Operations Lead - Semiconductor Manufacturing & Lean Excellence

Applied Materials South East Asia; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials in Singapore is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, develop, and sustain manufacturing methods for parts and assemblies in a high‑volume semiconductor environment.

You will lead process improvements, collaborate with engineering teams, and use lean principles to reduce costs while improving quality and productivity. This role transitions from Science Park II to Tampines.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, semiconductor, electronics, or related industries preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Operations, Continuous Improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate operation team to meet delivery requirements.
• Set and review line performance KPI target on a daily, weekly and monthly timeframe to meet delivery.
• Drive the team to achieve KPIs such as Move, CT, wafer out and CLIP with clear priority and directions.
• Develop and maintain operation dashboards, management reports for line performance such as CLIP fulfillment, CT, Move and Productivity Index.
• Co-work with cross functional teams to identify opportunities to improve productivity, cycle time, throughput and capacity planning (more out of install base)
• Drive process standardization, simplification, remove redundancy to achieve productivity goal.
• Lead Continuous improvement projects on waste elimination, cost reduction, automation and productivity improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Team player

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Applied Materials in Singapore is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, develop, and sustain manufacturing methods for parts and assemblies in a high‑volume semiconductor environment.

You will lead process improvements, collaborate with engineering teams, and use lean principles to reduce costs while improving quality and productivity. This role transitions from Science Park II to Tampines.