Equipment Maintenance Section Manager - SWFL Maint

SkyWater is searching for an Equipment Maintenance Section Manager for our site at Kissimmee, FL. If you are a self-motivated team player, who thrives in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment, passionate about building great products and learning new technologies, this is the job for you!  SkyWater has an exciting leadership opportunity in the role of Equipment Maintenance Section Manager. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a skilled team of maintenance technicians who endeavor to manage, maintain, and improve equipment operations with pride, while setting and reinforcing a culture of safety! The selected candidate will have extensive collaboration with the area maintenance team, equipment engineering, and process engineering groups. Some collaboration will be with tool vendors, other area engineers/managers, procurement, and production.Responsibilities: Own E10/Tool uptime metrics reporting and performance. Manage and mentor Equipment Technicians in the FAB (across all shifts) for all tool types and disciplines, and be a key player in equipment metrics, continuous growth, and efficient equipment operation. Manage vendor contracts to achieve results, when needed. Promote and maintain a safe work environment for all employees. Ensure all processes and systems are compliant with regulations. Build and improve systems to ensure all manufacturing equipment is safe to operate and manufactures quality product. Lead technicians with resolving unplanned down events and driving permanent Root Cause Corrective Actions, using Lean processes, procedures, and problem-solving tools. Make daily resource allocation decisions, balancing competing priorities, to serve the needs of the Process, Equipment, and Manufacturing teams while driving cost reductions and efficiencies. Provide technical leadership and management of 200MM and 300MM Semiconductor processing equipment in Support of Advanced Packaging processes including Fan Out Wafer Level Packaging, Interposers, Hybrid Wafer to Wafer bonding, and Die to Wafer Bonding. Highly desirable for a candidate to have a background in at least one of the following areas: Wafer Dicing/Grinding/Singulation, Photolithography, PVD and/or CVD Thin Films, Dry Etch, Wet Etch /Wafer Clean, Diffusion, Bond, Electroplate (ECD), CMP, or Metrology, Probe/Test (some areas may be combined). Work with process engineering and equipment maintenance technicians to drive root cause corrective actions of equipment failures, implement permanent solutions, and eliminate chronic and long-term down events. Required Qualifications Experience as a manager, supervisor, engineer, or technician in semiconductor or equivalent education and experience as follows: HS diploma and 12 years’ experience Associate degree and 8 years’ experience BS degree or higher and 5 years’ experience Demonstrated knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and understanding of equipment component behavior. Knowledge of Semiconductor Wafer Handling, RF Power, High Vacuum, Toxic Gas Delivery systems, Precision Optics, Wet Chemistry Distribution, and delivery systems. Experience Creating and Managing Preventive maintenance programs. Experience with integration, set up, and use of maintenance management software systems. Ability to manage, execute, and track multiple projects simultaneously, while meeting commitments, and deliver results, in a changing environment. Experience with application and teaching of structured problem-solving methodology. Physically able to perform the role with or without accommodation, which may include standing, bending, squatting, and lifting. Knowledge and proficiency in computer use and Microsoft Office Suite products. US Citizenship Required: This position will require the holding of or ability to obtain government security clearance which requires U.S Citizenship. Preferred Qualifications Prior experience leading a technical team. Experience with automated fault detection and control systems (FDC) is preferred. Demonstrated knowledge of equipment KPIs such as Availability, MTBF, MTTR, etc. Demonstrated at least basic level understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC)