Information Technology & OT

When the network goes down, the line goes down.

In a plant, IT is not a back-office function. ERP holds the BOM, MES holds the traceability, and the controls network holds production. We recruit the people who work where IT meets the floor — the ones who can talk to a controls engineer and a CFO in the same afternoon, and who understand that a patch window is a production decision.

20+
Years in Manufacturing Recruiting
90%+
Repeat Business
<10
Days to Shortlist
10+
Years Avg. Client Relationship

Roles We Fill in Information Technology & OT

From individual contributors to executive leadership, we recruit across all levels of IT and OT talent.

Plant & Manufacturing IT Managers

Site IT leadership that owns uptime for the systems production actually depends on.

ERP Analysts & Managers

SAP, Epicor, Plex, Infor, and QAD — implementations, migrations, and the daily reality of BOM and inventory accuracy.

MES & Shop-Floor Systems Specialists

Execution systems, traceability, and machine data collection tied back to real production reporting.

OT / Controls Network Engineers

Industrial networks, historians, and the segmentation that keeps the plant floor stable and reachable.

OT Cybersecurity Specialists

Securing production environments where you cannot simply reboot — IEC 62443, segmentation, and incident response.

IT Directors & CIOs

Leaders who set technology strategy for a manufacturer rather than for a software company.

Data & Analytics Engineers

Turning machine, quality, and ERP data into reporting an operations team will actually use.

Infrastructure & Systems Administrators

Networks, servers, and cloud for multi-site manufacturers, including remote and lights-out facilities.

IT Project & Applications Managers

Owners of go-lives that cannot take the plant down when they land.

Why Choose Us

Our Information Technology & OT Expertise

With decades of combined experience in IT and OT recruiting, we understand the technical requirements, industry dynamics, and cultural factors that make a successful placement.

  • We recruit IT for manufacturers, not generic corporate IT — the constraints are different and so is the screen
  • Fluent in the IT/OT boundary: ERP, MES, SCADA, historians, and controls networks
  • Understands why an unplanned reboot or a bad patch window is a production event, not a ticket
  • ERP experience screened by platform and by phase — implementation, migration, or steady-state support
  • OT security candidates who have actually worked in a plant, not just read the standard
  • 150+ independent recruiters nationwide for genuinely scarce OT skill sets

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