HVAC Facilities Thermal Engineer

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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated engineer to fill the role of HVAC Facilities Thermal Engineer on the HVAC Engineering Team to support Samsung Taylor Facilities Operations Group. The Engineer will work to tackle our most complex problems, initiate improvement projects, review designs, and manage projects while overseeing day to day activities including Breakdown Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance for improving quality and reliability in support of a semiconductor wafer fab.

This role is within HVAC team at the Taylor, TX Facility. The HVAC thermal team scope includes cooling systems (cooling towers, condenser water, chilled water), heating systems (steam/condensate, hot water), Fab air conditioning (outside air makeup units, dry cooling coils, water spray/scrubbing system), general air conditioning (AHUs, EHPs, CRAC units), and process cooling water (tool heat removal).

Facilities HVAC systems are designed to run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without interruption.

Role and Responsibilities

Here’s What You’ll Be Responsible For:

Provides oversight and communication to support the needs of operations, instrumentation, maintenance, and external resources to ensure operational sustainability of facilities and equipment.

Reviews and analyzes process and equipment data to ensure they are running within specifications and sufficient capacity is available to meet operating demand.

Successfully interfaces with internal customer organizations to sustain uninterrupted operations.

Improves equipment reliability through FMEA, root cause analysis, and 8D problem solving.

Support the development and improvement of operations and maintenance procedures/programs to ensure use of best practices.

Incorporates best practices into site specifications, standards, and standard operating procedures.

Forecasts costs and expenditures for operation and maintenance assigned systems.

Develops cost reduction projects that reduced operating and maintenance expenses of those systems.

Cultivating, sustaining and managing system to ensure site safety, quality of operation, and environmental stewardship.

Implement processes & procedures to improve and standardize work across the team & site.

Provide industry contributions through conferences and other professional organizations.

Support test and implementation of innovative new technologies to solve business needs and improve operation.

Skills and Qualifications

Here's what you'll need:

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.

5+ years of experience.

Previous experience in plant operations, reliability engineering, or design engineering.

Professional Engineer’s license a plus.

Exhibit commitment to a safe, reliable, and efficient work environment

Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.

Highly adaptable to rapidly changing business needs and initiatives.

Demonstrate strong analytical skills for assessing problems and developing corrective actions.

Possess excellent time management and priority setting skills while having the ability to effectively advance multiple activities simultaneously and enable on-time project delivery.

Demonstrate ability to build strong, influential relationships.

Be able to interface professionally and effectively with all levels of management.

Be proficient with Microsoft Windows based applications.

Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Must be able to coordinate and communicate technical information to and from all levels of the organization.

Experience working at an advanced manufacturing facility such as a semiconductor manufacturing plant or similar industry.

The current base salary range for this role is between $76,000 - $145,000. Individual base pay rates will depend on factors including duties, work location, education, skills, qualifications and experience. Total compensation for this position will include a competitive benefits package and may include participation in company incentive compensation programs, which are based on factors to include organizational and individual performance.