Field Services Site Lead I

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. 

Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures.

Job Title

The role IT Field Service Technician Site Lead will provide local IT support services for assigned Allegion facilities. This role focuses on improving support methodologies for manufacturing support in labor reduction, cost reduction, security, reliability, key feature and technological improvements and integrations, standardization, M&A integrations. Support of this site includes, onsite, regular day hours Monday through Friday and off hours support is required from time to time. The technician will collaborate closely with global IT teams and onsite stakeholders to implement scalable solutions, ensure timely escalation of complex issues, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. They will also maintain accurate documentation, asset inventories, and change records to support compliance, knowledge transfer, and efficient future support.

Primary accountabilities include.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position.

What You Will Do:

• Main point of contact for local leadership and other IT teams. Meet with them on needs, issues, and associated priorities.
• Demonstrate technical ownership of local IT infrastructure and lead assigned projects to drive operational and/or IT improvements.
• Be empowered and accountable in providing advanced technical support and resolutions, at a 2nd level, to exceed end-user expectations per Service Level Agreement metrics.
• Attend local business meetings like MDI.
• Demonstrate independent troubleshooting and decisive problem solving.
• Be proactive in leveraging internal and external resources to resolve incidents and complete goals.
• Provide immediate technical support and solutions for office environments, manufacturing facilities, and warehouses.
• Provide and coordinate on-call support required as needed.
• Work with Management to prioritize resources and activities. 
• Create, follow and promote defined ITIL, and cyber security, procedures and policies.
• Provide and coordinate basic support of network, server, security, and application infrastructure.
• Perform root cause analysis to eliminate reoccurring incidents.
• Create plans for IT software and hardware lifecycle processes including ordering, forecasting, tracking, and deployment within defined performance metrics.
• Install/coordinate technology hardware and software that fulfill user requests according to standards or requirements.
• Plan Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including annual spends and timeframes.
• Develop new infrastructure troubleshooting strategies to reduce downtime and decrease maintenance costs.
• Create strategies for upgrading the company’s infrastructure with new updates.
• Construct and implement plans to ensure the company’s infrastructure operates smoothly in the event of a problem.
• Collaborate with other department managers to assess the growth needs and maintenance of the company’s infrastructure.
• Review and control expenditures to ensure projects remain within budget.
• Coordinate cybersecurity trainings for local user community.
• Assist with interviewing and onboarding IT contractors and FTEs, as needed.
• Train, and provide leadership to FST personnel, including daily assignments and delegation of project work.
• Lifecycle Manage, forecast, collaborate and control Assets working with Asset Management Team, keep right levels of use.
• Work directly with Cybersecurity to keep VLM levels out of risk.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Need to Succeed:

• A minimum of 2 years work experience supporting Manufacturing and Office environments, specifically, a high level functional and technical working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Apple OSX, Microsoft Office Suites, and Microsoft Software (Share