Water Department Engineering Manager; UPW & IWT

About Samsung Austin Semiconductor. Samsung is a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, founded on the belief that the pursuit of excellence creates a better world. At Samsung Austin Semiconductor, we are Innovating Today to Power the Devices of Tomorrow.

In your role as the Water Department Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for the design, operation, and continuous improvement of Samsung Austin Semiconductor's ultra‑pure water (UPW) and industrial water treatment (IWT) systems. You'll lead safety‑focused initiatives, ensuring that all water handling processes comply with local, state, and federal regulations as well as Samsung’s internal EHS standards. By overseeing capital and capacity projects, you'll participate in equipment selection, system layout, and vendor negotiations to expand water capacity.

Lean principles are applied to equipment‑ and part‑management to reduce waste, increase reliability, and improve overall water‑usage efficiency. In addition to strategic oversight, you'll support operations and maintenance teams by guiding FMCS alarm response, coordinating planned and unplanned maintenance, and developing the annual water‑related expense budget. Also, you'll lead safety and quality improvement projects aimed at enhancing equipment reliability and process uptime, while driving a culture of learning, employee development, and job satisfaction within the water engineering team.

By anticipating future fab water demands, championing innovative treatment technologies, and aligning with Samsung’s sustainability goals, you will ensure robust, compliant, and cost‑effective water services that enable world‑class semiconductor production.

• Providing leadership and participating in safety initiatives, programs, and activities to drive world class safety performance.
• Overseeing capital and capacity projects, including participating in the design and selection of equipment and options for large scale industrial electrical distribution.
• Driving improvements in equipment and part management, employing lean principles effectively.
• Serving as an ideal representative of the department and site to external groups and agencies.
• Supporting operations teams responsible for monitoring the site and responding to FMCS alarms; and supporting maintenance teams responsible for equipment planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Ensuring compliance to local, state, and national codes and compliance requirements.
• Developing and managing annual expense budgets.
• Supporting commercial negotiations and establishment of terms related to services and projects.
• Leading the development of safety and quality projects to improve performance and reliability of electrical equipment.
• Continually driving group culture toward greater learning, development, and overall job satisfaction.

• Leading engineering and contractor/vendor forums to maintain a collaborative culture of proactive safety actions and protocols; and driving increasing knowledge and competencies of employees to support safety innovation.

• Anticipate future needs and guide the organization towards effective strategies.
• Advance and support Facilities strategies and initiatives for improved safety, reliability, and performance.
• Provide innovative and forward‑thinking to drive industry‑leading strategies.

• Providing effective representation of the department and the site for commercial and strategic considerations with current and prospective vendors and contractors.
• Collaborating and driving understanding and strategy with all Samsung fabs globally (Korea, China).

• Ensuring all operations, maintenance, training, and documentation meet standards of OSHA and local agencies.
• Partnering and collaborating with the site Environmental Health & Safety department to maintain robust safety operations.

• Leading a culture of learning and self‑improvement.
• Sponsoring and promoting programs and a business.
• Attracting and developing expertise in key areas to support strategic site needs.

• 10+ years of related…