Tool Installation Program Manager (Springtide)

Springtide; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Springtide, a division of IPS, seeks a Tool Installation Program Manager to lead end-to-end semiconductor tool installation programs on-site near Santa Clara, CA. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across facilities, engineering, construction, and vendors, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure ramp readiness and safe startup.

This role demands strong communication, extensive project management experience, and a hands-on approach to delivering complex fab upgrades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, facilities, equipment installation, or industrial project/program management.
• Experience managing semiconductor tool installation or factory expansion programs.
• Strong understanding of cleanroom construction and semiconductor labs or manufacturing environments.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and contractors.
• Proficiency with project scheduling and management tools (Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet, etc.).
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead semiconductor equipment installation programs end-to-end from concept through turnover.
• Manage multiple concurrent tool installation projects across cleanroom and subfab areas.
• Develop integrated schedules aligning facilities, vendors, contractors, and operations.
• Drive execution of tool moves, new installs, upgrades, and factory expansion activities.
• Coordinate shutdowns, utility tie-ins, and production-impact work.
• Serve as primary interface across manufacturing, facilities, engineering, construction, EHS, vendors, and contractors.
• Lead coordination meetings, resolve scheduling conflicts, and manage cleanroom logistics.
• Ensure facility readiness across utilities and verify tool hookup and sequencing.
• Support design reviews and ensure compliance with fab standards and safety.
• Maintain detailed schedules, track milestones, manage risks, and oversee budgets.
• Provide executive reporting on schedule, budget, ramp readiness, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Coordinate vendors and contractors through delivery, installation, startup, and turnover.
• Drive safe execution, support startup and turnover, and ensure smooth transition to sustaining operations.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Scheduling/Planning

Multidisciplinary coordination

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Job description

At Springtide, a division of IPS (a Berkshire Hathaway company), we listen, understand, and lean into complex challenges to unlock new solutions and realize opportunities with our partners. Distinguished by our agility, creativity, expertise, and owner's perspective, we deliver faster time-to-market and longer-lasting value, enabling you to do more. We are seeking a Tool Installation Program Manager to work full-time on site with our client located near Santa Clara, California.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead semiconductor equipment installation programs end-to-end, from concept through turnover to manufacturing or development.
• Manage multiple concurrent tool installation projects across cleanroom and subfab areas.
• Develop integrated schedules aligning facilities, vendors, contractors, and operations.
• Drive execution of tool moves, new installs, upgrades, and factory expansion activities.
• Coordinate shutdowns, utility tie-ins, and production-impact work, aligning with ramp and technology milestones.
• Serve as the primary interface across manufacturing, facilities, engineering, construction, EHS, vendors, and contractors.
• Lead coordination meetings, resolve scheduling conflicts, scope gaps, and installation constraints, and manage cleanroom logistics and staging.
• Ensure facility readiness across utilities (electrical, HVAC, gas/chemical, DI water, CDA, vacuum, etc.) and verify tool hookup and sequencing requirements.
• Support design reviews and ensure compliance with fab standards, cleanroom protocols, and safety requirements.
• Maintain detailed schedules, track milestones and critical path, manage risks and recovery plans, and oversee budgets, forecasts, and contractor costs.
• Provide executive reporting on schedule, budget, ramp readiness, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Coordinate vendors and contractors through delivery, installation, startup, and turnover; ensure alignment with fab readiness and manage changes.
• Drive safe execution, support startup and turnover, track punch-list completion, and ensure smooth transition to sustaining operations.

The salary offered for this role is between $119,000 and $183,000, but the actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set, and education.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, facilities, equipment installation, or industrial project/program management.
• Experience managing semiconductor tool installation or factory expansion programs.
• Strong understanding of cleanroom construction and semiconductor labs or manufacturing environments.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and contractors.
• Proficiency with project scheduling and management tools (Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet, etc.).
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within advanced semiconductor fabs, labs, or high-tech manufacturing facilities.
• Knowledge of semiconductor process tools and associated facility systems.
• Familiarity with CSA/specification review, utility matrix management, hook-up coordination, factory ramp planning, control area, and hazardous material considerations.
• Experience supporting fast-track industrial or manufacturing expansion projects.

About Us

Springtide Project Services is a full-service technical consultancy providing Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Project and Program Management, and Commissioning services to advanced technology industries, including the semiconductor, mission-critical data center, renewable energy, electric vehicle, and display sectors. We bring deep subject matter expertise as well as proven, reliable execution experience to bear on complex projects. The name Springtide represents our culture and values as an agile organization providing fresh, dynamic, and innovative solutions to help our clients optimize their project outcomes. We are energetic, driven, and curious, and take a sophisticated approach to every client project, enabling a critical scope to be executed; we walk in our clients' shoes, we listen, we are curious, and we excel in a thriving collaborative culture, proactively leaning into challenges with a solutions mindset. We focus on collaborative engagement, alignment, and optimized execution, enabling our clients to do more and to achieve their business success. Springtide is a division of IPS-Integrated Project Services, LLC.

Specialties

Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Program Management, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCM, and augmented resourcing services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at Springtide without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran, marital, or citizenship status, or any other status protected by law. Springtide is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.