Specialist, Machine Shop Facilities

Entegris•Decatur, TX

About The Position

The Specialist, Machine Shop Facilities provides hands-on technical leadership and coordinates maintenance activities for 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. The Specialist directs daily maintenance work, prioritizes and coordinates corrective, preventive, predictive, and emergency activities, and serves as the primary maintenance contact for Machine Shop production leadership. The role leads troubleshooting and repair validation, restores and optimizes preventive maintenance execution, performs routine area audits, and supports root cause analysis for recurring or high-impact failures. It maintains accurate SAP work orders and visibility of backlog, downtime, schedule adherence, repeat failures, and overdue preventive maintenance. The position coordinates contractors and supports equipment installations, commissioning, relocations, retrofits, and facility capital projects in partnership with Maintenance Planning, Production, Engineering, EHS, and Procurement. It also coaches technicians and operators, reinforces safety and documentation expectations, supports spare-parts planning and reliability initiatives, and identifies opportunities to reduce downtime, repeat repairs, emergency purchases, overtime recovery, and contractor dependence. Occasional after-hours support, planned shutdowns, weekend work, or emergency response may be required.

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 and 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.
Ability to climb stairs and ladders, work in hot, cold, dusty, or dirty environments, and safely lift 50 pounds while wearing required PPE.
Ability 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.
Five or more years of progressive industrial maintenance experience, including experience leading complex repairs or coordinating maintenance work.

Responsibilities

Provide daily technical direction and coordinate 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.
Improve or create preventive maintenance procedures using repeat 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.
Track open work, aging backlog, schedule adherence, downtime, repeat failures, and overdue preventive maintenance.
Escalate recurring or high-impact failures; 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.
Verify contractor work is safe, within approved scope, and of 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.
Transfer contractor knowledge and repair capability to the internal maintenance team where possible.
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 cross-functionally 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.