IT Manager - Gateshead - £50k 20 bonus

Nigel Frank International ,
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £40,000 per annum

Overview

IT Manager - Gateshead - (£50k 20% bonus) The Company Based in the Team Valley and supplying customers in the UK and Northern Europe with a wide range of steel plates suitable for application in numerous industrial sectors. Employing 121 people in the £200m plus turnover business, they have achieved record breaking results in recent years. They are currently looking to recruit an IT Manager to work at their Newcastle site. Why apply? Exposure to a wide variety of technology - No 2 days will be the same Work with Cloud (Azure Storage) Operational with a healthy budget and a forward thinking attitude when it comes to IT, no more up-hill battles with finance for approval for basic needs You will be responsible for the UK infrastructure but will roll out projects after the rest of Europe which generally leads to a higher success rate learning from mistake made by others in other countries. £45k salary and a 20% bonus based almost entirely on YOUR performance is a great package for this kind of role. In the last 9 years our contacts have always been paid a good size bonus too. Duties and Responsibilities Reporting to the CEO, the IT Manager will manage all aspects on site and liaise with corporate colleagues and European offices to ensure high availability of all necessary systems and services. Must have excellent communication skills. The IT Manager will be required to resolve system and application issues and identify the root cause to provide a permanent fix. Management and maintenance of in-house databases and bespoke software utilities along with the ability to write some application and utility code is a requirement of the role. Managing and monitoring both Capital and Opex budgets, you will negotiate with third party suppliers to ensure continuity of support, along with strategic planning of upgrades and enhancements to existing infrastructure. Be adaptable, pragmatic and customer focussed. Previous experience in a manufacturing environment is desirable. Technical Requirements Experience with SQL Server or T-SQL Windows 7/10 Virtualisation (Hyper-V ideally) and any experience of SAN storage. Windows Server 2012/2016. Windows Active Directory Desired Technical Experience Mitel Telephony (VOIP) SharePoint 2013 Programming skills in C# and ASP.Net might be beneficial but most of this work will be done by a 3rd party - it's just preferable that you know how this ties in with wider IT processes AS400 knowledge MS Integration Services experience Networking, IP Addressing, VLANS Cisco LAN Switches Programming skills in ASP.NET Cloud based servers and Azure storage