Equipment Maintenance Manager

Job Description

As Wafer Maintenance Manager you will manage a department of 25 to 30 direct report Maintenance Technicians engaged in the preventative maintenance and repair of Wafer production tools. You will provide leadership and direction to Maintenance Technicians toward the attainment of Maintenance and Production defined goals. You will maintain oversight of the Maintenance Team assigned to you and drive resolution of problems that arise. You will adapt to changes on the fly and pursue alternate paths when necessary to achieve tool repair objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain staffing levels needed to meet Maintenance, production/non-production schedules

• Plan and execute Maintenance training strategies to ensure coverage of all assigned Tools

• Monitor production requirements to ensure priorities are communicated and addressed

• Identify and drive resolution of tooling problems that could impact output or product quality

• Monitor tool performance as needed and react to out-of-control situations

• Work with PE, EE, Tool Owners, Co-Workers and/or Manufacturing teams to address tooling/process related issues

• Ensure employees are hired, promoted, and compensated consistent with company policies

• Track employee performance to ensure expectations are being met

• Provide timely coaching to develop and enhance the performance of your direct report Maintenance Technicians

• Conduct periodic performance reviews and ensure assessments are timely, fair, and consistent

• Address performance problems in a timely fashion and take appropriate action(s) with involvement of HR Team

• Ensure the consistent application of appropriate and timely disciplinary actions, when warranted

• Provide coaching/direction to Maintenance Technicians and/or non-Maintenance Tech personnel that report to you

• Help promote and implement Maintenance concepts through assigned Team

• Represent department for internal/external audits and other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Prior supervisory/management experience, preferably in a Maintenance environment

• Knowledge of wafer manufacturing production tooling

• Familiarity with Resource Viewer, MESA, SPC, QMF and similar applications/systems used to monitor tool performance.

• Familiarity with Excel, PowerPoint and Word (Intermediate level, minimum)

• Familiarity with Maintenance reports used to assign work, prioritize tools that are down, react to reoccurring tool related issues

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with all levels in Organization

• Promote a safe work environment

• Promote Quality daily

• Ability to work in a cleanroom at a minimum 6 Hrs/day

• Interact with Manufacturing Managers throughout assigned shift in Manufacturing Control Room minimum 3hrs/day

• Work on an AWS Schedule and any addition time required to complete additional tasks that are assigned

PREFERRED:

• AS/BS Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience

Additional Information

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