Facilities Project Leader

ASML US, LLC; Wilton (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ASML US, LLC's Wilton Factory seeks a Facilities Project Leader to drive the factory layout and overall roadmap, coordinating with Production Engineering, Master Planning and Corporate Real Estate. The role gathers stakeholder input, evaluates scenarios, and steers design changes for sustainable expansion.

You will ensure availability of manufacturing facilities for WF modules, manage milestones, and communicate with cross‑functional teams to balance facility capabilities with production demands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or technical field.
• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with plant layout and product flow analysis preferred.
• Experience in design and specification of cleanroom operations and related facilities a plus.

Responsibilities

• Gather input impacting factory layout from multiple sources and convert to actionable plans.
• Evaluate scenarios and clearly communicate assumptions, benefits, and risks to stakeholders.
• Design factory workflow to prevent entanglement of parts and machines.
• Represent Manufacturing in Corporate Real Estate related projects.
• Coordinate with Production Engineering and Real Estate to implement the factory roadmap.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Change management

Initiative

Entrepreneurial mindset

Team building

Education

Bachelor degree in engineering or technical field

Job description

Introduction to the job

Wilton Factory is in search of a Facilities Project Leader to contribute to the strategic direction and enhancement of its facilities. In response to the growing demand for semiconductors and the evolving Wilton portfolio, it is essential to continue the development and expansion of our factory. The Facilities PL will play a key leadership role in formulating and executing the comprehensive factory roadmap, working alongside the Strategic Facility Planning Manager to oversee its implementation. This planner will gather insights regarding organizational needs from various stakeholders and will actively promote advancements to address these requirements. Collaboration with Production Engineering project leaders and the Corporate Real Estate team will be essential in achieving these objectives.

Job Description

• Gather input that could impact factory layout from multiple sources and consolidate to actionable plan(s).
• Evaluate various scenarios and effectively convey the underlying assumptions, as well as the associated benefits and risks, to all relevant stakeholders.
• Consider various inputs when designing the factory workflow for parts and machines to prevent entanglement.
• Represent Manufacturing in Corporate Real Estate related projects.
• Ensure project portfolio is taken into account in future WF site layout.
• Review high‑level CAD solutions to create flexible production facilities.
• The capability to introduce ongoing modifications to the design within an operational manufacturing facility.
• Communicate required information to Corporate Real Estate and building partners; guide the engineering process, and ensure factory expansion and improvement is designed to be sustainable for the future.

Role and responsibilities

In this role, you will ensure the availability of necessary manufacturing facilities for WF modules for both the short and long term, utilizing information from Production Engineering, Development & Engineering, Master Planning, and Manufacturing. You will coordinate technology specifications, manufacturing demands, and corporate real estate limitations to create layouts and plans, setting milestones for informed decision‑making. This process includes gathering and recording pertinent information, as well as sharing it with Manufacturing, Corporate Real Estate, and multiple cross‑functional teams.

Education and experience

• Bachelor degree in engineering or technical field.
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Proven affinity with high‑tech machines and the demonstrable drive to create structure and organization in the work field.
• Experience with plant layout and product flow analysis preferred.
• Experience in design and specification of cleanroom operations and the related facilities a plus.

Skills

• Project management skills.
• Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal and team building skills.
• Stakeholder management.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Experience with change management.
• Focused on achieving objectives, demonstrating initiative, and ensuring tasks are completed.
• Broad technical and business knowledge.
• Product, procedure and process minded with customer focus.
• Capable of exerting influence without authority and expressing opinions.
• Self‑propelling and entrepreneurial attitude.
• Perseverance in situations when confronted with push back.

Other information

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R.* 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Role within Office Responsibilities

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.
• Occasionally required to move around the campus.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• May require travel dependent on business needs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Role within the Factory Responsibilities

• Must be willing to work in a clean room environment, wearing coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses and gloves for entire duration of shift.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Can work under deadlines.
• The environment generally is moderate in temperature with moderate to high noise level.

Additional responsibilities for Wilton Factory

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee is required to work in a cleanroom environment: full gowning (full body coveralls, hood, CR safety shoes, face mask, nitrile gloves and safety glasses. Working under ISO 9000/14000 standards).
• Operating/working around overhead cranes, fork trucks and motorized pallet movers.
• Working around lasers; working with ladders; working on platforms; and working around chemicals.
• The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• May require travel dependent on company needs.
• The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

Additional Responsibilities

There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R.* 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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