Facilities Electrical Engineer III

About Siltronic

Siltronic is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of highly specialized hyper pure silicon wafers. Being an international market player, we serve the semiconductor industry worldwide and partner with many leading chip manufacturers. Our global production network in Asia, Europe, and the USA includes today’s most advanced plants for 200mm and 300mm wafers. We provide a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k matching, educational assistance, and a quarterly success sharing bonus program.

Facilities Electrical Engineer III

The Facilities Electrical Engineer III is responsible for identifying, defining, and resolving complex engineering issues related to electrical power distribution, life safety, and control systems. The role develops and implements corrective action plans to mitigate risks that could impact facility operations, reliability, or safety, while ensuring compliance with sound engineering practices. Responsibilities include evaluating system performance through routine monitoring and inspections, determining maintenance and replacement requirements, and recommending preventive maintenance programs and capital improvement projects.

The position analyzes project alternatives, reviews technical and vendor proposals, selects equipment and service providers, and establishes design, construction, and project milestones. Success in this role requires balancing short- and long‑term operational impacts, assessing project feasibility, and managing both technical and administrative responsibilities, including project planning, scheduling, and cost estimation.

• Responsible for the oversite of the electrical master permit program within the State of Oregon and the City of Portland. Respond to the City electrical inspectors’ remarks.
• Use of Easy Power electrical modeling software, protection setting evaluation, time current studies, arch flash calculations and labeling. Management of assets and maintenance schedules.
• Ownership and control of specification and drawings for the electrical, life safety and control systems. Modify the systems as necessary to improve the process, reliability and sustaining cost reductions.
• Establish and maintain good working relationship with all suppliers and vendors and with production and process decision makers within Siltronic along with maintenance and facilities personnel in order to facilitate problem resolution on the electrical, life safety and control systems.
• Monitor usage of electrical power assign and report to main cost centers. Report abnormal trends to user groups. Provide necessary data for budget and cost control processes.
• Monitor, audit and inspection of the electrical, life safety and control systems.
• Act as the Project Engineer / Manager for capital projects associated with the electrical, LSS and controls systems and other areas as assigned. Responsibilities include cost estimation, cost control, design, detail scope of work, construction management, report writing and forecasting.
• Serve as technical specialist and consultant for the organization in the application of new methods, technologies and solution to problems of exceptional difficulty and marked importance to the company. Investigate power outage issues within the facilities and be the point of contact with our utility provider.
• Serve on the facilities energy management team, monitor energy with data loggers and metering, input into energy tracking tools, evaluate conservation opportunities and provide visibility to management on our savings programs.
• Plan, control and execute engineering projects in accordance with acceptable engineering practices and follow applicable plant engineering standards.
• Demonstrate professional competence in the electrical discipline and a diversity of technical knowledge in other appropriate areas of engineering.
• Prepare project proposals and requests for funding.
• Prepare project specifications and scope of work for consultants and contractors.
• Review and select vendors, consultants, and contractors. Monitor and control the execution of projects for cost, schedule…