Applied Materials Facilities Controls Engineer 

United States, California 

171225411

$124,000.00 - $171,000.00Santa Clara,CA

Key Responsibilities

• Facilities & Real Estate position to provide leadership in managing outsourced Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) supplier performing operations, maintenance, repairs, and planning of facilities systems.
• Responsible for overseeing the maintenance and operation of the facilities support systems to ensure maximum safety and building uptime
• Manage 3rd party IFM provider to ensure proper maintenance of mechanical, electrical, exhaust, waste water treatment, chilled water, process piping, and controls systems
• Responsibility for programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting of electrical, and controls equipment used to improve the existing systems.
• PLC programming and troubleshooting using several different programming styles, including ladder logic and structured text
• Optimization and improvement of human machine interfaces, and SCADA systems
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers and proposal engineers to ensure proper implementation and integration of our control system solutions.

Functional Knowledge:

• Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function (i.e. mechanical, electrical, controls, etc.)
• Identify and conceptually scope safety, compliance, capacity, redundancy, and cost savings projects
• Obtain funding and manage facilities projects per scope, schedule & budget
• Experience with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, AutoCAD, SCADA (e.g. GE Cimplicity, Ignition), PLC programming AB/Rockwell, Simens S7 and CMMS (e.g.IBM Maximo)

Business Expertise:

• 5+ years working experience as a Controls engineer in semiconductor or similar industry
• Experience with contract management and negotiation
• Analyze budgets, assist in fiscal budget planning, and manage services to budgets
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues
• Recommends product, process or service improvements
• Comprehensive knowledge inSemiconductor/cleanroomautomated facility controls

Leadership:

• Leads projects and teams with notable risk and complexity to achieve milestones and objectives
• Excellent at multi-tasking, able to respond promptly to issues, and effectively and quickly restore facilities systems
• Develops strategy for project execution

Problem Solving:

• Perform problem solving, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Solves complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions

Impact:

• Impacts the direction and resource allocation for IFM management
• Contributes to the development of functional strategy

Interpersonal Skills:

• Coordinate with multiple groups (planning, construction, safety, maintenance service provider, building owners, management, etc.) to minimize facility or system downtime and business interruptions
• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering
• 3-7 years of experience working as a controls engineer or I&C engineer role on manufacturing equipment or facilities system
• Strong communications skills required to coordinate work between in-house design team members
• Strong presentation and teaming skills to coordinate with client management and end-user representatives
• Proven track record of successful completion of projects involving control systems commissioning, software integration, calibration, or troubleshooting.
• Analyze plant processes, design, and implement improvements.

• Technical proficiency in most software applications.
• Strong cause-effect analytical abilities to solve problems.

• Work experience with PLCs.
• Working knowledge of industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus, BACnet, Ethernet/IP).
• Skilled in PLC programming (SIEMENS Step7, Allen Bradley Control logix) and SCADA systems such as Ignition and Cimplicity

Full time

Assignee / Regular