and education verification.