Mechanical Facilities Engineer

Skywater•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Mechanical Facilities Engineer will provide technical guidance to technicians and engineers, acting as a technical expert for various facility systems. This role is responsible for maintaining equipment, reviewing preventative maintenance, managing projects, and driving continuous improvements within the facilities department. The engineer will also be involved in SPC monitoring, process changes, root cause analysis, and ensuring adherence to environmental health and safety policies.

Requirements

4 Year Technical degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent discipline
5-8 years of work experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Ability to at times work in a cleanroom environment
Ability to work in a manufacturing setting that includes bending or crouching

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in AutoCAD

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance to technicians and engineers
Act as a technical expert for cooling systems (chillers, glycol chillers, cooling towers, process cooling water, water treatment)
Act as a technical expert for HVAC systems (FTU’s, make-up air handler units, air flow patterns, cleanroom filters, DX units)
Demonstrate a clear understanding of requirements for maintaining a cleanroom (characterization, instrumentation, filters, and general materials)
Act as a technical expert for hot water systems (boilers), compressed air system, and process vacuum
Act as a 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 specification and planned schedule
Responsible for system upkeep and implementing or modifying PMs accordingly
Active lead in supporting department meetings, capital planning, and expense budgeting
SPC monitoring in accordance with facilities specifications
Lead process changes through the process control board as needed
Perform 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
Maintain and create standard operating procedures
Ability to train operations on SOPs and LOTO
Perform detail-oriented record keeping and reporting