Engineering Supervisor

The Role:

Entegris is seeking a highly motivated Engineering Supervisor who thrives in a fast-paced environment where safety, quality and continuous improvement are paramount. You will lead a team of engineers whose objective is to sustain and continuously improve specialty chemical manufacturing processes for products used in semiconductor manufacturing. Our specialty chemicals enable our customers to build high performance semiconductor products. This role will be primarily responsible for the engineering team overseeing our solids equipment, gloveboxes, and expansion projects.

In this role you will:

• Set to a "Safety First" culture by performing equipment, process, and behavioral audits and recommending/implementing solutions to risks.

• Develop strong understanding of work cell equipment and processes to enable support of manufacturing operations.

• Set the work direction within the work cell for a team of full time and rotational engineers, techs, coops and interns.

• Support your direct team through regular coaching and feedback as well as any escalation support as necessary. Ensure individuals growth by creating and identifying development opportunities both through day to day projects and tasks as well as formal continuing education.

• Lead by example, by making individual technical contribution, completing your own projects, and supporting manufacturing directly in addition to supervisory duties.

• Collaborate with Production management for your work cell to develop improvement roadmaps and align your working team.

In addition, your team will be responsible for:

• Leading continuous improvement projects both individually and in collaboration with cross functional team members following robust change control processes and using statistical data analysis to support qualification.

• Leveraging statistical process control tools and methodology to identify both proactive and reactive opportunities for improvement. Maintain effective internal control limits and work with customer teams on negotiating limits for key customers that provide quality assurance to customer while maintaining manufacturability for the factory.

• Complete failure analysis to identify root cause, develop and implement corrective/preventative actions along with material disposition to resolve both internal and external non-conformances. Collaborate with customer teams on reporting findings and action closures, using 8D template when applicable.

• Utilize structured problem solving tools such as 8D, 5 Why, RCA, Fishbone, etc to drive to root cause and then resolution in a methodical fashion for both product and process defects or upsets.

• Collaborate with CQE organization to support customer requests as well as audits.

• Maintain and improve key process documentation such as work instructions, FMEAs, and control plans and incorporate updates as new failure modes are identified or process changes are implemented. Also responsible for maintaining critical master data in ERP system such as BOMs, Routings, material master information.

• Develop and/or maintain target capacity data for equipment and processes to be used in production planning or long range strategic planning exercises.

• Leverage capacity data to identify bottlenecks and candidates for capacity expansion projects. Scope and execute capacity expansion projects to completion.

• Support production by troubleshooting equipment or process breakdowns, ensuring robust PM plans and critical spares identified and stocked.

• Communicate effectively across the organization (e.g. marketing, R&D, facilities, operations, etc.) to drive a result. Contribute to the direction of the department in partnership with other members of the team and leadership

• Persistently drive resolution to highest impact issues/threats to manufacturing with a strong sense of urgency and integrity

Requirements:

• Bachelor's of Science in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or similar.

• 5+ years of experience in chemical operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of HVM process equipment.

• Experience transferring and/or scaling up new chemical manufacturing processes.

• Understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC) as well as statistical data analysis for application to Qualification and Validation. Experience with Minitab a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to lead structured problem-solving using tools such as 8D, FMEA, 5 Why, RCA, etc.

• Aptitude for leadership to drive cross-functional project execution and problem solving while maintaining positive/collaborative working relationships.

• Ability to present technical data to all levels of the organization.

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and wear PPE as necessary.

• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally in support of various engineering projects/escalations (<5%).

• Familiarity with handling hazardous materials.

• Experience managing teams preferred.

• Familiarity with solids manufacturing processes preferred.

Your success will be measured by:

• Tenacity to drive processes/products to world class performance in a timely manner

• Professionalism, integrity and high degree of accountability

• Ability to collaborate with individuals at all levels and functional groups within the organization

• Ability to leverage technical knowledge and tools to drive continuous improvement

• Supporting the development of your team and setting appropriate worklist priorities

What We Offer:

At Entegris, we invest in providing opportunity to our employees and promote from within. The new hire in this role will have the potential to grow and create relationships across the organization and be recognized for demonstrated success and adherence to company PACE values.

Our total rewards package goes above and beyond just a paycheck. Whether you're looking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals.

• Generous 401(K) plan with an impressive employer match
• Excellent health, dental and vision insurance packages to fit your needs
• 11 paid holidays a year
• Paid time off (PTO) policy that empowers you to take the time you need to recharge
• Education assistance to support your learning journey
• Values-driven culture with colleagues that rally around People, Accountability, Creativity and Excellence.

At Entegris we are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements and experience without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital or military status.

Entegris strongly encourages all of its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. At Entegris, COVID-19 vaccination is preferred but not required at this time.