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Sr. Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Supervisor
Wolfspeed
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Surf City, NC, USA · Siler City, NC, USA · North Carolina, USA
Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Job Description
Job Description
At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way.
We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.
- Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.
- Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.
- Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.
- Student? We offer continuing education assistance.
- Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.
Who we’re looking for:
Wolfspeed’s Materials Business is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Supervisor to join our Wafer Operations Equipment team at the world’s largest silicon carbide manufacturing complex in Siler City, North Carolina.
In this role, you will lead and support the maintenance team with direction, resources, and motivation to achieve or exceed all planned goals. Also, you will be responsible and accountable for safe and productive execution of the maintenance daily plan. You will further be expected to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment within the facility and work to develop the team. This role will interact directly with Equipment and Process Engineers and other groups to meet Wolfspeed’s goals.
Supervisors will support a 12-hour manufacturing day or night shift on a Front End or Back End shift pattern.
- Front End Days (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, every other Wednesday)
- Back End Days (Every other Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
- Front End Nights (Every other Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
- Back End Nights (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, every other Saturday)
This posting is for a position that will directly support operations at the John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide, our expansion site in Siler City, NC. The person in this role will train at our Durham, NC headquarters initially and will move over to the new site once ready.
The Day-to-Day:
- Responsible for daily activities of the maintenance team.
- Promote safety culture and adhere to Wolfspeed’s safety policies and procedures in all aspects of the role.
- Provide leadership, direction, technical knowledge, and best practices to the maintenance team.
- Responsible for team management, including regular scheduled 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development plans.
- Work with training team to create, execute, and keep training plans up-to-date for the maintenance team.
- Ensure all maintenance procedures and documentation are being followed; and recommend / make updates to documents for better accuracy.
- Communicate maintenance plans and issues clearly up and down the management organization.
- Develop first round of escalation plans for the equipment; work with equipment engineers for further plans as needed.
- Partner with equipment engineers to institute plans to maximize equipment availability, utilization and efficiency performance.
- Work with equipment engineers to establish root cause and implement corrective and preventative actions for recurring equipment maintenance issues.
- Recommend and participate in continuous improvement activities for equipment.
- Coordinate spare part delivery and escalations as necessary with logistics.
- Determine and manage spare parts budget and inventories.
This Job is Right for You if You Have:
- Associate’s degree in an engineering or technical field
5+ years of maintenance supervision or 8+ years of previous maintenance technician experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a high-performing team
- Demonstrated high performance with the ability to lead under pressure with changing priorities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technical field
- Prior semiconductor equipment maintenance or equipment supervisory experience
This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.
If export controlled: This role requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship by the Company.
To put it legally – Wolfspeed is an equal opportunity employer.
We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected status as required by law.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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