Specialist, Machine Shop Facilities

Entegris•Decatur, TX

About The Position

The Specialist, Machine Shop Facilities provides hands-on technical leadership and coordinates maintenance activities supporting machining assets, production equipment, and facility infrastructure. The role focuses on safe work execution, equipment uptime and reliability, preventive maintenance recovery, SAP work-order discipline, technician and contractor coordination, troubleshooting, repair validation, and continuous improvement. It also conducts preventive maintenance audits, leads root cause analysis for recurring or high-impact failures, and optimizes preventive maintenance plans using equipment condition, failure history, OEM recommendations, and audit findings. The Specialist directs and coordinates maintenance work, communicates equipment status and repair priorities to Machine Shop production leadership, and leads troubleshooting and repair validation. The role maintains preventive maintenance execution and work-order quality, monitors backlog and reliability indicators, coordinates contractors, supports spare-parts planning, and develops technician and operator capabilities. It partners with Maintenance Planning, Production, Engineering, EHS, and Procurement, and supports equipment installations, commissioning, relocations, retrofits, and facility capital projects. After-hours support, planned shutdowns, weekend work, and emergency response may be required. Success is measured through safe work practices, improved equipment uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, reduced overdue work and unmanaged backlog, accurate and timely SAP work orders, clear equipment-status communication, fewer repeat failures and avoidable costs, and stronger technician capability and teamwork.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Five or more years of progressive industrial maintenance experience, including experience leading complex repairs or coordinating maintenance work, preferred.
Broad experience with industrial production equipment, machining assets, high-temperature furnaces, vacuum systems, plant cooling water systems, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, and related facility infrastructure.
Advanced troubleshooting knowledge of electrical components, control panels, contactors, switches, relays, motors, drives, sensors, automated motion systems, and PLC-controlled equipment.
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, ladder logic, mechanical drawings, OEM manuals, and engineering documentation.
Working knowledge of machine shop equipment such as CNC mills, lathes, drill presses, band saws, grinders, and supporting systems.
Experience using SAP PM or a comparable computerized maintenance management system for work orders, preventive maintenance, labor, materials, backlog, and equipment history.
Ability to prioritize competing work, coordinate resources, communicate equipment status, and follow work through completion.
Experience coordinating contractors, reviewing work scope, supporting safe-work permitting, and verifying completed work.
Knowledge of root cause analysis, equipment criticality, preventive maintenance optimization, reliability principles, and maintenance performance measures.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with technicians, operators, engineers, production leaders, contractors, and suppliers.
Experience with change-control requirements and disciplined technical documentation; follows established procedures and escalates risks appropriately.
Ability to work occasionally on-call, nights, weekends, shutdowns, or extended hours as required by projects and equipment breakdowns.
Willingness to adapt responsibilities and priorities based on production needs and site conditions.
Able to climb stairs and ladders, work in hot, cold, dusty, or dirty environments, and safely lift 50 pounds while wearing required PPE.
Able to pass the required pre-employment physical.
Capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.
Ability to exhibit the PACE Values: People and Teamwork, Accountability, Innovation, and Dedication to Excellence.

Nice To Haves

Technical degree, apprenticeship, or industrial maintenance certification preferred.
Five or more years of progressive industrial maintenance experience, including experience leading complex repairs or coordinating maintenance work, preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide daily technical direction and coordinate work for maintenance technicians and outside service providers supporting Machine Shop and facility equipment.
Set daily work priorities, allocate available labor, conduct pass-downs, and verify work completion and quality.
Coordinate corrective, preventive, predictive, and emergency maintenance according to safety, production impact, and equipment criticality.
Serve as the primary maintenance contact for Machine Shop production leadership on equipment status, repair priorities, downtime escalation, and return-to-service communication.
Lead troubleshooting of complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, and machining-equipment failures with relevant internal teams and vendors.
Validate repairs with Production before equipment returns to service and confirm safeguards and operating conditions are restored.
Restore and sustain preventive maintenance execution, including schedule compliance, completion review, and backlog follow-up.
Identify opportunities to improve or create preventive maintenance procedures based on failures, equipment condition, OEM recommendations, and maintenance history.
Routinely inspect production and maintenance areas for abnormal equipment conditions, safety concerns, housekeeping needs, and reliability risks.
Ensure SAP work orders include clear problem descriptions, accurate labor and material usage, repair details, failure information, and timely closeout.
Monitor open work, aging backlog, schedule adherence, equipment downtime, repeat failures, and overdue preventive maintenance.
Escalate recurring or high-impact failures and support root cause analysis, corrective-action development, and verification of completed actions.
Coordinate contractor access, downtime windows, permits, site requirements, work scope, field execution, and acceptance of completed work.
Confirm contractor work is safe, within approved scope, and meets expected quality before final acceptance.
Identify critical spare-parts needs and support appropriate stocking levels for equipment with high downtime or long-lead replacement risk.
Identify opportunities to transfer contractor knowledge and repair capability to the internal maintenance team.
Support equipment criticality reviews, preventive maintenance optimization, Total Productive Maintenance activities, and maintenance KPI follow-through.
Train and coach technicians and operators on equipment care, troubleshooting, safe work practices, inspection routines, and documentation expectations.
Reinforce safe work permits, non-standard work controls, lockout/tagout, required PPE, housekeeping, and approved safety procedures.
Support installation and commissioning of new equipment, retrofits, equipment relocations, and facility capital projects.
Partner with Maintenance Planning, Production, Engineering, EHS, and Procurement to coordinate parts, resources, work windows, and technical support.
Identify opportunities to reduce avoidable downtime, overtime recovery, emergency purchases, repeat repairs, and contractor dependence.
Work independently or on cross-functional teams and adjust priorities as production and business needs change.
Participate in after-hours support, planned shutdowns, weekend work, and emergency response when required.
Work the hours necessary to support company and customer goals when planned or emergency maintenance requires additional coverage.