Principal Engineer - Facilities Engineering

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Global Foundries in Essex, Vermont is seeking a Principal Facilities Engineer to provide technical leadership to operate, maintain, and enhance potable water and ultrapure water purification and distribution equipment including reverse osmosis, ion exchange, degasification, and various filtration systems. As a Facilities Water Engineer your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to manufacturing, customer interface, process monitoring, process improvement initiatives, manufacturing process support, troubleshooting support, system documentation, capacity monitoring, system modification performance analysis (engineering principal application for safe and reliable design/start up and cost), and operations training and documentation support.

This role is fully on site at this location.

• Develop expense and capital budget plans for equipment. Manage projects and deliverables.
• Drive continuous improvement within the system operations.
• Provide day to day support of operational and maintenance issues on site.
• Set direction on how to continually improve the quality and lower the cost of the operation.
• Perform detailed analysis of utility systems operations.
• Analyze and interpret quality data. Determine necessary actions to maintain processes in control.
• Work with the SPC and PI software, setting control limits, identifying and troubleshooting issues.
• Design, execute, and analyze experiments to screen and optimize equipment to meet technology and manufacturing needs.
• Responsible for monitoring current system demands and capacity concerns. Provide strategical Capital planning.
• Lead team to create & modify maintenance and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Implement processes & procedures to improve and standardize work across the team & site.
• Understand and improve design drawings (P&IDs) for new equipment and components.
• Must be mechanically inclined and able to lead hands on, tactical troubleshooting efforts to resolve system performance issues; must be able to deconstruct and understand complex systems.
• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs
• Other duties as assigned by manager / supervisor

• Education - BS from an accredited engineering program
• Experience - minimum 3-5 years in water purification or related manufacturing environment
• Fluency in English Language – both written & verbal communication
• Physical Capacity Demands – ability to lift 30 lbs and wear a respirator
• Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
• Self-motivated; able to take ownership of assignments, develop work plans and proactively seek feedback to ensure objectives are aligned and met
• Team player; able to succeed in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Ability to support continuous manufacturing operations during “off hours” as required

• Education - Master of Science in Chemical engineering from accredited engineering program
• Experience - 6+ years in a facilities engineering environment
• Ultrapure water experience
• Project management…