McWane - Director of IT Integrations

Who We Are……

At the McWane family of companies, we make ductile iron products, including pipe, valves, hydrants, fittings and plumbing products, and manufacture fire extinguishers, fire suppression systems and steel pressure vessels. McWane conducts business throughout North America and the world. Our major plants by industry include three pipe facilities, three valve and hydrant facilities, seven soil pipe and utility fittings facilities, three tank manufacturing facilities, and one fire suppression equipment facility. Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, we’ve made our operations safe, efficient, and compliant while preserving and creating thousands of well-paying American jobs. Our foundries produce products that last for generations. Since 1920, McWane’s ductile iron products have safely delivered clean water to countries around the world. When properly installed, ductile iron pipe can last for more than a century, reducing energy consumption and costs during its long, useful life.

What We Live By……

The McWane Way is a core philosophy outlined by the founder J.R. McWane in 1920. Today it encompasses Teamwork, Excellence, Leadership, Environment, Communication, Accountability, Safety and Trust. All team members at every level are expected to know and work by these principles, values, and behaviors. Most importantly, every team member is expected to be able to answer this question, “What does this mean for me?” This is the all-important question because behavior is the best evidence of a living principle. Every position is rooted in a culture that aligns with McWane’s eight guiding principles. Our unwavering commitment to the McWane Way ensures positive outcomes for both our company and the communities we serve. Join the McWane team on the journey to The McWane Way.

The Director of IT Integration leads McWane’s enterprise integration strategy, their D365 Support Team (supporting divisions on D365 F&SC and Dynamics CRM), optimizing how software is used, sharing best practices, and combining data from our core systems to generate business insights. This role sits within Corporate IT and partners closely with ERP/CRM implementation group, Operations, Finance, and division IT teams.

Essential Functions: 

1. Division engagement & support. Lead the support team in meeting with plant/division teams, triage/prioritize requests, and translate needs into actionable changes in Dynamics; champion user training and continuous improvement.
2. Own the enterprise integration roadmap. Help define strategy, standards, and priorities for system‑to‑system integrations and data flows across divisions; align with Corporate IT leadership and business stakeholders.
3. Deliver and operate integrations in/around Dynamics 365. Lead teams and potentially partners and contractors to create additional business value for divisions using D365. 
4. Existing Business Process Optimization. Coordinate with existing D365 divisions to optimize their use of the system, work to roll out new features.
5. Team leadership. Build culture amongst the support team consistent with the McWane Way; set goals, coach, and develop talent; uphold safety, stewardship, and accountability across the team.
6. Risk, compliance & quality. Ensure integrations meet security and regulatory requirements; drive root‑cause analysis and corrective actions for incidents; track closure and share lessons learned. Ensure ERP related corrective actions around audit findings are implemented across all McWane Divisions.
7. Maintains a culture of continuous improvement by managing long and short-term projects using approved tools.
8. Must have strong written, oral, communication and facilitation skills.
9. Works closely with others to promote cyber security initiatives.
10. Observes and enforces all company, human resources and safety policies, procedures, and rules.
11. Keeps the CIO, and other key managers abreast of significant issues or developments as appropriate.

This position will be required to travel at least eleven (11) weeks of the year.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Required:   Bachelor’s degree plus related experience is preferred; OR an equivalent combination of related education and/or experience is required.

Minimum Experience Required:   8–12+ years in enterprise systems, data engineering, or application platforms; 5+ years leading teams delivering mission‑critical integrations ideally in a Manufacturing setting.

Minimum Experience Preferred:  10 Years of experience in Enterprise Level IT with Team Lead or Manager experience.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: 

• Dynamics 365 (Finance & Supply Chain; Customer Engagement) solution enablement and data flows.
• Power Platform (Power Automate/Apps), Dataverse, Azure Integration Services (API Management, Logic Apps, Functions), SQL/SSIS.
• PowerBI, knowledge of Fabric, ability to interface between technical developers and business needs.
• Leadership & communication: Ability to align stakeholders, prioritize backlogs, and drive outcomes across multiple divisions; strong written/verbal skills and a coaching mindset.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.