Manager - Industrial Water & Waste Systems Area

Wolfspeed; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed seeks a Facilities Industrial Water & Waste Area Manager in Durham to lead engineering and maintenance for water and waste systems across our campuses. You will promote safety and quality while driving improvements to reliability and energy efficiency, coaching a diverse team of engineers and technicians.

You will guide system hardening, RCFA, and cost-saving initiatives, while ensuring regulatory compliance and successful project startups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical Engineering or related field (required).
• 8–12+ years of experience in industrial water/wastewater engineering and operations.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering and operations teams preferred.
• Semiconductor or advanced manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Proven track record delivering OPEX savings and reliability improvements.
• Familiarity with POTW compliance challenges is preferred.
• Strong understanding of process integration, automation, and PLC/SCADA systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for water, wastewater, reclaim, and hazardous waste systems.
• Lead system hardening initiatives to improve reliability and resilience of critical utilities.
• Drive RCFA and implement sustainable corrective actions across sites.
• Manage IW&W team members, including coaching and development.
• Collaborate with project teams to start-up and commission facilities systems.

Skills

Leadership

Water/wastewater engineering

RCFA / root-cause analysis

Data analytics

PLC/SCADA

Cost reduction

Project management

Mentoring / coaching

Communication / stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SCADA systems

RO/DI / IX water treatment hardware

Job description

Job Description At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way. We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.Student? We offer continuing education assistance.Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.Here’s the Gist:Wolfspeed is seeking a Facilities Industrial Water & Waste Area Manager to lead the engineering and maintenance teams for Industrial Water and Waste at our Durham Campuses. You lead by promoting a safety and quality mindset to your teams through continuous improvement of processes, policies, and procedures. You provide daily assistance to your team and develop creative approaches to improve reliability while reducing operational costs and energy consumption.The Day-to-DayProvide technical leadership for water, wastewater, reclaim, and hazardous waste systems, including RO/DI, UF, ion exchange, and advanced wastewater treatment technologies.Lead system hardening initiatives to enhance reliability, redundancy, and resilience of critical utility infrastructure.Identify and eliminate single points of failure (SPOFs) through robust redundancy and design improvements.Drive root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and ensure implementation of sustainable corrective and preventive actions across all sites.Manages and directs the daily activities of facilities IW&W team members – leading leaders, engineers, and techniciansRecruits, selects, manages, coaches, and motivates staff; provides guidance and direction on problems and issues; delegates work assignmentsWorks with project teams to start-up and commission facilities systems and equipmentEnsures compliance to local, state, and national codes and compliance requirements.Supports commercial negotiations and establishment of terms related to services, projects, and power purchase agreementsGuides the team to hit key metrics - continuously improving uptime and reliability performanceCollaborates with other leaders and facilities teams in the development of overall objectives and long-term company goals. Provides input into the facility annual operating plan and manages expenses under budgetThis Job is Right for You if You Have (Minimum Requirements):Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (required)8–12+ years of experience in industrial water/wastewater engineering and operationsDemonstrated success in system hardening, optimization, and cost reduction initiativesExperience leading and mentoring engineering and operations teams preferredExperience supporting multi-site organizationsSemiconductor or advanced manufacturing experience strongly preferredProven track record delivering quantifiable OPEX savings and reliability improvementsDeep expertise in:Water systems: RO/DI, UF, IX, filtration, reclaimWastewater systems: chemical and advanced treatment processesFamiliarity with emerging regulatory challenges such as POTW compliance is preferredStrong understanding of process integration, automation, and PLC/SCADA systemsProficiency in data analytics, performance trending, and process optimization toolsAbility to lead enterprise-wide initiatives without direct authorityStrong coaching, mentoring, and talent development skillsExcellent communication and stakeholder influence capabilitiesStrong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilitiesHands-on leadership style with a people-first, cost-focused mindsetThis role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.To put it legally –Wolfspeed is an equal opportunity employer.We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected status as required by law.We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.