Job Description

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 151632 - Topeka, Kansas, United States

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of people and their pets? What about having the opportunity to connect with others across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions?

If this is how you see your career, Hill\'s is the place to be!

Hill\'s Pet Nutrition is a multi billion dollar, global division of Colgate-Palmolive Company and the maker of Prescription Diet, Science Diet, and Healthy Advantage brand pet food. Our mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets by providing the best leading-edge pet nutrition technology, products, and expertise to pet owners, veterinary professionals and other key pet professionals worldwide. Our company is a globally recognized Best Place to Work.

To be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Hill\'s Topeka Plant\'s Computer/Server Systems and its related software. To coordinate with the corporate IT department for rolling out of corporate initiated directives. To facilitate the deployment and removal of new computer equipment.

What you will do

• Execute all plant systems projects in the area of expertise (SAP or Wonderware) in the assigned plant. Provide the technical expertise to configure, maintain and troubleshoot all plant systems at the assigned plant.

• Provide guidance and training to plant operations to foster utilization.

• Enforce standards that ensure global consistency of manufacturing and integration systems.

• Establish and maintain close relationships with the regional IT, SSO and ISM teams.

• Establish and maintain close relationships with the plant leadership teams, engineering teams, plant operations teams and quality teams.

• Actively participate in the global plant systems integrator\'s network.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards

Required Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent

• At least 3 years of experience with computer software/hardware related equipment and networking.

• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.

• Ability to troubleshoot and fix software and operating systems.

• Willing and able to adhere to all safety and EOHS standards, and wear and utilize all personal protective equipment.

• Provides daily assistance and support to the Plant for all plant computer hardware (includes on call coverage) including computers, servers, LAN and peripherals (mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc\xe2\x80\xa6).

• Ability to work varying shifts and on-call for telephone, remote computer access, and in-plant support.

• Experience supporting back-office and customer-facing services such as Active Directory, Domain Name System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol servers, SQL Server, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Windows Server Update Services.

• Experience maintaining, securing, patching, and deploying operating systems including but not limited to Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019, Windows 10, VMware.

• Experience supporting and troubleshooting scripts.

• Knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL), preferably using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL reporting services.

• Basic understanding of:

- Production Planning and Scheduling

- Inventory Management

- Planned Maintenance Concepts

- Statistical Process Control (SPC) Concepts

- Plant Floor Control System Concepts

- Operational Excellence Standards and Expectations:

\xe2\x96\xaa Factory Performance and Reliability (FP&R)

\xe2\x96\xaa EOHS Standards

\xe2\x96\xaa Quality Standards/Regulatory Requirements

- Plant Metrics such as throughput, Operating Efficiency (OE), unplanned downtime (UPDT).

• Ability to configure and test plant systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Wonderware manufacturing software such as: o Wonderware Archestra o Wonderware MES

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Salary Range $63,600 - $91,875 USD

Pay is based on several non discriminatory factors including but not limited to experience, education, skills and office location. In addition to your salary, Colgate-Palmolive offers a performance based bonus and competitive benefits package.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Are you interested in working for Hill\'s Pet Nutrition? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.

Work that matters, fueled by passion for pets! At Hill\'s we have a purpose. Every day around the world, we transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, amazing nutrition, and the best and brightest people. Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hills\' mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets.

HILL\'S\xc2\xae Prescription Diet\xc2\xae therapeutic pet foods, HILL\'S\xc2\xae Science Diet\xc2\xae and HILL\'S\xc2\xae Ideal Balance\xe2\x84\xa2 wellness pet foods are sold worldwide. Hill\'s is a division of Colgate-Palmolive, a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, with sales of products in more than 200 countries. To learn more about Hill\'s and Colgate, please visit and , or find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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