Facilities Controls Engineer

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Facilities Controls Engineer to provide leadership in managing outsourced maintenance services and ensure operational integrity of facility systems. You will work with cross-functional teams and oversee programming, troubleshooting, and optimization of control systems within a semiconductor manufacturing environment, ensuring maximum safety and building uptime.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience as a controls engineer or I&C engineer role.
• Strong communication skills to coordinate with teams.
• Proven success in control systems commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Oversee facilities support systems to ensure safety and uptime.
• Manage IFM provider for maintenance of facility systems.
• Lead programming and troubleshooting of electrical controls equipment.

Skills

Building Management Systems (BMS) Controls

PLC Programming

Clean Rooms

Modbus

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

SCADA

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• Facilities & Real Estate position to provide leadership in managing outsourced Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) supplier performing operations, maintenance, repairs, and planning of facilities systems.
• Responsible for overseeing the maintenance and operation of the facilities support systems to ensure maximum safety and building uptime
• Manage 3rd party IFM provider to ensure proper maintenance of mechanical, electrical, exhaust, waste water treatment, chilled water, process piping, and controls systems
• Responsibility for programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting of electrical, and controls equipment used to improve the existing systems.
• PLC programming and troubleshooting using several different programming styles, including ladder logic and structured text
• Optimization and improvement of human machine interfaces, and SCADA systems
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers and proposal engineers to ensure proper implementation and integration of our control system solutions.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Facilities & Real Estate position to provide leadership in managing outsourced Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) supplier performing operations, maintenance, repairs, and planning of facilities systems.
• Responsible for overseeing the maintenance and operation of the facilities support systems to ensure maximum safety and building uptime
• Manage 3rd party IFM provider to ensure proper maintenance of mechanical, electrical, exhaust, waste water treatment, chilled water, process piping, and controls systems
• Responsibility for programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting of electrical, and controls equipment used to improve the existing systems.
• PLC programming and troubleshooting using several different programming styles, including ladder logic and structured text
• Optimization and improvement of human machine interfaces, and SCADA systems
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers and proposal engineers to ensure proper implementation and integration of our control system solutions.
  
  

Functional Knowledge:

• Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function (i.e. mechanical, electrical, controls, etc.)
• Identify and conceptually scope safety, compliance, capacity, redundancy, and cost savings projects
• Obtain funding and manage facilities projects per scope, schedule & budget
• Experience with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, AutoCAD, SCADA (e.g. GE Cimplicity, Ignition), PLC programming AB/Rockwell, Simens S7 and CMMS (e.g.IBM Maximo)
  
  

Business Expertise:

• 5+ years working experience as a Controls engineer in semiconductor or similar industry
• Experience with contract management and negotiation
• Analyze budgets, assist in fiscal budget planning, and manage services to budgets
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues
• Recommends product, process or service improvements
• Comprehensive knowledge in Semiconductor/cleanroom automated facility controls
  
  

Leadership:

• Leads projects and teams with notable risk and complexity to achieve milestones and objectives
• Excellent at multi-tasking, able to respond promptly to issues, and effectively and quickly restore facilities systems
• Develops strategy for project execution
  
  

Problem Solving:

• Perform problem solving, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Solves complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions
  
  

Impact:

• Impacts the direction and resource allocation for IFM management
• Contributes to the development of functional strategy
  
  

Interpersonal Skills:

• Coordinate with multiple groups (planning, construction, safety, maintenance service provider, building owners, management, etc.) to minimize facility or system downtime and business interruptions
• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
  

Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering
• 3-7 years of experience working as a controls engineer or I&C engineer role on manufacturing equipment or facilities system
• Strong communications skills required to coordinate work between in-house design team members
• Strong presentation and teaming skills to coordinate with client management and end-user representatives
• Proven track record of successful completion of projects involving control systems commissioning, software integration, calibration, or troubleshooting.
• Analyze plant processes, design, and implement improvements.
• Technical proficiency in most software applications.
• Strong cause-effect analytical abilities to solve problems.
• Work experience with PLCs.
• Working knowledge of industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus, BACnet, Ethernet/IP).
• Skilled in PLC programming (SIEMENS Step7, Allen Bradley Control logix) and SCADA systems such as Ignition and Cimplicity
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Skills

Building Management Systems (BMS) Controls, Clean Rooms, Modbus, PLC Programming

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

4 - 7 Years

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Shift:

10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)

Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

No

U.S. Salary Range:

$124,000.00 - $171,000.00

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Nanotechnology Research, and Semiconductor Manufacturing

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