Plant IT Systems Engineer — Infrastructure & Support

Ford Energy; Glendale Junction (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Energy is hiring to strengthen IT infrastructure across our manufacturing sites in Kentucky. The role supports data center equipment, network devices, servers and user devices, ensuring uptime for production and logistics operations.

You will troubleshoot incidents, manage changes, and help deploy large-scale IT initiatives while aligning with cybersecurity and disaster recovery plans. This position offers growth and a collaborative, safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years in IT infrastructure, systems administration, network support, or manufacturing IT environments.
• ITIL familiarity for incident/problem/change management.
• Industrial IT/OT environments experience preferred; energy industry a plus.
• Strong networking, servers, virtualization, and endpoint management.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, monitor, and maintain site IT infrastructure and related hardware/software.
• Provide day-to-day IT support across production, warehouse, office, and remote areas.
• Triage incidents, troubleshoot, document root causes, and assist preventive actions.
• Coordinate maintenance, updates, and outages with operations and IT leadership.
• Support rollout of major IT initiatives and cybersecurity remediation.
• Develop and test disaster recovery and high-availability procedures.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Systems administration

Network support

ITIL knowledge

Industrial IT/OT exposure

Networking

Servers

Virtualization

Endpoint management

Troubleshooting

Communication

Multitasking

Ownership & accountability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/CS/Engineering

Job description

Ford Energy is hiring to strengthen IT infrastructure across our manufacturing sites in Kentucky. The role supports data center equipment, network devices, servers and user devices, ensuring uptime for production and logistics operations.

You will troubleshoot incidents, manage changes, and help deploy large-scale IT initiatives while aligning with cybersecurity and disaster recovery plans. This position offers growth and a collaborative, safety-conscious environment.