Semiconductor Tools Installations & Bay Fit-up Upgrades Project Manager

Applied Materials • Santa Clara, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager, Tools Installations & Upgrades will report to the Manager, R&D Lab Tool Installations & fit-up Upgrades. The individual will be responsible to provide broad and impactful leadership of tool installations within the Silicon Valley area. The R&D Lab Tool Installations and Upgrades team is accountable for lab tool install design, permitting, and construction, including Lab process and building system infrastructure upgrades. Total annual Capital Expenditures for this team exceeds $50m and is increasing. The team consists of 20+ Applied Materials full time employees and 300+ project construction managers, design, and construction, contractors. Your role will be to manage projects. Be responsible for establishing highly credible and effective partnerships with multiple internal business groups for whom the labs support.

Requirements

• 7+ years’ experience in the semiconductor, Thin Films, or similar industry.
• Experience with highly technical facility planning, design, and build.
• Proven success managing the installations of semiconductor tools into R&D facilities.
• Prior management experience
• Strong management presence with ability to communicate effectively and influence stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
• Passion to challenge the status quo in pursuit of material performance improvements.
• Experience selecting, developing and managing tool hook-up related service providers.
• Experience leading project management teams or equivalent.
• Bachelor Degree or higher in an Engineering discipline
• Strong computer skills with moderate-to-advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint abilities.
• Ability to analyze data for efficiency improvements and achieve reduced project cycle times.
• Good financial accounting practices (capital vs. expense, scope funding gap review)

Nice To Haves

• Ability to partner effectively with demanding and highly technical business unit tool owners, EHS professionals, and lab managers.
• Ability to manage in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders across multiple groups.
• Ability to make improvements to existing business process and manage supplier base for optimal performance.
• Ability to translate complex technical project requirements into manageable and constructible pieces

Responsibilities

• Execute Applied Materials’ Tool Installations & Upgrades to achieve key business objectives through reduced project cycle time.
• Responsible to safely design, plan, execute, construct, start-up, and commission advanced semiconductor R&D lab facilities upgrades and tool installations in Silicon Valley.
• Oversee a team of facility PM’s in the preparation and management of project plans, scope, schedule, and budget through all phases of design, contracting, construction, start-up and commissioning.
• Order long lead equipment & materials and review & approve engineering submittals with stakeholders.
• Serve as a leader with whom multiple Applied Materials business units collaborate to develop strategies that align with key business objectives.
• Ability to respond to changing corporate business environments. Adjusting plans as needed.
• Designs, develops and implements organizational policies and procedures relevant to the facilities department.
• Collaborate with planning department peers for optimal solutions and transition into project execution within the group.
• Develop and secure support for project Capital approvals.
• Develop and track key performance metrics that align with both Tool Hook-up, Infrastructure Team and Business Unit objectives.
• Coordinate with internal business partners, architecture/engineering firms, Facilities Operations, and EH&S in developing, reviewing and approving design criteria, layouts and detail drawings.
• Ensures function processes result in strict compliance to permitting requirements and building codes.
• Schedule building inspections and obtain inspection approvals.
• Manage/direct construction for RFI’s, project scope of works, bid comparisons, work plan generations, conditional use, and full use approvals.
• Develop a global platform from which all R&D Tool Hook-up teams globally can leverage, including methods and process, resources and expertise, contracting methodologies and performance improvement.
• Manage construction contractors and ensure that they follow safe work practices and work to resolve safety or constructability issues.

Benefits

• supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career
• comprehensive benefits package
• participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager