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About the role
The Site Engineering Manager provides leadership for facility systems, overseeing startup, commissioning, and sustaining engineering operations. This role ensures site reliability, safety compliance, and continuous improvement while managing engineering personnel and maintenance programs.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 10 years of progressive experience in facility engineering within high-tech or semiconductor environments. A proven record of maintaining uptime, safety, and quality metrics is essential for this mission-critical role.
Full description
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The Site Engineering Manager provides engineering leadership to the site delivery team within Exentec’s Technical Facility Management organization. This role is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations of all site-based facility systems while delivering consistent performance and client satisfaction. The Engineering manager operates within a 24x7 mission-critical environment, supporting manufacturing and research operations that demand precision, discipline, and responsiveness. The ideal candidate demonstrates a high sense of urgency, deep technical understanding, and the ability to lead the engineering teams to meet client requirements. Initially, the role will be focused on Startup and commissioning of TGCM systems and will evolove into an ongoing Sustaining Engineering to support HVM operations.
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Safety Leadership
- Promote Exentec’s Incident Free Workplace culture and lead by example in daily operations.
- Ensure site compliance with Exentec and client EHS programs, policies, and all regulatory requirements.
- Support incident investigations, implement corrective actions, and reinforce proactive hazard identification.
Startup and Commissioning
- Lead engineering support for facility startup, commissioning, and factory ramp.
- Build and develop the site engineering organization.
- Oversee FAT, SAT, OAT, and startup execution activities.
- Establish system performance baselines and operational fingerprints.
- Ensure all engineering documentation is complete and transferred into operations.
- Identify and resolve design, installation, and commissioning deficiencies.
Reliability & Sustaining Engineering
- Following factory startup, assume ownership of site sustaining engineering programs.
- Drive system reliability and operational excellence initiatives.
- Establish reliability KPIs and performance monitoring systems.
- Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations.
- Identify chronic equipment issues and develop recovery plans.
- Utilize SPC and data analytics to improve system performance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on uptime, quality, and cost.
Engineering Team Leadership & Employee Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering personnel.
- Establish engineering objectives and performance expectations.
- Manage staffing, workload balancing, and succession planning.
- Develop technical training and qualification programs to support Technican Development
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Maintenance Program Ownership
- Oversee engineering support of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Approve PM strategies, frequencies, and job plans.
- Optimize maintenance effectiveness and cost.
- Ensure critical spare parts strategies are established.
- Support condition-based maintenance initiatives.
- Drive lifecycle asset management programs.
Configuration Management & Technical Governance
- Establish and maintain Management of Change (MOC) processes.
- Ensure critical system parameters remain controlled.
- Maintain critical documentation including P&IDs, SOPs, SOOs, PM Procedures, Alarm Response Documentation, etc
Minimum Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, equivalent may be experience considered.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Facility Engineering within in semiconductor or high-tech manufacturing environment.
- Proven record of maintaining uptime, safety, and quality metrics.
- Familiarity with EHS compliance, reliability programs, and process systems such as gas, chemical, and UPW.
Preferred
- PE License
- CMRP
- PMP
- Lean Six Sigma certification
Contact:
You want to be part of the Exyte team? We look forward to receiving your application! For further questions and information, please do not hesitate to contact Tina Denny
Please note that we only consider applications submitted through our application portal. Applications sent via email will not be considered due to data protection regulations.
Exyte US, Inc. is proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to celebrating diversity and supporting an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex (e.g., pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression), national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
