Facilities Engineer

SkyWater Technology Foundry, Inc.•Austin, TX

79d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Facilities Engineer to join our team in Austin. This role involves providing technical guidance to technicians and engineers, acting as a technical expert for various facility systems including cooling, HVAC, hot water, compressed air, vacuum, scrubbing, and exhaust systems. The engineer will be responsible for maintaining equipment, coordinating with contractors, reviewing and ensuring preventative maintenance is completed, and managing system upkeep. This position also involves active participation in department meetings, capital planning, and expense budgeting, as well as SPC monitoring, leading process changes, and conducting root cause analysis on incidents. The role requires managing complex capital and expense projects from concept to commissioning, working within defined technical processes, and initiating continuous improvements. Upholding area upkeep, 5S principles, adhering to environmental health and safety policies, and completing job hazard assessments are also key responsibilities. Collaboration across departments, clear communication, maintenance and creation of standard operating procedures, training operations on SOPs and LOTO, and detail-oriented record keeping and reporting are essential.

Requirements

4 Year Technical degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent discipline
8-12 years of work experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in AutoCAD

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance to technicians and engineers
Technical expert for cooling systems (chillers, glycol chillers, cooling towers, process cooling water, water treatment)
Technical expert for HVAC systems (FTU’s, make-up air handler units, air flow patterns, cleanroom filters, DX units)
Clear understanding of requirements behind sustaining a cleanroom (characterization, instrumentation, filters, and general materials)
Technical expert for hot water systems (boilers), compressed air system, process vacuum
Technical expert for scrubbing systems and general exhaust
Responsible for maintaining equipment in respective systems including coordination with contractors.
Responsible for reviewing and ensuring preventative maintenance are completed to spec and to planned schedule. Responsible for system upkeep and implementing or modify PM’s accordingly.
Active lead in supporting department meetings, capital planning, and expense budgeting
SPC monitoring in accordance with facilities specs
Lead process changes through process control board as needed
Root cause analysis on incidents
Manage complex capital and expense projects, from concept to scope to timeline delivery and commissioning.
Work within defined technical processes and procedures
Initiate and drive continuous improvements, strive for impact
Ability to adapt and move quickly to accomplish goals
Uphold area upkeep and 5S principles
Adhere to environmental health and safety policies
Ability to complete job hazard assessments alongside contractors and internal teams
Collaborate cross-departmentally, escalate as required
Clear and effective communication
Maintenance and creation of standard operating procedures
Ability to train operations on SOPs and LOTO
Detail-oriented record keeping and reporting