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Philips Maintenance Engineer OT/IT - Philips - Drachten in Drachten, Netherlands
As the Manufacturing IT Department, we are responsible for the IT/OT solutions within the production. In Drachten we have our own production network where all machines are connected. Our department consists of a Software Development Group, a Data Science Group, Service-Infra and Service-Machine Group
For the IT-Service -Infra and Service-Machine we are looking for an Maintenance Engineer OT/IT whose main responsibility is delivering IT/OT service (24/7) to all infrastructure, applications and production machine SW in the production facility Drachten, making sure the production machines, infrastructure of M-IT is running and up-to-date and making sure the security of our IT/OT factory system is on an industry standard level.
As an Maintenance Engineer OT/IT you:
Start as Cooperating foreman with the MIT Service & Infra group to learn all facets of their activities.
Make sure the service is delivered 24/7 towards the M-IT landscape which consists of both hard- and software support.
In a later stadium you learn all the activities of the SSF (Software Service Factory) group, who is responsible for the software in the production machines of the Drachten factory.
Lead the MIT service/infra and SSF group from March 2026 onwards
Monitor, measure, report, review current performance of services and components, and act when we are outside the requirements.
Serve as point of escalation, review and approval for key issues and decisions.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following Education and skills:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent experience (More then 5 year experience)
Technical:
Knowledge of Window PC’s (2000, XP, 7, 10, 11)
Hardware interfacing production machines.
Knowledge with Backup & Replication (Veeam)
Knowledge with databases (MS SQL, Oracle, MongoDB)
Basic knowledge of Microservices (preferably K8S and Rancher)
Knowledge of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Operations Center
Basic knowledge of scripting (PowerShell)
Knowledge of plc’s, controllers, vision motion production machines
Responsible for steering a group of service people OT/IT
Ensure that production continues to operate
Soft Skills:
You have excellent analytical skills.
Takes ownership and responsibility, has an “improvement mind-set”
Team Player and good in communication with customer
Excellent verbal and written communication in Dutch and English.
Able to handle escalations
Please note: For this position we do not offer relocation support.
Recruitment Process
If you are interested in this opportunity to join us, please read the complete job description on our website and upload your resume and motivation letter through the Philips career site- vacancy number 549019.
Please note that the closing date of this vacancy is Monday, 21 April 2025.
In return, we offer you
A path towards your most rewarding career. Succeeding in this role in a complex environment will open many doors for your long-term career, in other areas in Philips or otherwise. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus, we offer competitive health benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to local well-being focused activities. Furthermore, Philips University is available to all employees for learning and development opportunities.
Why should you join Philips?
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