Senior Manager - Equipment Engineering

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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Job Description

• Lead the Equipment Engineering and Maintenance Team and take ownership of the assigned responsibilities.
• Assure manufacturing capability and performance improvement in support of department, business, and manufacturing strategies.
• Provide focus and direction to plant personnel to assure knowledge and support of plant manufacturing priorities and requirements.
• Improve Manufacturing costs and performance
• Maintain and assure the efficient operation of all plant assets and equipment.
• Improve equipment performance (OEE, throughput, speed, MTBA, MTBF,..) and appearance.
• Create and execute project plans, like improvements of Site Utilization and reduction of Handler downtimes.
• Actively look for more ways of internal repairs (purchase single parts instead of modules/boards).
• Manage and reduce department M&R costs.
• Realize improvements with Lean Manufacturing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Ensures all maintenance works (repair and preventive maintenance) are performed at highest quality standards.
• Ensures all maintenance specs are strictly followed and updated according to factory requirements.
• Responsible to lead continuous improvement teams in the assigned work area with the authority to make decisions and implement corrective actions.
• Development of SME (subject matter expertise) with both financial aspects and a sense of urgency.
• Coach and mentor engineers and supervisors in the team.
• Participate in the hiring and training of new engineers and technicians.
• Meet all safety and environmental regulatory requirements. Create and maintain a safe working environment for all employees.
• Build effective relationships within the department, business, staff groups, and with key customers and suppliers where required.
• Perform other tasks that may be assigned by the Manager.