Job Posting Title UPW Facilities Engineer

UPW Engineering Team Member

Guided by a belief in extensive data analysis and a commitment to collaborative global relationships, the WTR (Water Treatment and Reclamation) is responsible for providing continuous, safe and high quality utilities to our Fab. At our water and wastewater plants on the Samsung Semiconductor campus, our Operations teams' drive for sustainability and operational excellence is balanced by our need to adopt tomorrow's technologies to ensure plant resilience, environmental stewardship, and the safety of our staff.

Role and Responsibilities

The UPW Engineering team is a cohesive group of engineers focused on comprehensively owning, maintaining, supporting, and improving the UPW plants at SAS. As a system owner and critical team member of UPW Engineering, you will:

• Practice full ownership and accountability for the entire UPW system, accepting that we function as one team, failing or succeeding together.
• Ensure that a safe work environment is maintained for yourself, the team and all stakeholders.
• Monitor and improve your system performance through trend analysis, field walks, reporting, and incremental operational improvements.
• Research, develop, test and implement major technology upgrade projects that improve UPW's quality, reliability and/or safety.
• Continually evaluate and update process requirements, quality parameters, and equipment specifications of all UPW systems.
• Sustain transparent and frequent communication with your supervisor (TR) / manager and technical lead (TL) on any technical water analysis, support, and supply/quality issues.
• Lead and execute on critical projects that support operations and UPW improvements

Essential Functions

• Complete project management of multiple projects across the UPW systems
• Participates and leads some of the commissioning activities, and provides subject matter expertise to contractors and the internal team for any commissioning or construction related issues
• Monitor daily trends, perform equipment inspections, and coordinate with OPS regarding work orders and process improvement projects
• Meet the needs of our operators by supporting and collaborating with the plant operations team to develop and implement process improvements
• Execute complete ownership and accountability of the entire system scope and projects
• Proactively troubleshoot critical UPW system issues and/or baseline shifts
• Research and develop new innovative technologies to improve UPW quality and reliability; plan, request and implement improvements
• Support of instrumentation, maintenance, and operations groups in day-to-day tasks
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers to develop their knowledge, talent and skills
• Lead facilities wide task-force teams to develop more efficient practices and processes
• Be a visible presence in facilities wide meetings
• Confidently interface with the factory unit parts
• Creation and development of structured step plans process for work execution of process improvement and repair work
• Review SOPs, PLC programming changes, SOOs (sequence of operations), and other administrative tasks
• Lead system-wide trend analysis and use that analysis to drive system improvements

Competencies

• Accountability and Ownership
• Team mentality
• Technical Capacity
• Tactical Thinking
• Pragmatic Problem Solving/Analysis
• Collaboration
• Communication Proficiency
• Coaching and mentoring
• Organization
• Driving Force
• Quality Focus
• Continuous Learning
• Decision-Making
• Questioning Attitude
• Project management
• Leadership
• Mentoring

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

Most work is performed in an office environment. Daily trips to field (Construction Site, Mechanical Rooms, Equipment Areas, Fab) for observation and research are also required.

Physical Demands

Work is primarily performed in a standard office environment.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

The position is full-time and based on a Standard Weekly work schedule. The schedule calls for working between the hours of 7am and 5pm with a minimum of 40 hours per week. Additionally, all system engineers are on-call 24/7, as needed. One remote work day/week is acceptable, as business needs allowed.

Travel

Very infrequent overnight or international travel is anticipated for this position.

Skills and Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• B.S. in Chemical, Mechanical, Environmental, Process or Industrial Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in an Engineering environment, preferably within Design or Operations
• Working knowledge of general water treatment technologies and/or processes
• Advanced knowledge of ultrapure water and / or general water treatment systems

Referred Education and Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in a Facilities, Engineering and/or Project Management environment
• Design, Construction, Commissioning and Start-up experience preferred
• Professional Engineering License a plus
• PMP Certification a plus

Total Rewards: At Samsung SAS, base pay is just one part of our total compensation package. The base compensation for this role will depend on education, experience, skills, and location.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Onsite café(s) and workout facilities
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Paid time off (PTO) + 2 personal holidays and 10 regular holidays
• Wellness incentives and MORE

Eligible full-time employees (salaried or hourly) may also receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.

All positions at SAS are full-time on-site.

U.S. Export Control Compliance: This role requires access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Applicants must be authorized to access such information or eligible for government authorization.

Trade Secrets Notice: By submitting an application, you agree not to disclose to Samsung—or encourage Samsung to use—any confidential or proprietary information (including trade secrets) belonging to a current or former employer or other entity.