Senior IT Operations Support - Novanta

Build a career powered by innovations that matter!  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Looking for a great place to work?  You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.  Come explore Novanta.

Company Overview

Build a career powered by innovations that matter.  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific.  Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

Business Unit Overview

This position is part of Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services global teams.  Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations.  Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing.  The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Position Details

Summary

You will provide technical support to internal customers, ensuring the smooth operation of all IT systems and equipment. You will troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely and efficient manner, while maintaining a high level of customer service. Your role is critical in ensuring the productivity and success of the organization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Primary escalation point for all client hardware and software related needs
• Support client related operational tasks
• New client hardware imaging and deployments
• Application deployments and upgrades
• Windows 10/11 operating system support
• Business productivity and manufacturing application support
• Site level Active Directory object management
• User, group and computer object management
• Support of Office 365 / Exchange Online related tasks
• Support of remote users
• Basic Windows server support
• Documenting current practices and policies
• User Education efforts for onsite requirements or general requirements

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

Technical

• Extensive experience working with MS Office & Office 365
• Experience working with Active Directory
• Experience with Help Desk software
• Experience working with client imaging and software deployment products
• Experience working in an IT environment that leverages both external and internal resources.
• Prior experience with the following is a plus:
  • Basic understanding of networking technologies
  • Experience with InTune/Mobile BYOD administration
  • Familiarity with Azure in a hybrid environment
  • Supporting an Engineering organization running SolidWorks
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience using SQL Server
• A minimum of 8 years hands on experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT or related field preferred

Competencies

• Be customer centric and have the interpersonal skills necessary to manage business and technology relationships with internal and external clients
• Good analytical, organizational, problem solving and follow-up skills with the ability to meet time sensitive deadlines.
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated and be able to work independently
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and the capability to work with customers at all levels
• Proven ability to identify process improvement opportunities, develop recommendations and document processes
• Proven ability to work as a team player in a cross-functional team environment
• Exceptional work ethic
• Must be able to follow defined processes and develop processes where lacking
• Must be able to multi-task, as the support environment requires attention across multiple areas
• Flexibility to work outside normal business hours as required by position and assignments

Travel Requirements  

• Up to 5% Travel
   

Physical Requirements

• Lifting of PC and IT equipment

Compensation and Benefits

• Novanta supports all aspects of your life’s needs.  This position provides a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits to make your quality of life better.

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Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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