Director of Facilities

Safran DSI•Camarillo, CA

4d•$150,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Facilities leads the operation, maintenance, and expansion of Attollo Engineering’s approximately 45,000-square-foot Camarillo facility across four suites, including a 5,000-square-foot wafer-fabrication cleanroom classified as Class 100–1000 (ISO 5–ISO 6). This hands-on role is responsible for the cleanroom environment, critical systems supporting semiconductor fabrication, and general facility infrastructure, while leading a small team and protecting uptime, contamination control, and hazardous-materials safety in a regulated defense and semiconductor environment. The role oversees cleanroom certification and contamination controls, facility utilities and maintenance programs, EHS compliance, capital projects, contractors, vendors, and budgets. It supports cleanroom process equipment in coordination with process engineering but is not responsible for operating fabrication processes. The position supervises the Facilities Manager and Semiconductor Equipment Technician, and indirectly oversees the Facilities Assistant.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, chemical, or facilities engineering, or equivalent experience.
10 or more years of experience in facilities or plant engineering, including direct responsibility for a semiconductor cleanroom.
Demonstrated experience operating cleanrooms and expanding or modifying them with minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
Strong command of cleanroom infrastructure, including HVAC, filtration, utilities, and monitoring, and ISO 14644 classification and certification.
Demonstrated ownership of preventive-maintenance and critical-spares programs.
Working awareness of semiconductor process tools and process-support equipment and their facility requirements; operation-level expertise is not required.
Working knowledge of EHS and regulatory requirements, including OSHA, California hazardous-materials requirements, and air and wastewater permitting.
Familiarity with building management systems (BMS) and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
Proven leadership of facilities and/or maintenance staff.
Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and respond to facility-critical issues.
U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.
Ability to perform tasks that may involve lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling objects and materials weighing approximately 25–50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience with infrastructure for handling corrosive or toxic process gases, such as chlorine or ammonia, and strong acids, including hydrofluoric acid.
Experience supporting a compound-semiconductor or photonics fabrication environment.
Relevant certifications, such as cleanroom certification, a Professional Engineer license, or EHS certifications.
Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and building management systems (BMS).
Experience working in an ITAR environment.
Willingness to be on call for facility and cleanroom emergencies.

Responsibilities

Operate, maintain, and ensure the reliability of the approximately 45,000-square-foot facility across four suites, including the 5,000-square-foot cleanroom.
Maintain cleanroom classification through particle monitoring, HEPA/ULPA filtration and fan-filter units, laminar flow, temperature and humidity control, and pressure cascades.
Own gowning and contamination-control protocols and ISO 14644 certification and recertification.
Plan and execute cleanroom expansions, reconfigurations, and infrastructure upgrades while minimizing disruption to active fabrication.
Manage critical fab utilities, including process cooling water, DI water, process gases and gas cabinets, compressed dry air and nitrogen, process exhaust and acid-gas scrubbing or abatement, acid-waste neutralization, vacuum, electrical systems, HVAC, and the building management and monitoring system.
Maintain the general facility across all four suites, including the building envelope, base-building mechanical and electrical systems, and tenant infrastructure.
Manage safe handling, storage, and supporting infrastructure for corrosive and toxic process gases and strong acids, including gas detection, scrubbing and abatement, wet benches and fume hoods, eyewash and safety showers, and emergency-response systems.
Own EHS compliance, including OSHA, California hazardous-materials requirements (HMBP/CUPA), and applicable air and wastewater permitting.
Build and monitor preventive-maintenance schedules for facility systems and cleanroom-supporting equipment.
Manage critical-spares inventory, calibration programs, and service and vendor contracts to protect uptime.
Maintain working awareness of cleanroom process tools and support equipment and their facility requirements, sufficient to support and maintain them; process operation is handled by process-engineering staff.
Oversee maintenance and facility support of cleanroom equipment through the Semiconductor Equipment Technician, coordinating with process engineering.
Plan and manage facility capital projects, contractors, and service providers; develop and manage budgets.
Supervise the Facilities Manager and Semiconductor Equipment Technician, and indirectly oversee the Facilities Assistant.
Perform other duties as assigned.