Semiconductor Fab Facilities & Maintenance Lead

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a full-time facilities maintenance professional to support semiconductor process equipment through ultrapure water, gas delivery, vacuum systems, and HVAC/cleanroom controls. You will plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance and projects to maintain peak tool availability.

You will work with technicians and engineers, monitor costs, and participate in design reviews and continuous improvement while upholding SEMI safety standards and company

Responsibilities

• Prepares maintenance and project plans and coordinates deliverables from planning through implementation for facilities systems that support semiconductor process equipment — ultrapure water, bulk and specialty gases, chemical delivery, process vacuum and exhaust abatement, HVAC and cleanroom environmental controls. Maintains the matrix of preventive-maintenance and process-improvement actions.
• Drives maintenance and project deliverables and task detail through CMMS work-order reports, tool uptime and MTBF/MTTR tracking charts, and PM checklists.
• Aligns the activities of internal maintenance technicians, facilities engineers, and contracted service resources to achieve on-time and within-budget performance objectives while minimizing equipment downtime and protecting cleanroom production schedules.
• Monitors and reports to the business unit on cost performance, including spare-parts consumption, utility usage, and contracted service spend.
• Participates on intra-business-unit design teams for tool installations, hook-ups, retrofits, and facility upgrades. Contributes to the team's technical development in areas such as SEMI S2/S8 equipment safety, lockout/tagout, and post-maintenance equipment qualification.
• Researches root causes of equipment and facility-system failures — utility interruptions, abnormal process excursions, contamination and particle events — and assists in implementing corrective and preventive actions.

Job description

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a full-time facilities maintenance professional to support semiconductor process equipment through ultrapure water, gas delivery, vacuum systems, and HVAC/cleanroom controls. You will plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance and projects to maintain peak tool availability.

You will work with technicians and engineers, monitor costs, and participate in design reviews and continuous improvement while upholding SEMI safety standards and company