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Senior Manager, Equipment Engineering
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Manages equipment engineering at a manufacturing plant, planning capacity expansion, automation, capital projects, and sustainability initiatives while ensuring stable production and regulatory compliance.
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Job Title:
Senior Manager, Equipment EngineeringJob Description:
The Role:
The core purpose is the mission of the job – why it needs to be filled and how it fits into the organization. By narrowly defining the Core Purpose, you’re able to define what’s needed to solve the existing business challenge(s)
Entegris Yonezawa Plant is seeking a Senior Manager, Yonezawa Equipment Engineering to join our team. This role will be responsible for planning future manufacturing capacity expansionwith introducingequipment automation, replacement of aged equipment, maintaining equipment to supportstableproduction, and planning and executing SDGs matters to achieve Entegris CSR 2030 goals.
Senior Manager, Yonezawa Equipment Engineering will report directly to Senior Director, Yonezawa Operationsand will be located inYonezawa area.
This position will require building strong working relationships across the organization including vendorsand developing partnership on a local and global level.
This role needs to work to build SAFETY CULTURE in the organization
In this role you will:
What are the expected outcomes? What must this role get done in order to meet your business objectives? Define “what success will look like.”
Maintenance and management of manufacturing equipment; planning and execution of capital investment projects
Introducing automation on manufacturing equipment
Connecting manufacturing equipment to various systems such as quality tool, production control tool.
Support to run 7x24 operations as Equipment Engineering
Compliance with relevant laws and regulations
Negotiation and contract management with external vendors
Health and safety management, and support for Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Responding to external audits (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, RBA)
Promoting sustainability initiatives such as reducing energy related cost
Developing the next generation of talent
Traits we believe make a strong candidate:
What arethe Position Specific Competencies? Define the skills/competencies necessary to do the job. These should tie directly back to the purpose and outcome.
Ability to act with integrity while adhering to the code of business conduct
BS/MS degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
Minimum of 10 years of management experience in the manufacturing industry
Extensive knowledge and experienceonintroducing automation to manufacturing equipment, data connectionbetween equipment and various system.
Experience in the semiconductor or pharmaceutical industry is a plus
Experience in leading a department or serving as a project leader
Experience in managing manufacturing operations is a plus
Business-level English proficiency (TOEIC score of 700+ or equivalent practical experience)
Ability to communicate effectively with overseas sites via email and web meetings
Experience in delivering presentations in English, or willingness to do so without hesitation
Experience in responding to external audits (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001); RBA experience is a plus
Strong problem-solving mindset focused on solutions rather than issues
Ability to embrace change, adapt flexibly, and enjoy transformation
A visionary leader who inspires their team with exciting goals and actively works toward achieving them
Your success will be measured by:
Success for the role is not defined solely on the outcome of a project but rather a combination of the results and how these results were achieved. Describe the PACE value competencies that are required.
Your passion for winning as a team, achieving results and a desire for continued success in a growth environment
Leadership in establishing both the long term vision and near termperformance objective
Tenacity to drive projects completion in a timely manner
Ability to resolve conflictscaused by competing priorities between various stakeholder to reach acceptable levels of team consensus while maintaining customer commitments and financial metrics.
Ability to collaborate with individuals at all levels and functional groups within the organizationglobally
Ability to leverage technical knowledge and tools to drive continuous improvement and activity for SDGs
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